Wir sind das Volk! Combined Edition

This combined edition of Wir sind das Volk! brings two games in one box: base game and the 4-player expansion 2+2.

1949: Germany is split in two, as the Iron Curtain descends. East Germany and West Germany become bitter rivals. Which system will make its people happier? Socialism vs Capitalism — which will triumph?

Wir sind das Volk! (We are the people!) was the main slogan of East German demonstrators in 1989. In this game about the divided Germany, from 1945 to 1989, one player takes the role of East Germany, the other of West Germany.

Basic idea: With the use of action cards, players build up their economies and increase their living standards. Too high a difference in living standards (both internally and compared to the other) will cause unrest. Too much unrest will result in a mass protest. When checked for, a state will collapse (and lose the game) with 4 mass protest markers.

2+2 is the four-player expansion. It broadens the original game to the global Cold War from 1945 to 1989. Players form two partnerships: the USA and West Germany versus the USSR and East Germany. However, there can only be ONE winner! This fact makes every decision a nail-biter: What is more important right now? Your side's interests or your own? The 40 action cards add events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the SALT treaties. The range of strategic choices is significantly wider, making 2+2 a completely different game.

• 1 game board (25" x 17")
• 1 game board (17" x 5")
• 3 die-cut counter sheets
• 50 wooden pieces unrest
  
• 12 wooden pieces socialist
• 35 wooden pieces living standard
  
• 84 action Cards
• 40 Action Cards, 10 Conflict Cards, 10 Arms Race Cards (2+2)
• 1 Rules booklet Wir sind das Volk!
• 1 Rules booklet 2+2