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Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg!

#32989BGG ↗

2011 · 1-3 players · 3600min · weight 4.32 · 297 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
32989
Name
Axis Empires: Totaler Krieg!
Year
2011
Rank
4882
Min players
1
Max players
3
Playing time
3600
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
3600
Avg weight
4.3208
Num weights
53
Bayes avg
5.79199
Average
8.26532
Users rated
297
Num owned
760
Wanting
47
Wishing
258
Num comments
121
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Campaign / Battle Card DrivenDice RollingHexagon Grid
Categories (2)
WargameWorld War II
Description (1715 chars)

From the back of the game box: Totaler Krieg! This game stretches from the fjords of Narvik to the sands at El Alamein, from the gates of Moscow to the sandy beaches of Normandy, from the Spanish Civil War to the last days in Berlin and everything in between. No game tells the story of World War II in Europe like Totaler Krieg! This new edition of our popular Krieg! game is still the same highly playable, unpredictable and enjoyable experience it always has been. What’s new is a design and graphic update and expansion to give you more options -- especially if you want to explore the critical pre-war period from 1937 to 1939. What if the Republicans had won the Spanish Civil War? What if Germany and Russia hadn’t signed their Non-Aggression Pact? What if France had modernized its army instead of building the Maginot Line? All of these options are literally in the cards that form the strategies of the three factions -- Axis, Soviet Allies, and Western Allies. Best of all, Totaler Krieg! can be linked with its new Pacific companion game, Axis Empires: Dai Senso! – World War II in Asia & the Pacific, 1937-45, to play the joint Axis Empires scenario, an eye-opening global look at all of World War II. The fate of the world is in your hands! Totaler Krieg means Total War in German. In the game, play moves from Pre-War (where players mobilize their forces and engage in diplomacy) to Limited War (when open conflict begins) to Total War -- at that point, it’s all-out warfare to achieve victory! Includes: Two 22 x 34 inch maps 840 counters on three countersheets 200 cards A 64-page rulebook A 24-page scenario book Play aids and force pool displays

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

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LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

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