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Designed By	Douglas Malewicki
Art By
Published By	Flying Buffalo Inc. (FBI)
Year Published	1965
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5, 6 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6, more than 6 players (17 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (10 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Negotiation Wargame
Mechanic
Primary Name	Nuclear War
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Nuclear Proliferation Nuclear War Bonus Pack #1 Nuclear War Bonus Pack #2 - Expansion to India Rails and Nuclear War Nuclear War Bonus Pack #3 Nuclear War Booster Packs Weapons of Mass Destruction Show More »
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	Description Edit \| History

Satirical game in which each player represents a "major world power" and attempts to gain global domination (or annihilation) through the strategic use of propaganda or nuclear weapons...

Online Play

GameTable Online (free, multiplayer, real-time, Java)

Expanded by:

Nuclear Proliferation
Nuclear Escalation
Nuclear War Bonus Pack #1
Nuclear War Bonus Pack #2 - Expansion to India Rails and Nuclear War (combining Nuclear War with India Rails)
Nuclear War Booster Packs
Nuclear War Bonus Pack #3
Weapons of Mass Destruction

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	More Information Edit \| History

Magazine References:

Panzerfaust and Campaign Article Index:

Number 78, March-April 1977
- Metamorphosis Alpha / Nuclear War / Warriors of the Green Planet / Bunnies and Burrows / New Orleans, 1815 / Yellow Submarine / Nabbey Road / White Bear & Red Moon / Dungeon Geomorphs / The Book of Monsters / Polyhedra and Percentile Dice - "Thumbnail Analysis" (Review), Don Lowry

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	22h 8m
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0	General Nuclear War + Expansions card suggestions	2009-08-15	Falkon00	1
9	Reviews Finally a game older than me......but as unpolitically correct	2009-08-01	madax66	1
1	General Component list	2009-06-16	cold_fuzion	0
39	Reviews A Thorough and Objective Review [Nuclear War]	2009-01-21	Astinex	8
0	News Nuclear War tournament Sunday at The Citadel in Groton CT	2008-10-23	wargamer55	0
0	Rules Rules Sheet help!	2008-10-06	ESMP	0
0	Rules Basic rule question - revealing cards?	2008-08-04	Zimeon	5
2	Sessions You Never Forget Your First Time	2008-08-02	Kobold Cu...	4
0	General 1965 version 2nd printing	2008-07-22	Dirty Harry	0
0	General 40th anniversary edition	2008-07-22	killingga...	5

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
Nuclear Escalation	Nuclear Proliferation	Weapons of Mass Destruction

Standard Recommendations
Hacker

Weak Recommendations
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Wiz-War	Ogre	The Awful Green Things from Outer Space	The Beastlord
Bounty Hunter: Shootout at the Saloon	Kill Doctor Lucky	Helltank Destroyer	Dragonriders of Pern: The Book Game
Illuminati: Deluxe Edition	Kingmaker	Attack Force	The Peter Principle Game

Very Weak Recommendations
Demo Derby: Saturday Night at the Track	Junta	Cosmic Encounter

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Classic Nuclear War Mat

Based on the mats used in the GameTableOnline version. This mat is to be used in the classic Nuclear War game (not the expansions).

ESMP

2008-10-10

Fallout Calculator

This calculator (written in JAVA for maximum compatibility) uses the same probability of the spinner that comes with the game. You will need JAVA Runtime Environment (JRE) installed (you must be able to run .jar files). You can download it from: http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Tried on MacOS X 10.5.5 and Windows XP

ESMP

2008-10-08

No Title

Tabla de resolucion de combate en Español

Er Murria

2008-01-27

No Title

Reglamento en Español

Er Murria

2008-01-27

Nuclear War - Rules SPANISH - Reglamento español

In txt format

plissken2013es

2007-12-02

Nuclear War Generic Country Mat (A4)

Use this with the country country cards as a generic gamemat.

tssfulk

2007-11-05

Nuc War countries.pdf

Country Cards for 40th Aniversary box (sans two countries)

riledguy

2007-08-30

Nuclear_War_Population_Cards_v1.0.pdf

Nuclear_War_Population_Cards_v1.0

yankeezulu

2007-04-04

NuclearWarCombinedRules1.50.zip

Nuclear War with all the Trimmings - Combines the rules of all sets (up to WMD)

Urhixidur

2006-04-20

Nuclear War, Escalation, Proliferation - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

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283	Reality is a poorly designed game	2009-07-06
282	BoardGameGeek Chain of Generosity	2007-09-19
243	What Specific Game Mechanics Make You Say "Cool!"	2008-06-15

	Statistics

Board Game Rank:	1015
Wargame Rank:	553
Num Ratings:	1570
Average Rating:	6.28
Standard Deviation:	1.64
Num Views:	71829
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	11

Personal Comments:	650
Users Owning:	1686
Users Wanting:	67
Users Trading:	69
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1869
Plays This Month:	3

Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game	[Submit Corrections »]
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Nuclear Proliferation

Rank	871
Num Ratings	456
Average Rating	6.62
Average Weight	1.41

Owned	687
Prev. Owned	34
For Trade	18
Wanted in Trade	29

Wishlist	34
Comments	134
Year Pub.	1992

Nuclear War Bonus Pack #1

Rank	0
Num Ratings	42
Average Rating	6.20
Average Weight	1.71

Owned	91
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	21

Wishlist	23
Comments	18
Year Pub.	1996

Nuclear War Bonus Pack #2 - Expansion to India Rails and Nuclear War

Rank	0
Num Ratings	19
Average Rating	6.21
Average Weight	2.50

Owned	53
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	3
Wanted in Trade	20

Wishlist	27
Comments	9
Year Pub.	1999

Nuclear War Bonus Pack #3

Rank	0
Num Ratings	1
Average Rating	10.00
Average Weight	2.00

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

Wishlist	3
Comments	1
Year Pub.	1996

Nuclear War Booster Packs

Rank	0
Num Ratings	45
Average Rating	6.24
Average Weight	1.83

Owned	102
Prev. Owned	4
For Trade	11
Wanted in Trade	9

Wishlist	16
Comments	29
Year Pub.	1994

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Rank	1824
Num Ratings	110
Average Rating	6.62
Average Weight	1.38

Owned	268
Prev. Owned	6
For Trade	5
Wanted in Trade	21

Wishlist	34
Comments	63
Year Pub.	2004

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Site for new cards, countrys and a Combined Rules Booklet	http://www.angelfire.com/pq/Urhixidur/Nuke/Nuke.ht...	2006-11-30
Nuclear War Players Guide	http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~ccussmw/rpg/nw/nwarpgu...	2006-11-17
The designer's own website	http://www.canosoarus.com/default.htm	2004-04-22
Play Nuclear War Online!	http://www.gametableonline.com	2003-09-10
Flying Buffalo (official site)	http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/	2001-11-02
On this page you will find a booklet that combines the rules from all three card sets plus the FAQs, as well as some additional cards and countries.	http://www.bigfoot.com/~D.U.Thibault	2001-11-02

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