THIRD REICH (4th edition) Game Information
updated 060601
For complete information, see www.wargameacademy.org/3R4
Overview:
- TITLE: Third Reich
- PUBLISHER: The Avalon Hill Game Company (TAHGC)
- SCOPE: The Rise and Decline of the Third Reich
- TAHGC CATALOG VERBAGE: Few wargames have maintained their
popularity over the years as well as this corps-level recreation of WWII in
Europe. Its unique combination or land, naval, and air forces is intertwined
with the economic framework that fueled the war industries of the combatants.
Three 5-hour game scenarios and a full campaign game are provided. Third Reich
has many imitators but no equal.
- GAME BOX VERBAGE:
- YEAR PUBLISHED (EDITIONS): 1974. Four published rulebook
editions. The third edition also revised the mapboard. The game was further
altered creating Advanced Third Reich (A3R) which is considered a separate
game. 4th (1984); 3rd with new maps (1981); 2nd (1976); 1st (1974). A 'John
Prados' THIRD REICH appeared in recent years with no commercial successl.Same
for A3R/WAW is 'considered as unplayable for grownups with no time to relearn
all the rules' (Richard Kent).