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Rules assistance for Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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Rules assistant for Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets
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Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets is an expansion for Victory: World War II released in 1998 for 2–6 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Tom Dalgliesh and Grant Dalgliesh and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Secret Unit Deployment.
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About the game
Without expansion, Victory is a two-player game. The regular expansion blocksets for Victory each contain 50 wooden block units in any of 6 available colors: the red and blue of the base game, or orange, green, gray or black. Expansion blocksets come with a few simple additional rules for multi-player games. Victory 2nd ed. includes elite units in the game's standard blocksets and adds brown and yellow for a total of 8 available colors. Blocks of War - WWII Standard Sets #3521: Red Blockset - Duplicate standard blockset #3522: Blue Blockset - Duplicate standard blockset #3523: Gray Blockset - includes Canal Zone, a 4-player scenario and special rules for Multi-Player games #3524: Green Blockset - includes Centerpunch, a 4-player scenario and special rules for Multi-Player games #3531: Orange Blockset #3532: Black Blockset Victory 2nd edition blocksets #3521: Red Blockset - Duplicate standard blockset #3522: Blue Blockset - Duplicate standard blockset #3523: Gray Blockset #3524: Green Blockset #3531: Orange Blockset #3532: Black Blockset #3533: Brown Blockset #3534: Yellow Blockset Expands: Victory: World War II for the original Blocks of War blocksets Victory: World War II – Second Edition for the 2nd edition blocksets
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Columbia Games
Questions and answers
Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets has a complexity rating of 1.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets belongs to these categories: Wargame, World War II, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Secret Unit Deployment. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets are: Tom Dalgliesh and Grant Dalgliesh. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Victory: The Blocks of War – Additional Blocksets as an expansion for Victory: World War II. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Victory: World War II to use it. Check that your edition of Victory: World War II is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.