The Troop

The Troop is a turn-based tactical game about British and Canadian forces fighting the German Heer and SS in Normandy after the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. You command infantry, motorised and armoured units across more than 30 maps and four play modes, playing as either the British/Canadians or the Germans against an AI opponent.

Tactical combat

You control your units’ actions directly. Tanks do not expose their weak side armour through unexpected pathfinding, hidden guns do not reveal their positions by firing prematurely, and infantry do not flee without reason. You can take your time, but mistakes are your responsibility.

The AI follows the same rules and restrictions as you, has no special knowledge and has no fixed plan. Its deployments and tactics vary between replays, and it can be challenging and unpredictable while remaining fair and fallible. You can adjust a range of features, rules and information settings to shape the difficulty and challenge.

Game modes

• Story mode: Follow the campaign from D-Day through a range of situations, playing different Commonwealth and German units as events unfold across Normandy.
• Skirmish mode: Choose a scenario, side, force and restrictions for the enemy. Its force and tactics are revealed in play and can differ each time.
• Campaign: Lead a persistent force through linked, historically inspired scenarios. Losses are permanent, while units that survive multiple deployments gain experience and effectiveness. The four campaigns are 8th Armoured Brigade, 21st Panzer Division, 31st Tank Brigade and SS Panzer Division.
• Battlegroup: Play a dynamic operation of 5–9 missions with a randomised, persistent force.

Normandy campaign

The game follows the campaign to wrestle North West Europe from German control, fought across the fields, farms and villages of Normandy. Its scenarios are fictional and designed as tactical challenges, set within the broad reality of the historical campaigns rather than as strict recreations.