The Third World War: Battle for Germany
BGG rank
BGG #4,381
BGG rating
7.8

The Third World War: Battle for Germany

1984

Rules assistance for The Third World War: Battle for Germany

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

  • 2 players
  • 360 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.5/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for The Third World War: Battle for Germany

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The Third World War: Battle for Germany is a board game released in 1984 for 2 players, 360 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Frank Chadwick and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

The Third World War: Battle for Germany: is a game of the struggle for central Europe by the forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The divisions and independent regiments and brigades of fifteen nations battle in multi-impulse turns that feature NATO reserve movement and Pact echeloning. Air units represent groups of 100 aircraft of a specific type, each rated for air superiority, close support and strike capability. The maps, scaled at 45 kilometers per hex, cover all of Germany and the surrounding area from Denmark to Yugoslavia and Italy, from France to Poland.

Publishers

  • Hobby Japan
  • Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games)

Questions and answers

The Third World War: Battle for Germany 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.