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Twilight Struggle

Experience the intense strategic battle of the Cold War between the US and USSR.

2005
Area control Tactical

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You may like this if you enjoy…

  • Short-horizon optimization and clever combos
  • Battling for board space
  • Deep, crunchy strategy
  • Polished two-player play

You may not like this if…

  • You prefer light, fast-paced games
  • You prefer games under an hour

Twilight Struggle is a 2005 board game for 2 players, ages 13 and up. A typical game runs 120 to 180 minutes and plays at medium-heavy complexity. It was designed by Ananda Gupta and Jason Matthews and published by GMT Games.

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Twilight Struggle is a two-player strategy board game where players assume the roles of the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, competing for global influence through strategic placement, events, and military operations.

Designed by

2

Ananda Gupta, Jason Matthews

Artwork by

5

Chechu Nieto, Guillaume Ries, Mark Simonitch, Rodger B. MacGowan, Viktor Csete

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