The War of the Worlds - England

The War of the Worlds is a solitaire board game that puts you in command of the Human forces in a desperate attempt to defend Earth against the invading Martian Tripods! While you plan and carry out the Human side of the war, the game system commands the Martian forces. The War of the Worlds is a low complexity board game for gamers, science fiction fans, and anyone who likes an easy to play game with good decision-making. Each games takes only an hour or so to play. A warship and the HMS Thunderchild close in to take on a Tripod! The War of the Worlds sea battle mechanics work much like the land battles, except the Tripods have different movement options. Sea Battles are fought when a "Sea Battle" result is rolled for fleeing Refugees. At which point, you can choose to spend some of your Production Points to purchase Warships to protect the Refugee Freighters, or let the freighters make a run for it, and hope they escape the pursuing Tripods. The Thunderchild appears as an Event card. You can then use it for any one future Sea Battle. This is usually best when you have a lot of Sea Battle results. Nation Overview England This summary uses England as the baseline. You are familiar with England from the rulebook and KS posts. All Nations start the game with roughly 20 Production Points.