A World at War (2003)

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Designer	Bruce Harper
Artist	Rodger B. MacGowan Mark Simonitch
Publisher	GMT Games
Year Published	2003
# of Players	1 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	14 and up
User Suggested Ages	16 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Wargames (4 voters) [vote]
Category	Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
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Primary Name	A World at War
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Website	http://www.aworldatwar.org

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A World at War is a grand-strategic wargame. It is an evolution and fusion of Advanced Third Reich and its sister-game Empire of the Rising Sun, earlier published by Avalon Hill. It builds on and clarifies the earlier games, and has dozens of scenarios and campaigns.

Contents

2,800 full-color die-cut counters.
Four 22"x30" full-color mapsheets
12 Player Aid Cards
196-page Rulebook
72-page Status Sheet booklet
24-page Research and Diplomacy booklet
24-page Scenario booklet
8 six-sided dice

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Publisher: GMT Games

Artist: Rodger B. MacGowan, Mark Simonitch

Year: 2003

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1	General A World at War or World in Flames	2011-08-28	dawitchy	4
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1	General AWAW World Board Gaming Convention - This is were we play/compete	2010-05-13	Sparky0565	1
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	Recommendations

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Advanced Third Reich

Standard Recommendations
Empire of the Rising Sun

Weak Recommendations
Blood on the Snow: The Battle of Suomussalmi	Britain Stands Alone	Rise and Decline of the Third Reich	Empires in Arms
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Triumph & Glory: Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1796-1809	Red Steel: Clash Of Armor At Kishinev

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War of Resistance	Grand Illusion: The 1914 Campaign in the West	Advanced European Theater of Operations	John Prados' Third Reich
Gringo!	The Three Days of Gettysburg (Third Edition)

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Research random number generator v1.1 (packed)

A little program which rolls the rsearch rolls and averages them. It does 20 at a time, and displays the totals of all the dice it rolled. I find it speeds up our research when we play. v1.1 has an install package. You'll need to unzip and then run the setup application. It'll insert a start menu item too.

stuuk

2007-10-27

Space saving naval construction sheet v1.1

Naval construction sheets for all powers on only two sheets of A4. Great for space saving. Also has handy construction and repair notes. v1.1 has a 'ships waiting for repair section'

stuuk

2007-10-27

Research Random Number Generator

A little program which rolls the rsearch rolls and averages them. It does 20 at a time, and displays the totals of all the dice it rolled. I find it speeds up our research when we play.

stuuk

2007-10-06

Space saving naval construction sheets

Naval construction sheets for all powers on only two sheets of A4. Great for space saving. Also has handy construction and repair notes.

stuuk

2007-10-05

Conference Maps.01-31-04.pdf

Conference Map (4.4MB)

tathui

2004-02-26

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War Game Rank:	349
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GMT Games page about the game	http://www.gmtgames.com/p-274-a-world-at-war.aspx	2011-06-11
World Boardgaming Championships Event Preview/Results	http://www.boardgamers.org/yearbook/WAWpge.htm	2004-07-07
Warplanner, the official computer gaming system for A World At War	http://www.warplanner.com/	2004-02-25
Report of the first completed campaign in European Theater, featuring Sealion instead of Barbarossa	http://www.aworldatwar.org/VancouverGame1.htm	2004-02-25
GMT Games page about the game	http://www.gmtgames.com/waw/main.html	2003-09-09
The official site. Contains manual (PDF), images, and much more.	http://www.aworldatwar.org	2003-09-09