Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition

“Now the trumpet summons us again, not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle…” John F. Kennedy.

Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition is an epic historical simulation game that simulates the 45-year dance of intrigue, prestige, and occasional flares of warfare between the Soviet Union and the United States. Twilight Struggle is a game where the entire world is the stage on which two titans fight to make the world safe for their own ideologies and ways of life. The game begins amidst the ruins of Europe as the two new “superpowers” scramble over the wreckage of the Second World War, and ends in 1989, when only the United States remained standing. It is a quick-playing, low-complexity game where players must carefully consider how to best use one’s cards and units given consistently limited resources?

Twilight Struggle’s Event cards add detail and flavour to the game as well. They cover a vast array of historical incidents, from the Arab-Israeli conflicts of 1948 and 1967, to Vietnam and the U.S. peace movement, to the Cuban Missile Crisis and other such incidents that brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Subsystems capture the prestige-laden Space Race as well as nuclear tensions, with the possibility of game-ending nuclear war.

Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition contains: 260 full colour counters, 22″x34″ mounted map with revised graphics, 110 event cards, 2 six-sided dice, 1 24-page rulebook, and 2 full colour player aid cards.

Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition is recommended for 2 players, ages 13 and up. Gameplay lasts around 180 minutes.