When it was first released in 2005, I can’t imagine that designers Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews would ever have expected that their debut game, Twilight Struggle, would hold first place on Board Game Geek for more than five years. There have now been several revisions, printings and special editions of the game, leading to the version I have sat in front of me – the 2016 Deluxe Edition.
The game itself is a clean, focussed experience that is shared between two players acting as the Ussr and the USA respectively and it takes place between 1945 and 1989. For those who didn’t already know what the theme is, you’ve probably guessed by now; Twilight Struggle is a faithful recreation of The Cold War.
The game takes place over a deceptively brief sounding ten turns, although each of them is split into either seven or eight rounds of card play. Each of...
The game itself is a clean, focussed experience that is shared between two players acting as the Ussr and the USA respectively and it takes place between 1945 and 1989. For those who didn’t already know what the theme is, you’ve probably guessed by now; Twilight Struggle is a faithful recreation of The Cold War.
The game takes place over a deceptively brief sounding ten turns, although each of them is split into either seven or eight rounds of card play. Each of...
- 4/18/2018
- by Matthew Smail
- Nerdly
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