Table feel
Moderately interactive game with a good balance of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.
Balkans 1941
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
12+
Weight
2.57
Rating
6.58
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.7
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Balkans 1941 has a high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. It is moderately easy to learn. Overall, it offers a highly replayable experience.
Luck profile
Balkans 1941 has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws play a notable but not exclusive role in determining the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is a balanced mix of luck and strategy.
Overview
Balkans 1941 is a game for two players based on the German blitzkrieg into Yugoslavia and Greece in World War II. This set the stage for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. One player is the Axis player, the other is the Allied. The Axis player controls all German (including Army, SS and Luftwaffe), Italian, Hungarian and Bulgarian units. The Allied player controls all Greek, Yugoslav and Commonwealth (British, Australian, New Zealand and Polish Exile) units. Components: One 22 x34" mapsheet 280 die-cut cardboard counters Rules The map runs from Germany, Hungary and Rumania in the north, Italy on the west, Bulgaria on the east and the island of Crete in the south. In between is Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece. The scale is one week of actual time per game turn, regiment, brigade and division-sized ground units and air units of 10-150 aircraft.
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Designers
1
Joseph Miranda
Publishers
2
Decision Games (I)
Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (?????)
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