It has finally happened; the world has descended into madness! The Capitalist Nations, led from Washington, D.C., are locked in mortal conflict with the Communist Bloc, controlled by an iron-fisted Kremlin.
Despite how eagerly the two sides have rattled their sabers, neither power is truly prepared for total war in the nuclear age. Tanks and missile cruisers, jet fighters and Kalashnikovs, roll off assembly lines and straight into one of a dozen war-ravaged wastelands strewn across the globe. Each side hopes for a quick victory, as neither can sustain the horrors of the nuclear age for long.
A World Gone Mad is a diceless wargame that simulates an apocalyptic nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The game assumes that neither nation’s economy is prepared for nuclear conflict. Production represents the sole element of chance in the game.
Each turn, players draw random unit tiles according to the size of their economy, and strategically deploy them across the globe. Both sides strive to achieve victory by taking their opponent’s homeland before their own country is reduced to charred, irradiated rubble.
In addition to the direct conquest of your opponent’s territories, the path to ultimate victory can be pursued by a variety of means, including strengthening your economy by controlling the seas, developing new technologies to enhance your military’s abilities, bringing neutral regions under your domination to increase your influence and power, and even fomenting revolutions in your enemy’s lands using guerrillas.
You’ll fight battles on land, in the air, on the water, and beneath the waves. You will need to be aggressive—but don’t leave yourself open to a sneak attack! And, looming over every move, is the ever-present threat of nuclear armageddon!
Product Information:
- Complexity: Medium
- Players: Two
- Playing Time: 1 Hour
- Solitaire Suitability: Medium
- Game Design: Scott Leibbrandt & Gregory Aldrete
- Project Manager: Bill Thomas
- Editor: Paul Schwarzenbart
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