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'''''Nuclear War''''' is a 1965 card game designed by Douglas Malewicki and published by Flying Buffalo Games. It is a [[Satire]] of an end-of-the-world scenario fought mostly with nuclear weapons. Each player is in charge of a country, and the objective is to eliminate the populace of all other countries (players). While an opponent's population may be reduced with non-violent means (such as broadcasting propaganda that drives migration to other countries), the fastest and most frequent method is to launch nuclear warheads and vaporize millions. Other cards provide anti-missile defenses and specialized weapons systems like orbital platforms and unstoppable cruise missiles. Several expansions have been released, many of which can be played separately or with the original game, and highlights the worries of the end-of-the-world scenarios—including actual, theoretical and feared weapons—at the time of their releases.

 

 

Though the game is largely obscure today, Flying Buffalo continues to support it. Their ''Nuclear War'' page can be found [http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/nucwar.htm here.]

 

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* [[Apocalypse How]]: Most games end with a '''Class 3a''', extinction of all mankind in a worldwide nuclear disaster, but the rules allow a '''Class 4''', extinction of most life on earth, or, if the results are <s>wrong</s> right, a '''Class X-2''', SOLAR SYSTEM DESTROYING CHAIN REACTION!

* [[Atomic Hate]]: The game is full of this, in every platform possible.

* [[Gallows Humor]]

* [[Kill'Em All]]: Most of the time.

* [[The Plague]]: The "SuperGerm" card eliminates 25 million people when played; "SuperVirus" goes around the board, taking out each player's population on their turn. A later expansion introduces "Son of SuperGerm".

* [[Satire]]

 

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