From: "Richard Redd" Subject: Re: (GLOBAL WAR scenario variant) Long response The old SPI game is World WAR III, and can be a lot of fun. It has some interesting features: The entry of allies into the war is variable. If the Soviet Union can't get the Warsaw pact to go along, and has China (PRC) as an active enemy, said Soviet player might as well not even start the game. Ditto the US and NATO. There is a scenario for three players modeled after the geo-political situation in Orwell's book "1984". What usually happens is that the SU grabs Europe with the possible exception of Scandinavia and/or the British Isles. It can maybe get the Middle East also. If the PRC is an ally, it can take Japan with a little effort. If Western Europe AND Japan fall, and the SU can hold on, it can win going away. The game is based on control of production centers; producing ones that is. There is always the possibility that the losing side can pull the plug and start throwing multi megaton bombs. The SU has its silos stretched out along the Trans-Siberian railroad, while the US has its silos in North Dakota and its submarines in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere dodging the Red attack submarines. The Sovs get the jump on the West in the matter of extra moves, etc for the first turn or so, and plays hell with the maritime pipelines of the West. It's all the West can do to maintain those while building up for a counter attack. The SU needs to grab what it can get and hang on until the game is over. Oddly enough I've found that the optimum strategy for the West is to forget about Europe, land somewhere in Africa, and when the lodgment is sufficiently supplied, to go for the Middle East. If Japan and/or Taiwan also fall, the US needs to do something there also. All of the above is based on my leaky memory of long ago. The last game I played was at least 10 years ago. If all of the above trip down memory lane rings anyone's bell, I have the game in my inventory, and can drag it out and sell/trade it for some mutually agreed upon price or trade item. No, I won't settle for glass beads; my ancestors stole cattle, English ones if possible. Richard Redd -----Original Message----- From: Louis R. Coatney Subject: Re: (GLOBAL WAR scenario variant) >Andy, > > I meant SPI's old WORLD WAR III ... or WWIII ... whichever. GLOBAL >WAR ... although similar in scope/packaging ... was about World War II. > > Sorry to get your hopes up, A. :-I :-) > >Lou > >On Sat, 28 Feb 1998, andrew brainard wrote: >> What is theis game: Global War) it sounds pretty good? do you have any more >> information about it? I have never played any modern Global stratigic war >> games except Supremacy. >