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To The Wolf's Lair! box art
1983 Ranked #16,301

To The Wolf's Lair!

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid Simulation

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3.38/5

Rating

6.80

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

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?

A simulation of the Soviet Drive Into East Prussia, January 1945. The scale is about 8 miles to a hex.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Hexagon Grid

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

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Simulation

Family

2
Country: Germany Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Editions

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Age
12+
Complexity
3.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Gary Helmer

Artists

3
Enrique Chagoya Ina Clausen Maggie Nelson

Publishers

1
People's War Games

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