First to Fight is a simulation game on the German blitzkrieg invasion of Poland in September 1939, the event that ignited World War II in Europe.

First to Fight is a two player game, with one player representing the German high command and the other the Polish high command. The German player must crush Poland in a lighning campaign. Speed is essential - the outcome must be settled quickly in order to shift troops west in time to forestall or defeat a French offensive on Germany's western border. The Polish player must successfully defend Poland or, failing in this, at least hold out long enough to disrupt the German timetable for conquest. Both sides maneuver their forces and conduct combat in an attempt to achieve these goals.

Game Components:

• Countersheets
  • first edition: 18A, 19A, 57 & ACS
  • second edition: CS 18B, 19B, 57A, 57A-1 & ACS-2 (1296 Counters)
• Two Maps (Europa Maps 13A & 37)
• Rules Book
• OB Book
• Chart Set
• Two Six-Sided Dice

Game Scales:

• Time: Three Day Turns
• Map: 16 Miles Per Hex
• Unit: Divisions, Regiments & Battalions

The game was first printed in 1991.

A refit kit was published in 1999 to upgrade rules and counters.
It includes:

• rules (dated 1998) - 32 pages
• orders of battle (dated 1997) - 28 pages
• revision guide (dated 1998) - explains how to update 1991 rules with 1997 counters - 3 pages
• 7 charts "First to Fight" & 4 charts "Grand Europa"
• 4 countersheets: CS 18B, CS 19B, CS 57A and CS57A-1 (dated 1997)

First to Fight is a revision of Case White.

Belongs to :

• The Europa Series (second installement)
• Collectors Series™

Magazine References:

• The Europa Magazine 22
• The Europa Magazine 23 (Vol.V,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 24 (Vol.V,No.2)
• The Europa Magazine 25 (Vol.V,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 26 (Vol.V,No.4)
• The Europa Magazine 27 (Vol.V,No.5)
• The Europa Magazine 29 (Vol.VI,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 30 (Vol.VI,No.2)
• The Europa Magazine 34 (Vol.VI,No.6)
• The Europa Magazine 36 (Vol.VII,No.2)
• The Europa Magazine 37 (Vol.VII,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 43-44 (Vol.VIII,No.3-4)
• The Europa Magazine 67 (Vol.XII,No.3)
• The Europa Magazine 68 (Vol.XII,No.4)
• The Europa Magazine 77 (Vol.XIV,No.1)
• The Europa Magazine 86 (Vol.XV,No.4)

Alternate rules : Master Europa 106 - First Front