4th Reich: Puremen vs. the Mutants for Control of the World
(1985)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 1 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Movement Points, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation, Variable Set-up und Zone of Control...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 120 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 1 - 2 |
| Publisher: | Task Force Games |
| Designers: | Howard Anderson, Dana Lombardy |
| Artists: | Dana Lombardy, Bruce Weigle |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Movement Points, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation, Variable Set-up, Zone of Control |
"4th Reich: Puremen vs. the Mutants for Control of the World" is a somewhat obscure wargame by Task Force Games based on (albeit without attribution) the SF-novel "The Iron Dream" by the Jewish author Norman Spinrad. This very controversial novel describes a parallel world in which Hitler wasn't successful with his "Kampf" in Germany and became a successful SF-pulp-novelist in the US. The main part of the book is the actual text of Hitler's "Iron Dream", a pulp-tale about "Ubermenschen" conquering a future world filled with mutant "scum." The idea of Spinrad's novel was to expose fascist tendencies in 50's American literature. The TFG designers transported this "theme" into a board game which plays like a wargame: future Nazis against future mutants. The names of all protagonists have been changed in an apparent attempt to avoid infringement, but the game clearly takes its slightly tongue-in-cheek approach directly from the book.
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4th Reich: Puremen vs. the Mutants for Control of the World
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