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War In The West: Wwii In Western Europe, 1939-1945 box art
1976 Ranked #16,262

War In The West: Wwii In Western Europe, 1939-1945

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

3.5/5

Rating

7.01

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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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How it plays

How does it play?

War in the West is a corps/division level simulation designed to recreate these massive battles. Each hex represents 33 kilometers of actual distance and each game-turn represents one week of actual time (the same scale as War in the East).

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War in the West is a corps/division level simulation designed to recreate these massive battles. Each hex represents 33 kilometers of actual distance and each game-turn represents one week of actual time (the same scale as War in the East). There are 5 scenarios: Poland, France 1940, North Africa, Italy and France 1944. In addition the scenarios can be used as a starting point for a campaign scenario covering the remainder of the war. Part of WAR IN EUROPE, but also sold separately.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
2–4
Play time
360 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.5/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Jim Dunnigan

Publishers

1
SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

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