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1989 Ranked #8,150

Red Storm Rising

A hypothetical Cold War wargame has Warsaw Pact and NATO forces fight across Germany. Upright units conceal key information, while advanced rules add air power, airborne troops, and chemical weapons.

Wargames Modern Warfare Novel-based Area Movement Secret Unit Deployment

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.61/5

Rating

6.32

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

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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How it plays

How does it play?

Red Storm Rising is a turn based game covering a theoretical Warsaw Pact invasion of Germany. Units are upright and specific information about them is hidden from the other player.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Area Movement

Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Secret Unit Deployment

Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
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Red Storm Rising is a turn based game covering a theoretical Warsaw Pact invasion of Germany. Units are upright and specific information about them is hidden from the other player. Army groups are made up of 5-6 different units; each unit is roughly division sized. Map areas are irregular, and the board covers basically from the Soviet Union to France. Time scale is unspecified, but appears to be in the days per turn range. Advanced rules add air combat, airborne units, and chemical weapons.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

3
Modern Warfare Novel-based Wargame

Mechanism

2
Area Movement Secret Unit Deployment

Family

1
Authors: Tom Clancy

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Douglas Niles

Artists

4
Dennis Kauth Dave LaForce David C. Sutherland, III Stephanie Tabat

Publishers

1
Tactical Studies Rules (TSR)

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