Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia
BGG rating
7.2

Expansion for Lion of Ethiopia

Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia

1990

Rules assistance for Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 180 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.0/5

Rules assistant for Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia

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Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia is an expansion for Lion of Ethiopia released in 1990 for 2 players, 180 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Ty Bomba and its main mechanics are Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Tiger of Ethiopia was published in Command Magazine 6 and is a variant of Lion of Ethiopia (published in Command Magazine 4 which is required in order to play this variant). In this alternate history, Nazi Germany and Japan were victorious in WW II have turned on each other to start WWW III in 1948. This game deals with the Japanese invasion of the Horn of Africa as a southern pincer to Black Gold (a stand-alone game published separately along with Mississippi Banzai), to tear the entire Middle East away from German/Italian control. Japanese have air superiority, the first Japanese tank army, Andean mountain units and Ethiopian guerrillas and other Japanese units against the Italian Army (same units as the Italian army of 1936 in Lion of Ethiopia). The Afrika Korps, British SS legions and Arab SS cavalry legions enter as reinforcements. One 22" x 34" map. Divisional level with a few brigades/regiments/battalions.

Mechanics

Designers

Publishers

  • XTR Corp

Questions and answers

Lion of Ethiopia: Tiger of Ethiopia supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.