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The Big One box art
1995 Ranked #20,969

The Big One

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Continents: Europe

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.6/5

Rating

5.71

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game is on a single 11x17" map (yet stretches from Portugal to the Persian Gulf) and has 120 counters. It originally appeared in the first issue of GameFix magazine.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description

This game is on a single 11x17" map (yet stretches from Portugal to the Persian Gulf) and has 120 counters. It originally appeared in the first issue of GameFix magazine. Billed as the smallest-ever game on the whole of the Second World War in Europe, a pitch that overlooked the 1991 3W release 2WW which also featured an 11x17" map but only 80 counters. It is now published by One Small Step. A new version is available as print n' play (with included VASSAL module) at wargamevault.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

4
Components: Map (Continental / National scale) Continents: Europe Magazine: Gamefix Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
William L. Banks Paul Cooper

Artists

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

2
Game Publications Group One Small Step