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The Grizzled is a cooperative game about survival in the trenches during the first World War where players win or lose together. Each round, the current team leader will choose how many cards every player draws. Then, going around the table, players must either play a card in their hand or back out of the mission. Each card represents either threats to the team (such as mortar shells and weather conditions) or negative personality traits (such as frightened or obsessive). At the end of the round, more cards are added to the draw deck. The game ends only if the players can deplete the draw deck as well as their hands without letting time run out. If one threat shows up too many times, the team fails the mission. The team must play their threats correctly in order to gain any progress. However, most of the information in a players hand remains secret throughout the game. Planning, teamwork, and a little luck are the tools you'll need to win this cooperative game for two to five players.

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The Grizzled: At Your Orders is an expansion for The Grizzled that consists of three elements: Rules for solitaire play. New rules for playing with two players. Mission cards that present players with new challenges that scale in difficulty based on their experience. On this last topic, mission cards come in easy, normal and hard difficulty levels, and based on the experience of the players, you set up a deck of missions. Each round, the mission leader draws two of these cards, then decides which one to attempt. These missions might affect the number of starting cards in a round or allow players not to lose a round due to a specific condition, such as night or rain.

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The Grizzled: Armistice Edition, based on the The Grizzled, contains a campaign mechanism to give more structure to the story of friends surviving World War I. In The Grizzled: Armistice Edition, players take on the role of soldiers facing the Trials and Hard Knocks of the first World War. They work cooperatively across a campaign where they confront the major events of the war. From the introduction scenario of Boot Camp, through the nine different Missions, everything that happens carries forward and affects the next steps of the game. Players will need to make good decisions and support each other if they hope to make it to the end of the war alive.

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Spring 1942, The world is at war! Five major powers struggle for supremacy: Germany and Japan are aligned against the great alliance of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Designed for 2–5 players, the game is set in 1942—the historical high-water mark of Axis expansion. Show that you are a brilliant military strategist by planning your attacks, marshaling your forces into embattled territories, and resolving the conflicts. Victory goes to the side that conquers its opponents on the field of battle and liberates or occupies the greatest cities of the world. Change the course of history in a few short hours! Features: Controlling one of the Axis or Allied powers, you will command both your country’s military forces and its wartime economy. Punchboard tokens are now double sided with resealable bags for storage! 410 plastic pieces with resealable bags for storage! Game board measures 40” wide x 26” high! Updated rulebook and reference cards based on Errata documents and FAQs! Contents Summary: 1 40” x 26” Game Board 1 Battle Strip 1 Casualty Strip 410 Plastic Pieces 12 Industrial Complex Markers 100 National Control Markers 5 Setup Cards 80 Chips 6 Dice At a Glance Number of Players: 2-5 For Ages: 12+ Playing Time: 3-4 hours Game Type: Strategy

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