https://www.booyakajuice.com/collections/all.atom booyakajuice 2019-10-23T20:18:38-04:00 booyakajuice https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/4307975405619 2019-10-23T20:18:38-04:00 2019-10-23T20:18:38-04:00 Axis Empires 2020 Edition Board Games Decision Games (I)

Vendor: Decision Games (I)
Type: Board Games
Price: 0.00

Designer Alan Emrich
Thomas Prowell
Salvatore Vasta
Publisher Decision Games (I)
Players 2-3
Suggested Age 12 and up

Axis Empires is a full, complete new edition with four new maps, 8 1/3 sheets of new, thicker counters, 550 cards, and four new full-color rules booklets with new optional rules and scenarios. Now you can play out that East vs. West “Separate Peace” scenarios and spring unexpected surprises on your opponents with “Fortunes of War” cards!

Second, there’s Schiffskrieg, the air-and-naval expansion that provides additional detail for players who want more from the game beyond its abstract support units. Now players must base their air assets and ships (down to the cruiser level) on the map and move them to respond to threats. Air-naval combat, commerce raiding, anti-submarine warfare and naval construction are all accounted for while preserving that Krieg design elegance you know and love.

Third, there’s Dice of Decision II, a much-expanded update to the Random Campaign Generator featured in Totaler Krieg! As before, you’ll be able to create new, very different Second World Wars based on alt-history paths from the Great War and the 1920s and ‘30s: What if the Tsar still ruled Russia? What if Germany had won the war in 1917? What if there hadn’t been a Great Depression? New for DoD II is everything related to Asia and the Pacific—now you’ll be able to explore alternate Pacific Wars: What if there were no Washington Naval Treaty? What if Japan’s 1931 involvement in Manchuria had unfolded differently? What if Gandhi had gained independence for India? Naturally, your alt-hist Europe and Pacific games will still link to tell a completely original Global War story.

—description from the publisher

]]> Age_9+ Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Wargames Google-True INV-0-L INV-A Max Playtime_3600 NewProduct Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120+ Minutes Playtime Minimum_120+ Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2020s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/4307975405619 Default Title 0.00 30987542102067 2268 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/14086176794 2017-07-29T00:51:55-04:00 2017-07-29T00:51:55-04:00 Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe Board Games GMT Games

Vendor: GMT Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 64.95

Designer Salvatore Vasta
Publisher GMT Games
Players 2-3
Playtime 60-3000 mins
Suggested Age 14 and up
Honors 2014 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee
Accessories Unconditional Surrender - Mounted Mapboards

(from the designer and GMT Games website:)

Unconditional Surrender! World War 2 in Europe (USE) is a strategic level game covering the World War II European Theater. Players make the political decisions and control the military forces of the three major factions that struggled for European dominance and survival.

With its emphasis on force projection and decision making, players remain focused on the big picture of managing their front lines and political opportunities. Through simple mechanics and low on-map counter density, players easily handle the strategic action without a myriad of complicated subsystems or tall stacks of counters.

As one gamer put it, "It is a delight to be spending my limited brain power on making (or agonizing over) operational decisions that are as dependent upon guts as they are gray matter. This game is not a series of arithmetic exercises, and the only variable in these algorithms is nerve."

Though the focus is on the big picture, Unconditional Surrender! still delivers historical detail. Each country has an historical army level order of battle, and its relative economic strength and national will to fight are effectively and simply modeled. Also represented are such World War II events as airdrops, Free Forces, jets, naval evacuation, partisans, radar, railroad artillery guns, and ULTRA; all neatly woven into the game's core mechanics for ease of play

The game has many scenarios ranging from quick playing individual campaigns to longer ones covering up to the entire war.

Design Highlights

Scale: army, fleet, or air wing level units; 30-60 miles per hex; monthly turns
Players: 2-4
Playing Time: 30 minutes to 50 hours, depending on the scenario
Low On-Map Counter Density: The number of counters on the map is relatively low.
Simple Stacking: No more than one air, ground, convoy, or warship unit per hex.
No Factors on Counters: There are no combat or movement factors on counters.
Single Combat System: One combat resolution sequence and Combat Results Table covers all types of combat, yet the results differ for air/naval, ground, or strategic combat.
Integrated Movement/Combat System: Units move and fight in a combined activation.
"Use it or Lose it" Economic System: Simple math with minimal record keeping
Historical or Variable Entry: Units and events can enter play using an historical or variable time line.
Variable Politics: Most countries’ belligerence and faction alliance is not predetermined.
Solitaire Friendly: Though not designed with solitaire rules, the mechanics easily allow one player to play the game.
PBEM Capable: The game can be played using PBEM software, but its mechanics require frequent exchanges.




