A World at War (4th Printing)

First published by GMT in 2003, A World at War is a grand strategy game which simulates the military, economic, political, diplomatic, research, and production aspects of the Second World War - allowing players to find out for themselves what might have happened if:

• Germany had tried to execute Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain.
• Admiral Raeder’s Mediterranean strategy had been adopted and the British position in the Middle East had crumbled.
• Russia had been prepared for the German attack.
• “General Winter” had not come to the aid of the hard-pressed Russian armies in late 1941.
• The European Axis and Japan had cooperated in implementing a strategy aimed at destroying the Western Allied lines of communication in the Indian Ocean.
• The Battle of the Atlantic had been won by Germany.
• War had broken out between Russia and Japan in 1941 or 1942.
• Japan had avoided disaster at Midway in 1942 and instead invaded Australia or India.
• Japan had knocked China out of the war.
• The U.S had mobilized more armor units and fewer air units, or more infantry and less armor, or...
• The Western Allies had tried Churchill's Balkan strategy
• The Western Allies had tried to invade France in 1943 or earlier, leaving Italy for later.
• The Western Allies had failed to develop the atomic bomb—but Germany had.
• The Western Allies had developed jets or rockets.
• YOU had been in command.

A World at War contains a dozen scenarios, ranging from the introductory Battle of the Atlantic and Barbarossa scenarios up to European and Pacific Campaign Games. However, dedicated gamers may be hard-pressed to resist testing their luck, skill, and especially their nerves by taking on the entire war in the full-fledged Campaign Game.

The 4th Printing contains the same mapboard as previous printings, adds a small number of new counters, and contains the 2024 printing of the rulebook and related components.