Matrix Games

Features

• Three full-length campaign games (Total War, Axis Blitz, and Arsenal of Democracy), all starting in 1939 and lasting to the end of the war.
• Five shorter scenarios (Spring’40, Summer’41, Spring’42, Summer’43 and East Vs West – 1946).
• Five playable forces (Germany, Japan, the Soviet Union, the Western Allies, and China) and 40 different countries
• Over 370 areas on a sprawling world map
• Command fifteen different combat units in the air, on the land, and at sea, as well as infrastructure and supply units
• Each unit has up to 14 attributes, most of which can be improved through research and development
• Rules that cover strategic movement, forts, cold weather zones, airborne attack, amphibious invasions, partisans, militia, and many other features
• Fog of War rules that hide enemy units and production
• Supply rules that can be set to provide a common pool for all units to draw from, or the creation of field units that must accompany the armies
• PBEM playability for two to five players
• TCP/IP/LAN playability for 2 to five players
• Challenging AI that offers a unique gaming experience
• Ability to automate either or both the Production and Research functions
• Four in-depth tutorials that smoothly integrates the player with the game
• Soviet and American War Readiness levels that dictate their production levels and entry into the war
• Detailed political rules for neutral countries including trade agreements and random political events. Allows countries to support a world power with resources and production, or even enter the war on the side of one of the major powers.
• Added realism in combat with rules for bombardment combat and suppression, combined arms attacks, Japanese Kamikaze units and much more.
• Strategic bombing targeting capability allows players to separately target factories, resources or railroads. Different air units have modified attack ratings versus different target types.
• Random technology breakthroughs add to replayability while also increasing realism with items such as German Jet Engines and Panzerfausts and Allied Proximity Fuse shells and Air launched ASW torpedoes.
• Player purchased spies, signals intelligence and security forces allow players a way to see through the fog of war, steal technology from other players, and improve their combat capabilities.
• Unit advancement to Veteran and Elite unit status.
• Additional unit art includes Me-262 jet fighters and B-29 bombers that visually show improvement in unit attributes.
• Optional NATO symbols unit set for ground units.
• Victory conditions that include strategic victory points for key territories. Axis high-water mark impacts victory levels even in games in which the Axis countries ultimately surrender.