1. Introduction

Introduction to the Game

Classic Warlord is a game of skill, never chance. It challenges players to exercise tactical, strategic and diplomatic skills.

A map of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East has been split into 8 boards. Two to seven players take turns to play. They colonise empty regions. Their armies attack each other. They drop bombs on each other. They bluff, scheme, deceive and manipulate. When a player has destroyed everyone else's armies and still survives, he or she has won.

There are 600 regions on all 8 boards. Each region falls into one of the following 6 categories:

• Mega Cities (yellow) are a selection of giant cities with special strategic locations.
• Key Regions (red) are densely populated political and economic centres.
• Rural (green), Mountains (brown), Sea (blue) and Lightly-populated (white) are the other regions.

Classic Warlord can be played over all 8 boards or over many combinations of fewer boards.

New players are advised to have a quick practice-game over just the south-west corner section. Games played with just 1 or 2 boards should finish well within 2 hours.

When using less than 8 boards, some regions on the edge of a board will only half-appear. Where that happens, only include in the playing area those regions that have got a name.