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The Near East
Requires:Western Desert
Designed by John Astell
Published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games), Hobby Japan
Expansion
Deep Strategy: 45+ Min Teach
Players: Two-Player Only Games
Community Snapshot
Heavy complexity
~60 min
6.9 on BGG (56)
Categories
Rated 5.5 by the community, The Near East brings dice rolling to 2 players in about ~60 min.
How It Plays
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
About This Game
The Near East, Europa IX, is a module of maps and counters covering the countries of the Near East. Three maps cover Asiatic Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Western Iran, at the standard Europa scale of 16 miles per hex. They display the diversity of terrain in the region, from sandy desert to high mountain peaks, from the marshy lowlands of the Persian Gulf to the rugged, wooded coast of the Caspian Sea, from the wadis of Syria to the karst of Turkey.…
Source: BoardGameGeek