Table Town
TABLE TOWN
Tabletop community
Home · Hot games · Wargames
Custom OWW1 - game components.
Custom OWW1 - game components.
Origins of World War I custom board and game components.
Amateur Map in Avalon Hill Style for Use with Origins of World War I
Diceless Variant, Apr 7, 2024. During the game

Origins of World War I (1969)

Players
3–5
Best: 5
Playing time
60–60 min
Age
12+
6.92
Average rating
43
Ratings
2.13/5
Weight
#20771
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Die Entstehung des Ersten Weltkrieges +1 more
Designer:Jim Dunnigan
Artist:Sid Sackson
Publisher:Hugendubel Verlag +5 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 9, Complexity 4.3, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity4.3
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

PoliticalWargameWorld War IPrint & PlayPost-NapoleonicAuction / BiddingVariable Player PowersSimulationDice RollingRatio / Combat Results TableNegotiationAlliances

Overview

Origins of World War I appears in Sid Sackson's well-known game book A Gamut of Games. Gameplay is very similar to Origins of World War II, which was published by The Avalon Hill Game Co in 1971, although players have to provide their own game components.

The following description was taken from A Gamut of Games introduction of this game: A political/strategy game in which five players represent the five major nations in pre-World War I Europe. They must compete against each other to achieve each nation's 'national objectives'. While actual war is not allowed in the game, the play should show quite clearly how tensions developed to such a high pitch in 1914.

Note: A full set of rules and print-and-play components are available for download in the files section, below.

Re-implemented by: Origins of World War II

Not available yet

Player reviews, retailers/pricing and rules videos have no real data source for this game yet.

View on BoardGameGeek ↗

Discussions

BGGView discussions on BoardGameGeek

Be the first to discuss

Reviews

No reviews yet
to write a review.