A World At War, board wargame by GMT

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A World At War, board wargame by GMT "A World At War", by GMT, 2003, designer Bruce Harper The game for sale is like new condition, with unpunched counters. Description from : " A World at War , a wargaming masterpiece, brings together in one game all of the decisive elements of the Second World War. With roots tracing back to Avalon Hill 's classic Rise and Decline of the Third Reich , and to its eventual successors-- Advanced Third Reich and Empire of the Rising Sun -- A World at War takes this popular gaming system even further, clearing up ambiguities and adding more detail to what was already a fine family of wargames.Developed through a decade of design and playtesting, A World at War has it all: armor and infantry slogging it out against marines and paratroopers; army planes and carrier planes crisscrossing the skies with interceptors and bombers and ultra-fast jets; battleships and cruisers and destroyers feinting and jabbing with lethal carriers and stealthy submarines. But unlike in some games, in A World at War you get to decide which units you'll build the most of, and where you'll ultimately deploy them--in Europe or the Pacific, in the eastern front or the Med. Just remember that armaments don't constitute the only battlefield. War is also waged within foreign governments through diplomacy, and within your own skunk works through research. So grab every advantage you can get, every advantage--not just in sortie range and torpedo detonators, but also in drabber things like oil and boots: oil from those rich oil fields to the south, and boots for tromping through those cruel winters in the north. Even puny partisans can play a part: unwatched, they'll wreak havoc behind your lines, or--sufficiently prodded--they'll do worse behind the lines of your enemies. So formulate those plans. Be just as devious and as secretive as you like. But as you scheme, keep one monocle on your enemy, for wily play will often unravel against wilier play. When that happens, when you find yourself outwitted and outgunned, you may need to surge-research the atomic bomb or perhaps take the exigency--less risky and less glitzy--of fortifying your beaches and erecting flak near your factories. React quickly though, or you'll have little time to regret your mistakes--like how you failed to spy on your opponent's research and encryptions, like how you shipped too little materiel via Murmansk, or like how you gave into victory disease and tried to grasp too many island groups. For this is A World a War , a game of complex choices and far-ranging consequences. Learn to choose wisely and learn to handle disasters--but learn quickly--or you'll never knock those enemy nations to their knees. A World at War , a game that has it all. Warfare not only on land, and under the sea, and in the air--but also on trucks and in treasuries, on the lab bench and in the diplomatic pouch. Master every sphere, triumph over every setback, and you'll earn that rare chance to conquer armies and rule nations . . . even if they're only cardboard." Components include: • 2800 full-color, single-sided, die-cut Counters. • Four 22-inch x 30-inch full-color Mapsheets. • A 196-page Rulebook. • Twelve Player Aid Cards. • A 72-page Status Sheet Booklet. • A 24-page Research & Diplomacy Booklet. • A 24-page Scenario Booklet. • Eight six-sided Dice. _gsrx_vers_486 (GS 6.5.1 (486)) read more

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