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Designed By	Harry Rowland
Art By	Rodger B. MacGowan
Published By	Australian Design Group
Year Published	1985
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (13 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	6000 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	18 and up (7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Area Movement Chit-Pull System Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter Simulation Variable Player Powers Show More »
Primary Name	World in Flames
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Africa Aflame America In Flames Asia Aflame Carrier Planes in Flames Commandoes in Flames Convoys in Flames Cruisers in Flames Days of Decision III Factories in Flames Fatal Alliances Fatal Alliances II Leaders In Flames Mech In Flames Patton In Flames Planes in Flames Politics in Flames Ships in Flames World in Flames: 2008 Annual World in Flames: 94/95 Annual World in Flames: 98 Annual Show More »
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Strategic level recreation of the Second World War. The hex based map covers the entire world, including European and Pacific theatres, with other areas being represented by "off-map" boxes. 1200 counters representing armies, corps, naval and air units allow the entire course of the war to be traced in detail. Historically accurate force setups are an addition for this edition.

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13	Sessions Peace in Flames 20: Chinese Offensive! Marines take Kwaj; Japanese advance in India	2009-11-11	wifwendell	0
5	Sessions Dif 2.3	2009-11-10	Henninga	1
2	General PBEM - looking for one more	2009-11-06	pjmcnamara	1
9	Sessions Dif 2.2	2009-10-28	Henninga	1
17	Sessions Peace in Flames 19: Japanese Take Manila, Calcutta	2009-10-26	wifwendell	0
7	Sessions Dif 2.1	2009-10-20	Henninga	0
4	Rules Naval Battles	2009-10-19	IcerIce	2
4	Variants Stalin's War: Production Rules for the USSR	2009-10-18	wifwendell	2
13	Sessions Peace in Flames 18: Slugfest on the Russian Front; Yugoslavia Finally Subdued; Allies on Sardinia; NEI Falls	2009-10-11	wifwendell	5
5	Sessions Dif 2.0	2009-10-09	Henninga	2

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
America In Flames	Days of Decision II	Patton In Flames

Standard Recommendations
Days of Decision	Days of Decision III	Europa Universalis	Empires in Arms

Weak Recommendations
7 Ages	Fatal Alliances II	Guns of August	Thirty Years War: Europe in Agony, 1618-1648
The Civil War	La Grande Guerre 14-18	World War II: Pacific Theater of Operations	The Great War in Europe
Czechoslovakia '38	Krieg! World War II in Europe	Port Arthur: The Russo-Japanese War	The Siege of Jerusalem
Paths of Glory	Balkan Wars	Hitler's War	Gulf Strike

Very Weak Recommendations
The Republic of Rome	Pacific War	NATO: The Next War in Europe	Vietnam 1965-1975
Pax Britannica

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WIF Rules

This is the CURRENT rules set for WIF ("WIF-RAW-7-aug04"), also available directly from http://www.a-d-g.com.au/

wifwendell

2009-09-26

WIFproductionsheet.pdf

A sheet to make it easier to track production, including points lent and collected via convoy

Blackberry

2007-06-24

WIFRulesTables.pdf

WIFFE misc charts and tables from the rules

Blackberry

2007-05-26

WeatherTabs.pdf

Tabs to mark current conditions in weather zones. Print on card stock and/or laminate them.

Blackberry

2007-05-26

WiF spanish.doc

Spanish translation for WiF 2003 (permission granted for Harry Roland for BBG) Ask for the email if necessary

muxiqui

2006-10-11

WiF5.zip

Cyberboard Gamebox for 5th Ed

perezron

2005-05-04

Boffins in Flames.doc

A simple research and technology variant for WIF. Increased technology allows you to choose builds rather than draw randomly.

nyhotep

2004-11-29

WiFFE.zip

Cyberboard Gamebox

perezron

2004-09-30

Stacking crib sheet.doc

Just a short sheet on stacking in WiF (which is more complicated than one might think)

Mixo

2004-05-09

Land Units.doc

There are so many special rules associated with units in WiF taht I started to compile a list of these feature - at some time I gave up the project - so this is by no means complete, but still a handy reference sheet (WiF - Fina Deluxe)

Mixo

2004-05-09

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	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	300
Wargame Rank:	77
Num Ratings:	664
Average Rating:	7.37
Standard Deviation:	1.90
Num Views:	98449
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	4.5
Fans:	28

Personal Comments:	336
Users Owning:	1022
Users Wanting:	25
Users Trading:	47
Has Parts For Trade:	2
Want Parts In Trade:	2
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	366
Plays This Month:	2

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Africa Aflame

Rank	0
Num Ratings	34
Average Rating	6.67
Average Weight	4.80

Owned	115
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	4
Wanted in Trade	0

Wishlist	0
Comments	19
Year Pub.	1993

America In Flames

Rank	3593
Num Ratings	40
Average Rating	6.21
Average Weight	4.56

Owned	127
Prev. Owned	9
For Trade	10
Wanted in Trade	9

Wishlist	10
Comments	24
Year Pub.	1999

Asia Aflame

Rank	0
Num Ratings	40
Average Rating	6.74
Average Weight	4.80

Owned	114
Prev. Owned	5
For Trade	5
Wanted in Trade	2

Wishlist	1
Comments	19
Year Pub.	1993

Carrier Planes in Flames

Rank	0
Num Ratings	28
Average Rating	7.02
Average Weight	4.83

Owned	82
Prev. Owned	4
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	2

Wishlist	4
Comments	11
Year Pub.	1998

Commandoes in Flames

Rank	0
Num Ratings	0
Average Rating	0.00
Average Weight	0.00

Owned	8
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	0
Wanted in Trade	1

Wishlist	3
Comments	1
Year Pub.	2008

Convoys in Flames

Rank	0
Num Ratings	13
Average Rating	6.42
Average Weight	5.00

Owned	54
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	5

Wishlist	5
Comments	10
Year Pub.	2003

Cruisers in Flames

Rank	0
Num Ratings	10
Average Rating	6.95
Average Weight	5.00

Owned	50
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	6

Wishlist	5
Comments	9
Year Pub.	2003

Days of Decision III

Rank	0
Num Ratings	25
Average Rating	6.82
Average Weight	3.50

Owned	86
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	6
Wanted in Trade	13

Wishlist	18
Comments	15
Year Pub.	2004

Factories in Flames

Rank	0
Num Ratings	2
Average Rating	6.50
Average Weight	4.00

Owned	20
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	2

Wishlist	5
Comments	4
Year Pub.	2008

Fatal Alliances

Rank	0
Num Ratings	32
Average Rating	6.33
Average Weight	4.00

Owned	69
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	4
Wanted in Trade	0

Wishlist	1
Comments	22
Year Pub.	1992

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WiF discussion yahoo group	http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/wifdiscussion	2009-07-28
Ten reasons why I hate World in Flames	http://home.scarlet.be/~sk032140/Boardgames/Worldi...	2009-04-05
Finnish Page	http://www.helsinki.fi/~vsaarine/wif/	2008-10-13
Good player aids including units by year.	http://users.ats.dk/jsp/wif.htm	2007-03-07
ADG official site	http://www.a-d-g.com.au	2004-11-19
French WiF Page (in English)	http://perso.wanadoo.fr/froon/WiF/wif.htm	2004-04-01

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