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Designed By	Frank Chadwick
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Published By	GDW (Game Designers Workshop)
Year Published	1991
# of Players:	2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Category	Modern Warfare Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Hex-and-Counter
Primary Name	The Sands of War
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Expanded By	The Sands of War Expansion Kit
Families	The First Battle Series

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"Tactical Combat in the Middle East: 1941-1991"

Scale: 250 meter hexes, 15 minute turns, platoon sized units.

Scenarios cover World War II, the Israeli War of Independence, the Sinai War, the Six-Day War, the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Lebanon, the Iran-Iraq War, and the 1991 Gulf War.

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The Sands of War Expansion Kit

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	Recommendations

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Assault	Test of Arms	Gulf Strike

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Boots & Saddles	Bismarck	Blood & Thunder	The Arab-Israeli Wars
Firepower	Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats	The Korean War	Panzer Leader
D-Day	PanzerBlitz	NATO: The Next War in Europe	Fury in the West
Aegean Strike	The Battle for North Africa	Submarine	Victory in the Pacific
Sixth Fleet	Great War at Sea 2: The North & Baltic Seas	Southern Front	Flat Top
MBT	Battlefield: Europe	Phase Line Smash	B-17: Queen of the Skies

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Breakout: Normandy

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27	I Guess I Like Frank Chadwick Better Than I Thought--My GDW Collection	2009-02-18
26	Wargames covering the Arab-Israeli wars	2005-05-25
24	Wargames Dealing with Hypothetical Future Conflicts	2005-07-05
18	GDW published game list	2004-11-14

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Board Game Rank:	2780
Wargame Rank:	768
Num Ratings:	52
Average Rating:	6.62
Standard Deviation:	1.30
Num Views:	7108
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.4
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	27
Users Owning:	127
Users Wanting:	6
Users Trading:	9
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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The Sands of War Expansion Kit

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Num Ratings	29
Average Rating	6.78
Average Weight	2.50

Owned	89
Prev. Owned	10
For Trade	4
Wanted in Trade	4

Wishlist	5
Comments	14
Year Pub.	1992

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