The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition
Compass Games · 2022
1–8360–2200 min12+ yrs3.5/5 complexity8.7 BGG#7.410 BGG778CouplesStrategy
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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.
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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
🔬 game anatomy
Complexity3.5 / 5
BGG rating8.7 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
360–2200 min
Players
1–8
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#7.410
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The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition is a modern warfare game, for 1–8 players, taking ~360–2200 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition support?
The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition is played by 1–8 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition take?
A game of The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition takes about 360–2200 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition for?
The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition?
The Third World War: Designer Signature Edition has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.5 out of 5.
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