WWII, The War Boardgame

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Product Feature

• 3' x 6' game board.
• 2-6 Players.

Product Description

The War Game: World War Two is Pegasus Hobbies' entry into the board game world! A massive grand strategy level game for World War Two, this game is BIG! Originally written in 1995 and play tested for over 10 years on the L.A. gaming convention circuit, this game is very balanced and fun to play! The time is just after Pearl Harbor. America has been attacked, and the Germans are rampaging across Europe. Players control Germany, Great Britain, Russia, USA, Japan, Italy, and China. Even France is represented! Economics control who can build what, but not everything costs the same for all the nations. Major and minor factories produce different unit types. Retreats can save your valuable units. Every nation has a general who can lead an attack for better results, but be careful not to loose him, as you can never buy another one! Game play takes about 4 to 5 hours for most games. It comes with hundreds of Pegasus Hobbies plastic figures for soldiers, tanks, ships, planes, guns and factories. There are over 400 in all. The MASSIVE 3 foot by 6 foot playing board included makes this one of the heaviest games ever produced! Rulebook, dice, playing charts, and chips are included as well. The War Game: World War Two comes packaged in a large (27" by 13" by 4") full-color heavy-duty box.

WWII, The War Boardgame Review

What is this? A board wargame played using plastic miniatures over a gigantic map of the world.
Time Frame? World War II - scenarios from 1939 through a post-war east-west confrontation.
Scale? Global, strategic - land armies, airforces and naval fleets are representated abstractly using plastic miniatures. The board divides the world into areas which can be the size of whole countries - e.g. the eastern USA (east of Mississippi) is divided into two regions - northeast USA and southeast USA.
How difficult are the rules? The mechanics are straightforward and one would expect most adults and kids (>10) could pick this up within 15-30 minutes of play. But easy mechanics doesn't make it a simple game - like chess, the game can be quite involved.
How long does it take to play? - depending on the experience of the players, a game could take 2-5 hours to complete.
Wait a moment - isn't there a game like this already called Axis and Allies? YES - this game is quite similar to Axis and Allies which has gone into various editions and publishers (Milton Bradley, Avalon Hill, Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, etc.) It has a strong similarity to Axis and Allies - the key differences seem to be (a) bigger map with more areas and sea zones - the board is about 3x the area of the A&A board, (b) most of the rules are similar with tweaks - sort of super sized A&A played with a few more home brewed rules.

Is it worth getting? Yes - but it helps if you really like board wargames, really like A&A, and appreciate high quality production - the board is terrific - mounted, coated and solid. The miniatures are OK - oddly they are all based on German figures - so the dark brown Russians have German style soldiers and tanks, as do the green USA troops. But this is a small quibble - if this bugs you, just substitute A&A figures from A&A Europe and A&A Pacific.
Would other (non-wargamers) like this? Well - it can be an intro wargame - no huge rule book with numerous references (e.g. "Movement Rule 2.3.1.1 - moving while under fire in a full moon"), but is it worth spending $80-100? - probably you could have as good a time with the A&A versions, but this is clearly a work of love by a designer and developer who loved the original A&A and wanted to do something more - a dream many A&A players have thought of at some point. The map is amazing - the image on the amazon website doesn't give it credit. The box pictured is about 60% BIGGER than the early edition big A&A box.

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