The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition

The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition 2022

8.7 /10
BGG rating
#7459
BGG rank
3.5
Weight
1–8
Players
2
Best at
360–2200
Minutes
12
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The Third World War, Designer Signature Edition features many new enhancements, larger counters, and combined game rules to cover all four games in the series.

The complete Third World War game series includes all four games in one box.

Third World War (subtitled Battle for Germany) is a game of the struggle for central Europe by the forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Southern Front: Race for the Turkish Straits adds Bulgaria and Romania, reinforced with three Soviet armies and special-capability forces, face Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia, thinly reinforced with a few elite units from the U.S., France, and Italy. Arctic Front: Battle for Norway covers the Soviet Leningrad Front, with its special airborne, amphibious, and arctic-equipped contingents, assault of Norway, reinforced with a few elite units from the U.S., Britain, Canada, and other NATO nations. Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East includes a special "game within a game", covering the diplomatic, political, and military maneuvers by the Soviet Union and the United States in the Middle East before - and leading to - the general outbreak of the Third World War.

Specifications:

Complexity: 6 out of 10 Solitaire Suitability: 8 out of 10 (no hidden units) Time Scale: 1 week per turn Map Scale: 45 km per hex Unit Scale: divisions, with some brigades and regiments, 100 aircraft per air unit Players: one to two per individual game, one to eight for combined campaign Playing Time: 6-10 hours per game, 36+ hours for full combined campaign

—description from the publisher

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