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South Africa: The Death of Colonialism

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1977 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.67 · 165 ratings

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ID
5956
Name
South Africa: The Death of Colonialism
Year
1977
Rank
29576
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.6667
Num weights
24
Bayes avg
5.4659
Average
5.11606
Users rated
165
Num owned
656
Wanting
8
Wishing
27
Num comments
135
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:49:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation
Categories (3)
Civil WarModern WarfareWargame
Description (1100 chars)

"South Africa: The Vestige of Colonialism", is a two-player operational level wargame simulation of a possible revolt of that nation's Black majority (Black Nationalists) against the White South African government (Republic of South Africa Government) and of the government's reaction to such a revolt. Subtitled 'The Vestige of Colonialism', this game was first published in Strategy & Tactics magazine #62. Victory points are awarded each player for reduction (or destruction) of their opponent's units and control of certain map hexes. An automatic victory is attained if the ratio of points gained by either player reaches 3:1, otherwise play continues indefinitely (the standard scenario postulates that the Republic of South Africa will eventually collapse). Variable events can prolong the game each turn until one side wins (or surrenders). Game Scale: Turn: 1 Week Hex: 37.2 Miles / 60 Kilometers Units: Company to Battalion Game Inventory: One 22 x 34" full-color mapsheet One dual-side printed countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 8-page South Africa rules booklet One 6-sided dice

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.