Churchill

Churchill is a game representing the World War II grand strategy conferences among the Big Three leaders: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. Setup involves organizing the game board into various tracks including the Conference Display, Military Display, and Conference Issues. Players receive faction-specific player aids, leader cards, and initial political and military markers. Units like armies, naval support, and research tokens are placed on their respective start positions on the board. The game begins with the first conference where leaders draw opening hands of cards and establish their initial political alignment and production points.

The ultimate objective of Churchill is to lead your nation to victory by the end of World War II, not just by defeating the Axis powers militarily, but by shaping the post-war geopolitical landscape. Players compete to gain the most victory points, which are accumulated through successful conference negotiations, dominating military fronts, developing the atomic bomb, and securing political influence in liberated countries and colonies.

A game turn in Churchill consists of structured phases representing historic wartime summits. First, players participate in the Conference phase, where they use leader cards and power points to introduce, debate, and resolve 'Conference Issues' such as political alignments, spy networks, offensive strategies, and the atomic bomb research track. Debates require spending leader power and can involve dramatic rebuttals and leader swaps. Following the conference, players execute military operations on multiple fronts—such as the Western, Eastern, and Pacific theaters—moving armies, launching naval kamikaze attacks or U-boat counters, and generating production points to fund future actions.

Scoring in Churchill is multifaceted, rewarding players at the end of the game for various achievements. Points are earned from final positions on military fronts, progress and collaboration on the atomic bomb research track, successful political alignments (alliances and spy networks), and control over conference issues resolved throughout the game. Each major category offers specific victory point conversion rates, making a balanced strategy across military and political spheres essential for winning.

The game concludes after a predetermined number of historical conferences and associated strategic turns have been completed. Once the final conference is resolved and all remaining military and political adjustments are tallied, a final scoring phase is triggered. Players calculate their total victory points from all categories, and the leader with the highest score is declared the winner of the political and strategic struggle.