Fit check
Is Lightning: D-Day worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Two-player card-game fans who want a contest about the Allied landings in occupied France
- Solo strategy players who want to play against AI rather than another person
- Players interested in planning card placements around control of neighboring beaches
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a long campaign rather than a game structured around one 110-card deck
- Those seeking direct unit control or large-scale battlefield combat instead of card placement
- Players who want cooperative play rather than taking opposing Axis and Allied roles
Our take on Lightning: D-Day
The coastline links the five beach fronts: taking one can let the winning forces flank an adjacent beach.
What is Lightning: D-Day?
Lightning: D-Day is a head-to-head card game set during the Allied landings in occupied France on 6 June 1944.
The deck represents five beaches—Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah—along with German divisions and Allied units. The Allies seek control of as many beaches as possible by the end of a run through the 110-card deck, while the Axis begins with an advantage. Players use cards to add forces or support, considering both the situation at each beach and the coastline’s layout. Winning one beach can let forces flank neighboring beaches, so card placement also shapes later options. Players can take either side, play solo against AI, compete online, or use hot-seat multiplayer for two players.
How Lightning: D-Day plays
- 01Five landing beaches
- Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah each have their own card in the deck.
- 02Coastal flanking
- Control of one beach can let forces attack neighboring beaches.
- 03Solo and multiplayer
- Play against AI, online, or in a two-player hot-seat game.
- 04Either side
- Players can take the Axis or Allied role.
Lightning: D-Day compared to similar games
Lightning: D-Day is a head-to-head card game in which players contest five landing beaches through card placement and coastal flanking. Men of War: Assault Squad centers on commanding units in large-scale battles with direct combat. Xenonauts focuses on a military organization defending Earth from an alien invasion using small squads.
Lightning: D-Day: platforms & release
Is Lightning: D-Day worth it?
It is worth it if: two-player card-game fans who want a contest about the Allied landings in occupied France. Skip it if: players looking for a long campaign rather than a game structured around one 110-card deck.
Where can I download Lightning: D-Day?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Lightning: D-Day's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Lightning: D-Day on?
Windows and macOS.
