After the Holocaust (1977)

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Designer	Irad B. Hardy Redmond A. Simonsen
Artist	Redmond A. Simonsen
Publisher	SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Year Published	1977
# of Players	3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	16 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Economic
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Primary Name	After the Holocaust
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After the Holocaust is an economic game set in the United States after a nuclear war.

Players control agricultural, mineral, and fuel production, and manipulate labor, mechanization, trade, transportation, taxation, and consumer goods. Players can also build armies and attack each other.

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Number 28, August/September 1976
- Minuteman: The Second American Revolution / Lutzen / Napoleon's Art of War: Eylau and Dresden / Highway to the Reich / The Plot to Assassinate Hitler / After the Holocaust / South Africa / StarSoldier: Tactical Warfare in the 25th Century / War in Europe - "Designer's Notes" (Design Notes), Various
Number 32, April/May 1977
- After the Holocaust - "After the Holocaust: Guns or Butter in Post-Atomic America" (Strategy), Scott Renner
- After the Holocaust - "The Limits to Growth in Holocaust" (Analysis), Gary M. Kodish

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After the Holocaust

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First Edition

Publisher: SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Artist: Redmond A. Simonsen

Year: 1977

Product Code: KAH-966

Size: 11.75 x 9.13 x 2.10 inches

2.70 pounds

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After the Holocaust Economic Overview

This is a flowchart showing how, in general terms, this game works. Very useful when explaining how the various components of a player's economy works in the game. Updated version with a bit more explanation, especially regarding the need for (and some pitfalls of) Consumer Points.

yankeeap

2010-08-04

Land Tiles for variant play

Experimental variant map.

Krasturak

2010-03-28

After the Holocaust for Macintosh

Classic Macintosh Application for ATH (posted by creator, Allan Bell)

abell

2008-12-27

Rules after the holocaust

Rules for the game after the holocaust

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2007-11-26

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1963 RAND Corporation research report on this topic	http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3436...	2008-09-10
Map (excel)	http://grognard.com/variants1/athmap.xls	2005-05-19
Variant #2	http://grognard.com/variants1/ath.doc	2005-05-19
Basic Strategy	http://grognard.com/info/ath.txt	2005-05-19
Q & A	http://grognard.com/errata/afterqa.txt	2005-05-19
Variant	http://grognard.com/variants/ath.txt	2005-05-19
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