In 1945, unlikely allies toppled Hitler's war machine, while humanity's most devastating weapons forces the Japanese Empire to its kneesin a storm of fire. Where once there stood many great powers, there now stood only two - the United States and the Soviet Union. The world had scant months to collectively sigh in relief before a new conflict threatened. Unlike the titanic struggles of the preceding decades, this conflict would be waged not primarily by soldiers and tanks, but by spies and politicians, scientists and intellectuals, artists and traitors. Twilight Struggle is a two-player game simulating the 45 year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between theUSSR and the USA. The entire world is the stage on which these two titans fight. The game begins amidst the ruins of Europe as the two new superpowers scramble over the wreckage of WWII, and ends in 1989, whenonly the United States remained standing.
Twilight Struggle inherits its fundamental systems from the card-driven classics We the People and Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage. It is a quick-playing, low-complexity game in that tradition. The game map is a world map of the period, whereon players move units and exert influence in attempts to gainallies and control for their superpower. As with GMT's other card-driven games, decision-making is a challenge; how to best use one's cardsand units given consistently limited resources?

Twilight Struggles' Event cards add detail and flavor to the game. They cover a vastarray of historical happenings, from the Arab- Israeli conflicts of 1948 and 1967, to Vietnam and the U.S. peace movement, to the Cuban Missile Crisis and other such incidents that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Subsystems capture the prestige-laden Space Race as well as nuclear tensions, with the possibility of game-ending nuclear war. Can you, as the U.S. President or Soviet Premier, lead your forces to victory ?

A deluxe edition is now on the P500, and will include the following changes from the basic game:

. Mounted map with revised graphics
. Two double-thick counter sheets with 228 counters
. Deck of 110 event cards (increased from 104)
. Revised rules and player aid cards

Upgrade kit for the ownersof the previous version including the following:

. Mounted Mapwith revised graphics
. New card deck
. Updated Rules & Charts

There are also the deluxe mounted map and deluxe euro-stylecountersheet on the P500.

Age  :14 +
2 players
 

TWILIGHT STRUGGLE - DELUXE EDITION (ENGLISH) is categorised BOARDGAMES / ADVANCED GAMES / TERRITORY MANAGEMENT GAMES and sold by l'Imaginaire, a store and specialised website.