Road to Victory

1939 · United Kingdom · BTC London

Theme: WWII West

About this game

This is a simple roll-and-move game for 2 to 4 players. The 100-space track starts and ends at Berlin. The game is notable for the timing of its publication, after the invasion of Poland but before Nazi Germany seized Denmark and invaded Belgium and the Netherlands. There is even a reference to the possibility of Romania joining the Allies. Also notable are two mentions of the Polish submarine Orzel, which escaped to England in 1939. Spaces 50 and 51 show it picking up survivors of a torpedoed ship and then escaping through the Skagerrak.

Mechanism

Roll and move

Rules

The track offers a choice of routes. Players advance around the map by rolling a single die, with a roll of 6 causing the player to move backward. The winner is the first to return to Berlin and ensure the "triumph of democracy" by putting the Nazi leaders on trial.

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