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1979 Ranked #20,365

Chinese Civil War: 1946-1949

This hex-based historical wargame has opposing forces fight across China to capture or retain cities by the final turn. Guerrillas, bases, supply, artillery, and contrasting warfare styles make control of the map a shifting struggle.

Wargames Civil War Wargame Hexagon Grid History: Chinese Civil War

Players

1-2

Play time

240-360 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.86/5

Rating

5.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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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 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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This game was first published in The Wargamer Magazine issue #10, and republished as a boxed game in 1994.

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This game was first published in The Wargamer Magazine issue #10, and republished as a boxed game in 1994. Chinese Civil War is a simple hex-based wargame on the conflict between the Nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) army and the Communist People's Liberation Army (PLA) in China between 1946 and 1949. The aim of the game is to capture/retain control of cities at game end (16 turns) Game features include conventional and non-conventional warfare by the communists, national war zones for the KMT armies, communist bases, guerrillas, supplies and even artillery pieces for the communists. The game consists of a 22" by 34" mapsheet, 200 counters and a rulebook.

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
240–360 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.9/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Bob Fowler

Artists

2
David Green Beth Queman

Publishers

1
3W (World Wide Wargames)

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