The Third World War (1984)

The Third World War: Battle for Germany:
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. The divisions and independent regiments and brigades of fifteen nations battle in multi-impulse turns that feature NATO reserve movement and Pact echeloning. Air units represent groups of 100 aircraft of a specific type, each rated for air superiority, close support and strike capability.

The maps, scaled at 45 kilometers per hex, cover all of Germany and the surrounding area from Denmark to Yugoslavia and Italy, from France to Poland. Future games in this Third World War series, featuring constant scale and mateable maps, will include Scandinavia (Arctic Front), the Balkans (Southern Front), and the Persian Gulf (Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East).

Game contents

• Rules
• Errata dated 10 July 1984
• Briefing Booklet
• Charts:
  • Unit Identification Chart
  • 2 x Aircraft Status Chart
  • Terrain Effect Chart
  • Combat Results Table
• Two 17" x 22" maps
• One 8" x 17" map
• 2 x 6-sided dice
• 600 Counters:
  • 367 Units:
    • 12 Austria (brown on white)
    • 7 Belgium (white on green)
    • 4 Canada (white on brown)
    • 15 Czechoslovakia (black on pink)
    • 9 East Germany (black and white on red)
    • 30 France (black on light blue)
    • 8 Hungary (white on pink)
    • 22 Italy (black on green)
    • 9 Jugoslavia (black on light olive)
    • 7 Netherlands (black on blue)
    • 19 Poland (pink on white)
    • 8 Spain (white on blue)
    • 15 United Kingdom (black on brown)
    • 52 United States (white on olive)
    • 103 USSR (black on red)
    • 36 West Germany (black on olive)
    • 11 unspecified (blue on white)
  • 220 Markers:
    • 28 Nuclear Strike / Devastated City
    • 15 Strike
    • 20 Unsupplied
    • 20 Odds
    • 9 Shaken / Demoralized (6 black, 3 red)
    • 8 Crater (4 red, 4 black)
    • 4 Destroyed On Runway (2 red, 2 black)
    • 4 POMCUS
    • Disruption
      • 38 x 1-2 red
      • 20 x 3-4 red
      • 8 x 5-6 red
      • 20 x 1-2 black
      • 15 x 3-4 black
      • 5 x 5-6 black
    • 6 Neutral Reaction Chit
  • 13 blanks