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1998 Ranked #8,396

War Without Mercy

A World War II strategic wargame has players command forces across the Eastern Front from Poland onward. Its scale and linked-series design let the conflict expand toward a broader European and North African campaign.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Ratio / Combat Results Table

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.42/5

Rating

7.04

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?

War Without Mercy is the first of three games in Clash of Arms's Struggle for Europe series. It includes the entire east front including the invasion of Poland which is an introductory scenario.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Combat Results Table

Compare opposing strength as a ratio, then consult a table to resolve combat.
Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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War Without Mercy is the first of three games in Clash of Arms's Struggle for Europe series. It includes the entire east front including the invasion of Poland which is an introductory scenario. The game scale is 30 miles per hex, two weeks per turn with units at division and corp level. When the final two games are published all three games can be combined to play all of WW2 in Europe and North Africa.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Hexagon Grid Ratio / Combat Results Table Simulation

Family

1
Series: Struggle for Europe (Clash of Arms)

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
1–3
Play time
360 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Rob Beyma

Artists

2
Tom Hannah Timothy Schleif

Publishers

1
Clash of Arms Games

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