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The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
An overview of the field of board wargaming circa 1977.
What is The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming
An overview of the field of board wargaming circa 1977.
The chapters include: The Wargames Explosion, Basics of Wargaming, Strategy (chapters 3-5: The Forest and the Trees, Reserves and Build-Up, Political and Economic Affairs), Tactics (chapters 6-8: Defensive Terrain, Combined Arms, Waves and Skies) and Winning (chapters 9-10: The Short Cuts, The Broad Sweep). The final chapter is a four turn replay of SPI's Nordlingen.
In addition, there is a 63 page section with capsule descriptions of over 275 wargames - a real blast from the past!
There are four appendices: Answers to Problems (the book includes six wargame situations for the reader to analyze), Useful Addresses (no longer very useful due to their age) and PanzerBlitz and Panzer Leader: Game of Tactical Warfare on the Western Front free-choice selection unit values.
Game details
- Players
- 1–0
- Age
- +10
- Duration
- —
- Difficulty
- Heavy
- Type
- Expansion
- Year
- 1977
- Mechanics
- —
- Categories
- Book · Expansion for Base-game · Wargame
- Designer
- Nicholas Palmer
- Publisher
- Sphere Books Limited · Hippocrene Books · McGraw-Hill Inc. · Ugo Mursia Editore (Mursia)
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How many players is The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming for?
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming plays with 1–0 players.
How long does a game take?
Playing time varies with the number of players.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 10.
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