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1985 Ranked #19,380

Ultimatum

This world-domination strategy game has players buy troops and special actions, control alliances, and oust rivals from strategic locations. Money can fund advanced weapons and stations, escalating the fight for global control.

Wargames Wargame Area Movement

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

2.75/5

Rating

5.78

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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?

Players battle for the Western, Communist, Neutralist and Oil Alliances to control the world in this world domination game set in the not-too-distant future.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Area Movement

Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
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Players battle for the Western, Communist, Neutralist and Oil Alliances to control the world in this world domination game set in the not-too-distant future. Players collect money purchase troops and special action cards, even laser space stations and attempt to oust each other from crucial strategic locations on the board. A game with an obvious lineage from Risk and other low complexity world domination games.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

1
Wargame

Mechanism

1
Area Movement

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
4–6
Play time
180 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Fred Bates

Publishers

1
Bates Games, Inc.

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