Europe in Turmoil II - The Interbellum Years

Europe in Turmoil II: The Interrbellum Years, 1920-1939 is a two-player card-driven game simulating the political events in Europe between the First and Second World Wars. Players assume the role of respectively the moderate Left Wing and moderate Right Wing politicians in the Nation-states of Europe, striving with their counterparts for political dominance while simultaneously using and ignoring their own extreme wings. Players will alternate playing event cards trying to influence the various nations of Europe. Events refer to the rise of power of Facism in Italy and Germany, political instability in the successor states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Disarmament and Rearmament, the ineffective League of Nations, the influence of Communist Russia on events in Western and Central Europe, the Spanish Civil War and various other historical events.

Product Information:

Complexity: Medium (5 out of 10)

Playing time: 3-4 hours

Solitaire Suitability: Low – Medium

Players: Two

Time Scale: 2 years per turn

Game design: Kris Van Beurden

Graphic Design: Bill Morgal

Card Design: Kris Van Beurden, Bill Morgal

Game Components:

22” x 34” MOUNTED map

Four counter sheets

Events Chart

Rearmament Chart

Two Player Aids

110 Strategy cards

15 Blue Cubes

15 Red Cubes

Rules booklet

Two 6-sided dice

Box and Lid