TIME SCALE: Monthly Turns
MAP SCALE: 30 to 40 miles per hex
UNIT SCALE: Army, Fleet or Wing

DESIGNER: Salvatore Vasta
DEVELOPER: Mark Dey
MAP ART: Salvatore Vasta & Mark Simonitch
COUNTER ART: Charlie Kibler

]]> Age_12+ Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 100 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 200 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 300 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 400 BoardGameGeek Rank_Top 500 Category_Wargames Google-True INV-M-Z INV-U Players Maximum_3 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120+ Minutes Playtime Minimum_60 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/14086176794 Default Title 64.95 68616454170 2455 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10386199629 2017-07-03T16:35:38-04:00 2017-07-03T16:35:38-04:00 Axis Empires: Dai Senso! Board Games Decision Games (I)

Vendor: Decision Games (I)
Type: Board Games
Price: 129.95

Designer Alan Emrich
Thomas Prowell
Salvatore Vasta
Publisher Decision Games (I)
Players 2-3
Playtime 900 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

From the back of the box:

Dai Senso!
This game stretches from the border clashes at Marco Polo Bridge and Nomonhan to the titanic clashes at Midway, Guadalcanal and Leyte, to the firestorms of Tokyo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki and everything in between. No game tells the story of World War II in Asia and the Pacific like Dai Senso!

Dai Senso! takes the playable, unpredictable and enjoyable Krieg! system used for World War II in Europe and adapts it to tell the story of Japan’s struggle from a unique perspective. Most other Pacific wargames focus on the operational aspects of the 1941-45 war. DS starts in 1937 for a true strategic experience from the beginning of World War II in Asia. As the leader of Imperial Japan seeking complete domination ("hakko ichiu"), will you strike at China, Russia, the British Empire or the United States? Whichever way you choose, you must eventually face the grim struggle of total war. All of these options are literally in the cards that form the strategies of the three factions -- Axis, Soviet Allies and Western Allies.

Best of all, Dai Senso! can be linked with its new European companion game, Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg!, to play the joint Axis Empires scenario, an eye-opening global look at all of World War II. The fate of the world is in your hands!

Dai Senso! means Total War in Japanese. In the game, play moves from Pre-War (where players mobilize their forces and engage in diplomacy) to Limited War (when open conflict begins) to Total War -- at that point, it’s all-out warfare to achieve victory!

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-Mar-21-27-2022 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Wargames Google-True INV-0-L INV-A Players Maximum_3 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120+ Minutes Playtime Minimum_120+ Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220327 Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10386199629 Default Title 129.95 1023 4912 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10386198093 2017-07-03T16:34:42-04:00 2017-07-03T16:34:42-04:00 Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg! Board Games Decision Games (I)

Vendor: Decision Games (I)
Type: Board Games
Price: 129.95

Designer Alan Emrich
Thomas Prowell
Salvatore Vasta
Publisher Decision Games (I)
Players 1-3
Playtime 3600 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

From the back of the game box:

Totaler Krieg!
This game stretches from the fjords of Narvik to the sands at El Alamein, from the gates of Moscow to the sandy beaches of Normandy, from the Spanish Civil War to the last days in Berlin and everything in between. No game tells the story of World War II in Europe like Totaler Krieg!

This new edition of our popular Krieg! game is still the same highly playable, unpredictable and enjoyable experience it always has been. What’s new is a design and graphic update and expansion to give you more options -- especially if you want to explore the critical pre-war period from 1937 to 1939. What if the Republicans had won the Spanish Civil War? What if Germany and Russia hadn’t signed their Non-Aggression Pact? What if France had modernized its army instead of building the Maginot Line? All of these options are literally in the cards that form the strategies of the three factions -- Axis, Soviet Allies, and Western Allies.

Best of all, Totaler Krieg! can be linked with its new Pacific companion game, Axis Empires: Dai Senso!, to play the joint Axis Empires scenario, an eye-opening global look at all of World War II. The fate of the world is in your hands!

Totaler Krieg means Total War in German. In the game, play moves from Pre-War (where players mobilize their forces and engage in diplomacy) to Limited War (when open conflict begins) to Total War -- at that point, it’s all-out warfare to achieve victory!

Includes:

Two 22 x 34 inch maps
840 counters on three countersheets
200 cards
A 64-page rulebook
A 24-page scenario book
Play aids and force pool displays




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