2013Volko Ruhnke, Brian Train
- Videos
- 33
- Creators
- 18
Mostly playthroughs and how-to-play
1 - 4 players180 - 300 minHeavy weight
Civil Power
1996Brian Train
2 - 3 players
60 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Tactical study of urban disorder. Riots, raids, gang warfare, urban terrorism. 200 counters, two-part 11x17" geomorphic B&W map, troop scale individuals to mob size, 1-3 hours to play. Some 3-player scenarios. Originally designed while living in Japan in 1991-92, first published in Strategist #294 (newsletter of the Strategy Gaming Society, August 1996). 140-counter version with squared map available from BTR Games, 2016. Edition with better quality components from Conflict Simulations LLC, 2021.
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Civil Power has 2 videos from 1 creator: 1 review and 1 playthrough. They date from May 2022.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "CP - review" by calandale. To see it played, watch "Bloody Week & quit" by calandale.
If you like it, try A Distant Plain, Colonial Twilight: The French-Algerian War, 1954-62, We Are Coming, Nineveh and China's War 1937-1941, also by Brian Train.
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About Civil Power
From BoardGameGeek:
Tactical study of urban disorder. Riots, raids, gang warfare, urban terrorism. 200 counters, two-part 11x17" geomorphic B&W map, troop scale individuals to mob size, 1-3 hours to play. Some 3-player scenarios. Originally designed while living in Japan in 1991-92, first published in Strategist #294 (newsletter of the Strategy Gaming Society, August 1996). 140-counter version with squared map available from BTR Games, 2016. Edition with better quality components from Conflict Simulations LLC, 2021.
Designer
Brian Train
Artists
Ilya Kudriashov, John Kula
Publisher
BTR Games
Categories
Modern WarfareWargame
Mechanics
Dice RollingGrid MovementHex GridSimulation