Nuclear Escalation (1983)

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Designer	Douglas Malewicki Michael Stackpole
Artist	Doug Chaffee
Publisher	Flying Buffalo, Inc. (FBI)
Year Published	1983
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5, 6 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6, more than 6 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Honors	1983 Charles S. Roberts Best Science-Fiction Board Game Winner
Subdomain	Thematic Games (14 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Modern Warfare Negotiation Political Wargame Show More »
Mechanic	Hand Management
Expansion	Nuclear War Booster Packs
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Primary Name	Nuclear Escalation
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A comical card game of nuclear confrontation involving nervous world powers and jittery diplomats. Everyone jockeys for domination (in self defense, of course), using propaganda, espionage, and meanwhile building space platforms (for peaceful purposes, of course). Diplomacy inevitably fails and the missiles start flying!

The first expansion set for Nuclear War, this can also be played on its own.

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English first edition

Publisher: Flying Buffalo, Inc. (FBI)

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Year: 1983

Product Code: FBI6003

Size: 12.00 x 9.12 x 1.00 inches

0.83 pounds

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0	General Crappy die	2012-03-19	huajiao	4
1	Variants New Cards for Nuclear Escalation	2009-08-27	heli	2
9	Sessions Blowing everything up!	2009-06-16	MerricB	4
0	General Card list?	2008-11-15	carl67lp	5
2	General Why is this not ranked? It's a full game not just expansion	2007-07-02	waza	5
0	News Nuclear War microbadge available	2007-01-23	bill_andel	0
0	Rules Space Platforms/Cruise Missiles and peace	2006-11-13	davepanzer	2
3	Reviews User Review	2005-01-10	cabalzero	1

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1	Nuclear War Booster Packs Rules Did this come with it's own set of rules addendum?	2007-05-22	davidme	1
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Nuclear War, Escalation, Proliferation - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

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2005-06-10

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Nuclear War - Card Rules.doc

Reference sheet of the rules for the more complex cards in Escalation and Proliferation.

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Board Game Rank:	1078
Thematic Rank:	167
Num Ratings:	723
Average Rating:	6.62
Standard Deviation:	1.42
Num Views:	27121
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	5

Personal Comments:	191
Users Owning:	1159
Users Wanting:	32
Users Trading:	42 [find trade matches]
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Num Ratings	54
Average Rating	6.16
Average Weight	1.83

Num Owned	142
Prev. Owned	7
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	19
Comments	36
Year Published	1994

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