Decision Games 1013R Storm Games by Age sku-668423503

Decision Games Storm of Steel, model 1013R, is a World War One simulation listed under Games by Age. Its three maps cover Europe from the Pyrenees to the Urals and the Middle East, with locations from St. Petersburg and Verdun to Baghdad. Players can combine the maps for a grand campaign or use them separately for eastern front, western front and Middle East campaigns. Modular rules let players choose their level of complexity. Turns are quarterly, while campaign cards add move-fight impulses. Scenarios cover each year and front, the full war and a possible continuation into 1919. Land units represent corps rated by their constituent divisions, allowing concentration for offense or dispersal for defense. Forces include infantry, shock troops, mountain infantry, cavalry, armored car and tank brigades, tank corps for 1919 and a planned American airborne division. Each country's order of battle differs; Austro-Hungarian mountain corps, Bolshevik forces and independent nationalist forces are represented. Naval units include capital-ship squadrons and cruiser and destroyer flotillas, with a submarine warfare module for attacks on merchant shipping. Strategic and tactical air wings can gain capabilities through improved air doctrine, including interception, aerial supply and aircraft carrier operations. Agents can conduct propaganda and sabotage. Land combat uses three combat results tables, including an Infiltration table for tanks and shock troops. At sea, fleets must acquire one another before gunnery begins; lighter units perform reconnaissance and screening for battleships and battlecruisers. Air missions include air superiority and bombardment. Industrial production creates different forces and is tied to morale: major victories can increase output, while defeats may cause home-front strikes. Campaign cards can grant combat bonuses, reinforcements, maneuvers, tactical innovations such as chemical warfare and armored doctrine, or leaders including Hindenburg, Brusilov and Lawrence of Arabia. Cards include the Schlieffen Plan and Verdun. The game is for 2 players or 2 teams. A scenario takes 2-4 hours; the full campaign takes 18 hours. Complexity and solitaire ratings are both 3 out of 5. Color: Other. Gender: Unisex. SKU: sku-668423503. UPC: 095109010135.