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The board game 'Campaign for North Africa' is so detailed it reportedly takes approximately 20 years to complete, and no one is known to have ever finished it.
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After weeks of anticipation, Pierre Novellie finally joins the show. Fin introduces him as one of the greatest stand-ups of their generation and a 'card-carrying autist,' noting that when Pierre got his diagnosis, the reaction was simply 'ah, right, obvious.' Horatio reveals there used to be a game among friends of timing how long before Pierre brought up military history. Pierre immediately begins correcting everyone's board game knowledge, noting that the Campaign for North Africa board game requires sessions every two weeks — and that the Italian forces need extra water because they're constantly boiling pasta, which is technically accurate to the rules. The trio quickly fall into the comic groove that defines this episode: absurdist riffs grounded in genuine historical detail. Pierre's arrival is framed as a structural mirror of Montgomery's own arrival in North Africa — an autistic expert parachuted in to sort out the chaos.
Pierre Novellie, one of comedy's great military history obsessives, joins Fin and Horatio for Part 3 of Monty vs. Rommel. Within seconds he's correcting their board game logistics and establishing that he knows North African WWII better than almost anyone — except perhaps Al Murray.
The Campaign for North Africa board game takes roughly 20 years to complete at a reasonable pace, and no one has ever actually finished it. Pierre already knows the Italian forces need extra water for pasta, which is technically accurate to the rules.
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The Campaign for North Africa boardgame, made in 1978, has an estimated playtime of 1,500 hours, was not tested before release, and is believed to have never been completed.
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