{"product_id":"kaiserkrieg","title":"Kaiserkrieg!","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Kaiserkrieg!” (‘Emperor’s War!’) is a strategic solitaire game of the First World War of 1914-1918. As the player, you control the Central Powers (“CP”; Germany, AustriaHungary, Turkey and Bulgaria). The game’s automatic systems direct the efforts of the Entente Powers (“EP”; France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Serbia, the United States, and their minor allies) who are trying to defeat you. As in many of Ben Madison's games, you play the “bad guys.”  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe heart of the game is its depiction of the ground war, which saw the battlefield deaths of some ten million soldiers. Kaiserkrieg’s treatment can be traced back to Darin Leviloff’s inspired Israeli Independence (2008) and the “States of Siege” system it started. The evolutionary leap in Kaiserkrieg! is the shift from the old ‘horizontal’ States of Siege model – where enemy forces converge on your central position along clearly defined lines of advance – to a new ‘vertical’ model where enemy forces mass in separate regions around you, to eventually achieve an advantage in size that threatens your overall position. This adaptation allows Leviloff’s original concept to more closely simulate the trench warfare realities of World War I on the continental level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe game also depicts the epic naval struggle of pro-German blockade runners trying to evade fleets of British cruisers. Many historians identify the failure to outwit the British naval blockade as the main reason for Germany’s defeat in the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe ‘sideshow’ war in the Near East, where Germany’s Ottoman Turkish ally was assailed by Russia and the British Empire – including a massive army of Indian troops – is also simulated. This theater also includes East Africa, where a German-led Black African army (the Askari) held out against Indian and British Empire forces even after the Germans in Europe had surrendered!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe game is an uber-strategic view of the conflict. Some aspects are dramatically simplified to make it playable and to emphasize the “cool stuff” of World War I, like Zeppelins, trenches, and U-boats. Kaiserkrieg! is not a detailed historical simulation, but a fun and challenging game covering the salient themes of the actual conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I previously purchased Kaiserkrieg and had an absolute blast with that one.\" - Gram D.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE BIG PICTURE\n\u003cbr\u003eSocialist Agitation and Revolutions,\n\u003cbr\u003ethe French Mutiny\n\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Intervention\n\u003cbr\u003ethe German \"Askari\" Defense of German East Africa\n\u003cbr\u003eArmenian Genocide and Resistance\n\u003cbr\u003eSenussi Wars in Egypt and Libya\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Arab Revolt and Lawrence of Arabia\n\u003cbr\u003eNational Morale\n\u003cbr\u003eUrban Unrest\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Hindenburg-Ludendorff Dictatorship versus the German Constitution\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Free Press and the Rule of Law.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e      THE GROUND WAR\n\u003cbr\u003eTanks\n\u003cbr\u003eTrench Warfare\n\u003cbr\u003ePoison Gas\n\u003cbr\u003eForts\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Siegfried Line (Hindenburg Line)\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Gallipoli Campaign\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e      THE AIR WAR\n\u003cbr\u003ethe Red Baron,\n\u003cbr\u003eZeppelins\n\u003cbr\u003eStrategic Bombing Campaigns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e      THE WAR AT SEA\n\u003cbr\u003ethe British blockade\n\u003cbr\u003eGerman Blockade Runners\n\u003cbr\u003ethe U-Boat Campaign,\n\u003cbr\u003ethe German High Seas Fleet\n\u003cbr\u003eMajor Naval Battles in the North Sea\n\u003cbr\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e       INFLUENTIAL LEADERS\n\u003cbr\u003e​Putnik\n\u003cbr\u003eBrusilov\n\u003cbr\u003eMackensen\n\u003cbr\u003eFoch\n\u003cbr\u003eDiaz\n\u003cbr\u003eHoffmann \n\u003cbr\u003eKemal\n\u003cbr\u003ePlus German Alpenkorps and Stosstruppen\n\u003cbr\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I have had a blast playing Kaiserkreig! I really enjoyed it, and as soon as one game finished, I wanted to play again. I enjoyed the early turns especially as there were some really tough choices to make...(the game) provides an enjoyable, stimulating, and well-developed challenge.\" - Charles D.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategy Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536084222174,"sku":"WDG1580","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/6931\/1966\/files\/f28e8dea-cf00-4581-a12d-275a99dc6648.jpg?v=1757973464","url":"https:\/\/gamelandia.fun\/products\/kaiserkrieg","provider":"Gamelandia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}