World in Flames is a board wargame designed by Harry Rowland and released in 1985 by the Australian Design Group. It is currently in its 6th edition, World in Flames - Final Edition, each new edition featuring changes to the rules, maps and counters provided with the game. World in Flames won the 1985 Charles S. Roberts Award for Best 20th Century Game.
The game is a strategic-level recreation of both the European and Pacific theatres of World War II. The game begins with the German invasion of Poland, and contains rules determining when Russia and the United States may choose to enter the conflict.
Read more about World In Flames: Game Mechanics, Major Powers and Sides, Major Power Neutrality and Entry Into The War, Production and Industrial Output, Turn Length, Initiative and Impulses, Weather, Supply, Impulse Type, Land Combat, Air Combat, Naval Combat
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