Stratak Wars: Der Auftakt / The Beginning

Stratak Wars - Der Auftakt / The Beginning is a strategic- and tactical boardgame for 2-6 players. Stratak Wars is especially interesting for fans of easy wargames and for consim beginners. It offers rules for beginners and advanced players.

Stratak Wars has 6 different double sided mapboards to create variable playing fields. The counters represent tanks, fighters, bombers and landing ships of World War II of the nations USA, Japan, Great Britain, Italy, Russia and Germany. The objective is to conquer most of the cities within a playing time as agreed at the beginning of the game. So the playing time is flexible and can be decided by the players.

Each player starts with his own state on one of the gameboards and expands his state by conquering cities on the playing field. Depending on the units he chooses for combat, he has advantages against the units of other players which are influenced by the landscape as well concerning movement and combat. Supply points are gained for recently conquered cities only. So you have to move forward, if you want to expand your armies.

The rules include basic rules, advanced rules, alternative rules, a sequence of play description, a display section for the landscapes, cities and a counter description.