The Warlord (board game)

The Warlord is a board game designed and first published by Mike Hayes in 1966.

This article is about the 1966 boardgame. For other games, see Warlord.

Description

The Warlord is a strategy board game of world domination which allows simulation of nuclear weapons.

Publication history

The Warlord was designed and first published by Mike Hayes in 1966.

Reception

Steve Jackson comments: "This title is my candidate for Best Game of All Time. As a game design it is 'perfectly simple.' For an overview, think 'Nuclear Risk in Europe.'"[1]

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References
  1. Jackson, Steve (2007). "The Warlord". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 365–368. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
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