La Der des Ders

La Der des Ders (The War That Ends All Wars) is a two-player Strategic level wargame upon the World War One. Created by Arnauld Della Siega, "La Der des Ders" is published in the issue #145 of the French wargaming magazine Vae Victis.

The game covers the entire conflict from 1914 to 1919. Each player control one of the two sides: the Central Powers or the Entente Allies. It's possible to play alone with specific Solitaire rules.

One turn is equivalent to 4 months. There's a maximum of 14 turns except if the war is won before. Each turn, players gain Resources Points that may be spent in Research, Offensives, Reinforcements and Naval Warfare.
A turn follows these steps :

• Initiative
• Events
• Collect of Resource points
• the player with the initiative spend his points
• Naval Warfare for the initiative player
• the player without the initiative spend his points
• Naval Warfare for the player without the initiative

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