World in Flames Collectors Edition Classic game (2024 Print)

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The World in Flames Collector’s Edition Classic game consists of the:

• World in Flames Rules set;
• World in Flames map set;
• World in Flames Classic counters set;
• box & 2 ten-sided dice.

Everything you need to play the game.

The World in Flames Rules set consists of:

• the rule book (incl. 2 x A4 builds charts);
• The Campaign & Players’ Guide (sections 24-30 of the rules including scenario and campaign set ups); and
• 5 x A3 full-colour game charts.

The World in Flames Map set consists of:

• 4 large (574 x 820mm) full-colour hard-mounted maps covering most of the world (West Europe & Africa, East Europe & the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific);
• One 297 x 420 mm full-colour hard-mounted map of The Americas; and
• One 297 x 420 mm full-colour hard-mounted Turn record chart.

The World in Flames Classic Counters set consists of 1600 (12.7 x 12.7 mm) countersrepresenting the armies, navies and air forces of World War II (countersheets 1-6, 24 & 46);

What is included in the 2024 World in Flames collector's edition game?

Maps

1) fixed up the PatiF middle east borders so they run along the hexsides (the originals were slightly misaligned) and gave Aqaba direct access to the Asian map

2) added the Shetland Islands and the port of Lerwick (considering the microscopic atolls we include in the Pacific, a shocking omission from the original maps, no wonder we have so few sales to the Shetland Islands)

3) added the Greek coastal rail line and the port of Alexandroupoli

4) added the Philippine rail line

5) changed the alpine hexes marginally in the North Italian alps to better represent the Tyrol (at least according to a tyrolean skier, don't blame me if they are wrong), 

6) moved the arctic zone weather name on the American mini-map to show it more clearly and

(7) made small adjustments to make distances more accurate, e.g. moving the Faroes Is so they lie between the on-map and off-map areas (they are still an off-map hex but are now 6 movement points closer to Britain than they were to make them their actual distance apart), and

8) generally tidied up the map to make it more aesthetically pleasing (e.g. see Stavanger above) and clearer (like make the inlets wider and deeper so that all-sea hexsides are more obvious, e.g. see the inlet next to Hull above) and added a few more island names (some of which you can see off Norway above).

Counters

1) added in all the errata and new units included in WiFCE countersheet 55 (which is why CS 55 is now redundant and WiFCE Deluxe only includes 4800 counters)

2) added a RES Soviet 6-1 Garr to CS 3.

3) made the two NKVD divisions airdroppable (like the CW 51st airlanding) and the Soviet 2-5 Mech division marine capable on CS 50.

Rules and charts

Printed the September 2024 living rules and charts, the latest version of these which can be downloaded from the downloads section of this site.