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Rules assistance for World at War: Battles within Battles
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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- 90 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
Rules assistant for World at War: Battles within Battles
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
World at War: Battles within Battles is an expansion for World at War: Eisenbach Gap released in 2009 for 2 players and 90 minutes per game. It was designed by Mark H. Walker and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.
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About the game
(from LnL website:) The first downloadable expansion in the World at War system. For those new to World at War, the game simulates, on a platoon-level. The expansion contains 14 scenarios, an 8.5” x 11” map, a few new rules, a handful of new counters, and also utilizes the counters and maps from Eisenbach Gap and Blood and Bridges. Scenarios size is generally small/medium and there is also a 5-scenario linked campaign. A scenario pack [downloadable] for the World at War series by Lock 'N Load. Components: A new 8.5" x 11" map. 14 new scenarios. The Bitterfeld Campaign, a 5-scenario persistent campaign [5 of the 14 scenarios]. A handful of easy to mount, one-sided administrative counters used in the Bitterfeld Campaign.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Lock 'n Load Publishing, LLC.
Questions and answers
World at War: Battles within Battles 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.
The listed playing time for World at War: Battles within Battles is 90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
World at War: Battles within Battles has a complexity rating of 2.1 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-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.
World at War: Battles within Battles belongs to these categories: Wargame, Modern Warfare, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid. 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 World at War: Battles within Battles are: Mark H. Walker. 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 World at War: Battles within Battles as an expansion for World at War: Eisenbach Gap. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need World at War: Eisenbach Gap to use it. Check that your edition of World at War: Eisenbach Gap is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.