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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 (16 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 (8 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game Negotiation Wargame
Mechanic
Primary Name	Nuclear War
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Show Expansions » Nuclear Escalation 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
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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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Very Good	$17.50	2-Jul-2009
New	$50.00	14-Jun-2009
New	$20.49	29-May-2009
Like New	$18.00	29-Sep-2008

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Flying Buffalo - NUCLEAR ESCALATION - SEALED	1d 21h 56m	$ 36.99
Nuclear Proliferation by Flying Buffalo Games NISB	14d 21h 1m	$ 19.94
NUCLEAR ESCALATION	20d 1h 23m	$ 22.46
Vintage 1983 Nuclear Escalation Top Secret Blade Game	12d 22h 7m	$ 12.99
ORIGINAL 1985 NUCLEAR ESCAPE BOARD GAME ! RARE !	8d 20h 23m	$ 120.00
NUCLEAR ESCALATION	20d 22h 23m	$ 20.97
Nuclear Proliferation (Flying Buffalo) NEW	21d 2h 44m	$ 24.99
Nuclear War: Weapons of Mass Destruction Expansion	21d 2h 44m	$ 16.99
Nuclear War -Funny Game of World Destruction	21d 2h 44m	$ 24.99
Nuclear Proliferation (Nuclear War) (Flying Buffalo)	7d 21m	$ 21.87

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0	General Component list	2009-06-16	cold_fuzion	0
37	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
0	Rules A few Questions	2008-06-05	gf_ripper	3
0	General Population Breakdown	2008-04-13	brerfrog	4

	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
Nuclear Escalation	Nuclear Proliferation	Weapons of Mass Destruction

Standard Recommendations
Hacker

Weak Recommendations
Illuminati	Bitin' Off Hedz	Mystic War	Plague & Pestilence
Naval War	Express	Car Wars: The Card Game	Lord of the Fries
Dino Hunt	Car Wars	Ben Hurt	Give Me the Brain!
Illuminati: New World Order	Chitin: I	Family Business	Bullwinkle and Rocky Role Playing Party Game
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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	Statistics

User Rank:	979
Wargame Rank:	885
Num Ratings:	1495
Average Rating:	6.29
Standard Deviation:	1.65
Num Views:	65883
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	5

Personal Comments:	618
Users Owning:	1573
Users Wanting:	60
Users Trading:	64
Has Parts For Trade:	2
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1759
Plays This Month:	4

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

Rank	693
Num Ratings	552
Average Rating	6.74
Average Weight	1.54

Owned	798
Prev. Owned	30
For Trade	25
Wanted in Trade	33

Wishlist	34
Comments	156
Year Pub.	1983

Nuclear Proliferation

Rank	837
Num Ratings	436
Average Rating	6.62
Average Weight	1.42

Owned	643
Prev. Owned	28
For Trade	17
Wanted in Trade	29

Wishlist	31
Comments	130
Year Pub.	1992

Nuclear War Bonus Pack #1

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	41
Average Rating	6.32
Average Weight	1.71

Owned	90
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	1
Wanted in Trade	22

Wishlist	23
Comments	16
Year Pub.	1996

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

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	16
Average Rating	5.94
Average Weight	2.33

Owned	48
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	2
Wanted in Trade	20

Wishlist	26
Comments	9
Year Pub.	1999

Nuclear War Bonus Pack #3

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	0
Average Rating	0.00
Average Weight	2.00

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

Wishlist	0
Comments	0
Year Pub.	1996

Nuclear War Booster Packs

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	45
Average Rating	6.20
Average Weight	1.83

Owned	99
Prev. Owned	3
For Trade	12
Wanted in Trade	10

Wishlist	15
Comments	27
Year Pub.	1994

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Rank	1802
Num Ratings	106
Average Rating	6.58
Average Weight	1.40

Owned	252
Prev. Owned	6
For Trade	2
Wanted in Trade	22

Wishlist	30
Comments	57
Year Pub.	2004

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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
Play Nuclear War Online!	http://www.gametableonline.com	2003-09-10
The designer's own website	http://www.canosoarus.com/default.htm	2004-04-22
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

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