Designer	Mark Herman
Artist	Harald Lieske Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch John Trumbull
Publisher	GMT Games Spielworxx
Year Published	2010
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (22 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (13 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (11 voters) [poll]
Honors	2010 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Nominee 2010 Golden Geek Best 2-Player Board Game Winner 2010 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee 2010 Golden Geek Best Wargame Winner
Subdomain	Wargames (40 voters) [vote]
Category	American Revolutionary War Wargame
Mechanic	Area Control / Area Influence Campaign / Battle Card Driven Dice Rolling Point to Point Movement
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Family	Country: USA Pre-Napoleonic: 1600-1780
Primary Name	Washington's War
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Website	http://www.gmtgames.com/p-243-washingtons-war.aspx

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Washington’s War is a card-driven game on the American Revolution. It pits the forces of King George III against the American colonists as they fight for their independence. In Washington’s War, you assume the role of either:

The King of Great Britain as he tries to bring his rebellious colonies back into the Empire, while at the same time dealing with a global war against ancient enemies bent on revenge for their losses in the Seven Years War; OR

The Continental Congress as they battle the forces of Britain, while trying to rally their countrymen to the cause of liberty.

Washington’s War is not just a re-tread of my earlier design on the same subject, but a true re-design that is keeping the basic feel while simplifying and speeding up what was already a fast paced game. Washington’s War features a dice-driven combat system that quickly resolves combat and is very friendly to internet play. The game also features a new CDG discard mechanic that enables a player to play a discarded event for the cost of an operations card. Now unusual card distributions create challenges and not insurmountable barriers to push your strategy forward. Washington’s War is being broadly tested on the internet to give players a voice and a source of input prior to publication. What was old is new again…. Be the man on the white horse and forge a nation or save an empire.

Washington’s War winner of the 2011 Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Pre-Napoleonic Wargame and the Walter Luc Haas Award for the best 2011 Wargame.

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GMT Games' Washington's War site. This site includes a few preview items for viewing such as sample units and the combat flow-chart.

Phalanx Games Deutschland http://www.phalanxgames.de/product_info.php?products_id=218 German pre-order site.

Card dimensions (for sleeves): game includes 110 cards of size 3.5"x2.5".

Awards

2010: BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Best 2-Player Game

2010: BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Best Wargame

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C3i Magazine Index

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The Art of Asymmetrical Strategy - by Mark Herman [Article, 8 pages]

American and British Player Aid Cards - by Michael Campbell [2 color cards]

Corrected State Control Markers [14 counters]

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Year: 2010

Product Code: 1002

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Unofficial translation of Event Strategy Cards text to Russian. All Event Cards except "Government Fails" are included. "Government Fails" and Ops Cards are not included. Перевод текста карт событий на русский. Переведены все карты, кроме "Падения правительства". Карты операций и падения правительства не переведены. Карты отсортированы по оригинальному (английскому) названию события (по алфавиту), а не по номерам. Старался, где можно, переводить дословно.

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