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Liberia: Descent Into Hell – The Liberian Civil War 1989-1996 box art
2008 Ranked #14,453

Liberia: Descent Into Hell – The Liberian Civil War 1989-1996

A two-player civil-war game has government and rebel factions compete to control territory and resources before a postwar election. The side with enough support to win that election becomes Liberia’s president.

Wargames Civil War Modern Warfare Area Majority / Influence Area Movement

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

3.08/5

Rating

7.19

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?

Official Description from the Fiery Dragon website: Liberia: Descent into Hell is a simulation game on the Liberian civil war of 1989-1997.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Area Majority

Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Area Movement

Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
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Official Description from the Fiery Dragon website: Liberia: Descent into Hell is a simulation game on the Liberian civil war of 1989-1997. The game is for two players, one representing President Samuel Doe’s Armed Forces of Liberia and its allied factions (the Government player) and the other the insurgent forces of Charles Taylor and his allies (the Rebel player). The object of the game is to control enough territory and resources at the end of the game to win a post-war election and become the undisputed President of Liberia.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

4
Civil War Modern Warfare Political Wargame

Mechanism

2
Area Majority / Influence Area Movement

Family

5
Country: Liberia Decades: The 1990's Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Players: Two-Player Only Games Players: Wargames with Solitaire Rules

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
300 min
Complexity
3.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Ben Madison

Artists

3
Ed Bourelle Claudio Pozas David Sourwine

Publishers

1
Platinum Dragon Productions

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