STRATAK WARS - Der Auftakt / The Beginning variant 1 is a strategic- and tactical boardgame for 2-6 players.

On October 30th 2016 "STRATAK WARS - The Beginning" received the blog readers price "Silberner Stephan" for the second rank in the category "Best boardgame".

Like STRATAK WARS - Der Auftakt / The Beginning but expanded by 3 additional double sided boards for a playing field with 9 boards.

STRATAK WARS is especially interesting for wargame fans and cosim beginners.

STRATAK WARS offers:

• - Easy rules for beginners
• - Flexible playing time
• - Expandability

Short description of the game:

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 of the playing field and expands his state by conquering foreign cities on the playing field.
Depending on the units you choose for combat, you have advantages against the units of other players which are influenced by the landscape. The landscape influences movement and combat as well.
Supply points are gained for recently conquered cities only. So you have to move forward, if you want to expand your armies.

The game includes:

• - 6 double sided gameboards in a size of 28 x 19,4 cm (appr.) for many different setups of the playing field.

Variant 1 is expanded by 3 additional double sided boards: (5/7; 6/8; 45/46)

• - 720 counters for tanks, bombers, fighters, landing ships and property counters of the following countries: Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Germany, USA, Japan.
• - 2 dice, 6 bags for the counters and an english as well as a german rule with basic rules, advanced rules, alternative rules, a sequence of play description, a display section for the landscapes, cities and a counter description.

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