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Head-to-Head Duel
Europe in Turmoil: Prelude to the Great War
Designed by Kris Van Beurden
Published by Compass Games, Banana Games
Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach
Players
2
Play Time
180-240 min
Complexity
2.8 / 5
Rating
7.8
Year
2018
Community Snapshot
Best with 2
Medium complexity
180–240 min
7.8 on BGG (351)
Text-heavy
Categories
How It Plays
Area Majority / Influence
You're competing to have the most presence in key areas on the board — think of it like a friendly turf war.
Campaign / Battle Card Driven
Special cards trigger events and drive the action forward — each card played can shift the whole narrative.
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Events
Random events shake things up during the game — sometimes helpful, sometimes chaotic, always interesting.
Hand Management
You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Everyone chooses their action at the same time and reveals together — no waiting around, and plenty of surprises.
Tug of War
Two sides push a shared marker back and forth — you're in a constant tug for control of the middle ground.
About This Game
Europe in Turmoil is a card-driven game set at the beginning of the 20th Century in which two players each assume the role of a political ideology ascendant in Europe at that time, with one side playing the Liberal (representing not just Liberal but also Socialist principles) and the other side playing the Authoritarian (representing the repressive, autocratic regimes of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia). The card playing mechanic is closely related to that of Twilight Struggle or 1989: Dawn of Freedom, with the Naval Arms Race (representing the Dreadnought build-up between Germany and Britain) the closest equivalent to the Space Race / Tiananmen track from the aforementioned games. The map represents the political reality of Europe in the late Victorian era, with the politics of continental Europe dominated by the four superpowers of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Russia.…
Source: BoardGameGeek
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