Crisis: 1914

"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans." -Attributed to Otto von Bismarck, 1888

June 28, 1914, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg, plunged Europe into a diplomatic crisis that turned into a war that engulfed the world. In some interpretations, this assassination lit a powder keg that had lain beneath the networked foundations of international relations for decades. But it didn't have to be this way. The central contention of this game is that, for all the festering tension, war was avoidable.

Crisis: 1914 puts players in the shoes of the highest profile statesmen of what became known as the July Crisis. Prestige comes from applying diplomatic pressure - gauge this just right and you will weather the crisis will skill and be declared the winner. Apply too little diplomatic pressure and you will lose. Apply too much diplomatic pressure and you will not only lose, but also be the one to blame for unleashing the Great War.

Contents

• Mounted Game Board
• Card Decks
• Player Boards
• Wooden Cubes
• Dice
• Rule Book
• Historical and Design Note Booklet

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