La Der des Ders

La Der des Ders (The War That Ends All Wars) is a two-player Strategic level wargame upon the World War One. Created by Arnauld Della Siega, "La Der des Ders" is published in the issue #145 of the French wargaming magazine Vae Victis.

The game covers the entire conflict from 1914 to 1919. Each player control one of the two sides: the Central Powers or the Entente Allies. It's possible to play alone with specific Solitaire rules.

One turn is equivalent to 4 months. There's a maximum of 14 turns except if the war is won before. Each turn, players gain Resources Points that may be spent in Research, Offensives, Reinforcements and Naval Warfare. A turn follows these steps :

 Initiative
 Events
 Collect of Resource points
 the player with the initiative spend his points
 Naval Warfare for the initiative player
 the player without the initiative spend his points
 Naval Warfare for the player without the initiative

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