Triumph & Tragedy: European Balance of Power 1936-1945

Triumph and Tragedy is a geopolitical strategy game for 3 players (also playable by 2) covering the competition for European supremacy during the period 1935-45 between Capitalism (the West), Communism (the Soviet Union) and Fascism (the Axis). It has diplomatic, economic, technological and military components, and can be won by gaining economic hegemony or technological supremacy (A-bomb), or by vanquishing a rival militarily.

Triumph & Tragedy is a true 3-sided game: there is no requirement that the West and Soviet Union be on the same side (and in fact there are valid reasons to attack each other), and only one player can win the game. Table talk is allowed (and encouraged) but agreements are not enforceable. Alliances are shifting and co-operation is undependable. The game can continue as an economic battle of attrition or a sudden military explosion can change everything. There is immense replayability as players can pursue dominance in Europe via land, sea or air military superiority, technological supremacy, or economic hegemony without rivals realizing their strategy until it is too late! It is a highly interactive, tense, fast-moving game with little downtime between player turns, covering THE crucial geopolitical decade of the 20th century in 4-6 hours.

• One 22" x 34" mounted map
• One countersheet
• 208 wooden blocks
  
• Two sheets of labels
• 55-card Action Deck
• 55-Card Investment Deck
• 3 Player Aid cards
  
• Game Record Sheet
  
• Rulebook
  
• Playbook
• 4 Dice