World in Flames: Collector's Edition DELUXE

From Australian Design Group:

World in Flames, it's not a game, it's a hobby in a box!

It is the dawn of September 1939, and the dark clouds of war hover over the globe. China and Japan have already been fighting for more than 2 years and now a Continental war is about to spread worldwide, a World in Flames.

You, as leader of your nation, must guide your country through its darkest days, enhancing your economy, working with allies, building the units you need and then employing them effectively to defeat your manifold foes.

World in Flames shows the entire world. and is itself the world's biggest boardgame.

In 1985 Australian Design Group launched what would become the definitive international award winning game of World War II, World in Flames. Now after 32 years we are giving you the greatest strategy game ever.

From the snowy wastes of the arctic to the deserts of Africa and the Jungles of the Pacific; armies, navies and air flotillas contest the air sea and sky to liberate subject peoples from their wicked overlords.

On any one day you might be fighting on the shores of Normandy, defending your capital, struggling amongst the snows of Russia, or launching carrier strikes in a life-or-death struggle for control of your sea lanes.

But battle is just one demand on your skills. You must also plan for your future. World in Flames allows you to produce everything you did historically or to change your mix depending on your cunning long-term plans to defeat your foes.

Do you need fleets or armies and if so what kind of fleets and what sort of armies? Carriers to dominate the seas, cruisers for scouting or submarines to become your silent killers, As for armies, do you need a small elite army or a large militia to hold what you can until your allies intervene, and the fortunes of war swing crushingly in your favour.

Speaking of allies, you need to flatter your potential partners, plan with your allies and negotiate with your potential enemies to ensure that when the blow comes it will be you dictating the terms and not your foes.  

But Allies is a purely relative term, and only one country can emerge from this epic struggle truly strong and free. Is this to be your century?

Based on thousands of hours of research, plans and top secret technical data and input from over 10 million hours of playtest data, World in Flames is the definitive strategic game of World War II.

With 5 hard-mounted maps and 1600 counters, World in Flames Collector's Edition Classic game is the ultimate boardgame, with unlimited fun, strategy and replayability. The incredible depth of detail in terrain and units, from the most common, to the most exotic, has never been paralleled.

World in Flames is the ultimate gaming challenge. Are you game to play?

The World in Flames Collector’s Edition Deluxe game consists of:

The World in Flames Collector’s Edition Classic game;

Planes in Flames Collector's edition expansion;

Ships in Flames Collector's edition expansion;

Divisions in Flames Collector's edition expansion; and

Territories in Flames Collector's edition expansion;

for a total of 5 hard-mounted maps. a hard-mounted turn record chart (including Production circle), hard-mounted task-force display, 4900 counters, 2 full-colour rule books and 5 colour charts.

Here again the content in detail:

The World in Flames Collector’s Edition Classic game consists of the:

World in Flames Collector's edition Rules & Charts set;

World in Flames Collector's edition map set;

World in Flames Collector's edition Classic counters set;

box & 2 ten-sided dice.

Everything you need to play the game.

The World in Flames Rules set consists of:

the rule book (incl. 2 x A4 builds charts);

The Campaign & Players’ Guide (sections 24-30 of the rules including scenario and campaign set ups); and

5 x A3 full-colour game charts.

The World in Flames Map set consists of:

4 large (574 x 820mm) full-colour hard-mounted maps covering most of the world (West Europe & Africa, East Europe & the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific);

One 297 x 420 mm full-colour hard-mounted map of The Americas; and

One 297 x 420 mm full-colour hard-mounted Turn record chart.

The World in Flames Classic Counters set consists of 1700 (12.7 x 12.7 mm) counters representing the armies, navies and air forces of World War II (countersheets 1-6, 24, 46 and 55).

Ships in Flames includes 1800 counters, and one A3 (420mm x 297mm) hard-mounted Task Force display where you can hide your units and surprise your foes. It incorporates Cruisers in Flames, Convoys in Flames and Carrier Planes in Flames all in one integrated, comprehensive and beautiful package.

Planes in Flames the Collector's edition includes every major (and many not so major) aircraft in world war II in spectacular detail including their historical full-colour camouflage patterns. Not only including the work horses of the war such as the Stukas, Spitfires and Mustangs, Planes in Flames the Collector's edition also includes the esoteric (e.g. the Kikka and the MBR-2) as well as the improbables (e.g. the Ho-229 Bat and very optimistic P.13) amongst many, many others.

Planes in Flames the Collector's edition includes 600 full-colour counters that turn World in Flames from a great into an unforgettable experience.

Divisions in Flames is Australian Design Group's newest World in Flames Collector's edition expansion that dramatically increases the scope of World in Flames to include many of the standard divisions, Infantry, armour, paras etc as well as all the special forces like rangers,SNLF, Brandenburgers, NKVD and airlanding units for all the major powers and quite a few minors. Now you can fight an island hopping campaign, reduce losses in combat and launch probing raids deep into the enemy's rear. Divisions in Flames also includes artillery, from the smallest to the most devastating anti tank guns, mobile anti aircraft, fixed flak, tank destroyers and self-propelled guns to shore up your defence and prise open theirs.Finally we also include the Soviet Guards Banner armies and divisions that turn the Soviet army from a tenacious to a formidable foe capable of going toe to toe with Germany's finest panzer corps. 

Divisions in Flames  includes 400 full-colour counters that turn World in Flames from a great into an unforgettable experience.

Territories in Flames is Australian Design Group's newest World in Flames Collector's edition expansion that dramatically increases the scope of World in Flames in all those parts of the globe that were vital to the economies of the great powers but peripheral to the major theaters of combat.

World War II was just as much the field of diplomacy and politics as it was industry and mighty armies, and from the jungles of Burma to the mountains of Kilimanjaro people across the globe had to choose sides in this global struggle.

Although the Axis powers only had sporadic plans for overseas empire, there were many yearning to throw off the yoke of the colonial powers and only too glad to help their supposed liberators.

Territories in Flames includes all the locally raised overseas troops, city based volunteers, (the ultimate fantasy christmas present scenario, Japan conquers SIngapore then China liberates it, easy peasy), warlords, Siberians, the Ukrainian national army, forts, coastal forts, roads, rails, facilities and saved oil & build points.

Territories in Flames  includes 400 full-colour counters that turn World in Flames from a great into an unforgettable experience.