La Grande Guerre 14-18

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.8

High replayability

Interaction 3.6

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, high frequency of interaction, and low emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

La Grande Guerre 14-18 has a high replayability score due to its strong variability in gameboard, expansions available, strategic depth, scalability, and moderate easiness to learn.

Luck profile

La Grande Guerre 14-18 has a moderate level of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

La Grande Guerre 14-18 (The Great War 14-18) The English rule set was released in 2002. La Grande Guerre is a strategic simulation of World War 1. Two maps cover all of Europe. Off map boxes represent Asia / Africa. Game year is broken down into 9 turns. Production takes place on the interphase every 3 turns. Either side may move first on a given turn. Two different combat systems are included. The initial combat system simulates the 1914 battles w/o trenches. Losses are lower and retreats are likely. In 1915 a new combat system is used. This new system is detailed, but does a good job showing the complexities of trench warfare (retreats are scarce and losses are real high). The game includes a limited fog of war. You may not look at opposing stacks, and units may be off board. The game is very complete in its depiction of WWI. (Similar to how World in Flames recreates WWII). Additional aspects of the game include: Fortresses Limits on coordination between different armies Diplomacy General Counters. Technology Naval War National Will - Leads to uprisings, mutinies, strikes even the dreaded revolution (likely to be Russia, but not necessarily them or a communist revolution). Note NW is lost on losing units and battles, so these effects are not random. Air / Armor Contents: 2 large map sheets (Europe, Middle East and World off-map boxes) - each map: 95 x 67.5cm (37.4 x 26.5 inch) 2 dices Loss charts (to be photocopied) 7 Armies Boxes charts (front/back) - 3 blue (Allies) & 4 brown (Centrals) Russie-Serbie-Roumanie (Russia-Serbia-Rumania) France-Angleterre (France-England) Italie-Etats Unis / Turquie-Etats Unis (Italy-United States / Turkey-United States) Autriche-Turquie / Autriche-Serbie-Grèce-Roumanie-Bulgarie Allemagne Ouest-Italie Allemagne Est Allemagne 1918 4 Rules & scenario booklets: Basic (for all 1914) Trench (for 1915+) Advanced (for Grand Campaign scenario: politics, diplomacy, technologies, air, production, naval) Scenarios (campaign scenario 1914-18, 6 scenarios for 1914, 6 scenarios for 1916-18) 8 Game Aid booklets: Entry into war (1914) Diplomacy Events & US entry chart Combat & movement (x2) Germany Austria-Hungary & Turkey France & England Russia, United States & Italy 7 Counter sheets (1811 counters) : 1 France, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Holland, Russia, Belgium, United States 2 Switzerland, Germany, Serbia, Rumania, Russia 3 Russia, United States, France, Germany 4 Austria-Hungary, Turkey, England 5 England, Italy, Turkey, United States, miscellaneous 6 Diplomatic (various) 7 Persia, Japan, technology sets, event chits

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Secret Unit Deployment Simulation

Type

1

Wargames

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