Plague Island Games will release Two Minutes to Midnight, a new strategic Cold War board game, into retail in Q2 2022.
In this military strategy game, players take on the role of either the U.S. or U.S.S.R. and saber-rattle, embargo, and sabotage their way towards winning the Cold War standoff. This game was created after extensive research into the history of the Cold War but also offers simple gameplay. It also includes scenarios that allow players to scale the length of game sessions. The goal of the U.S. player is to force the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the goal of the U.S.S.R. player is to win the space race and spread Communism to the rest of the world.
The game box comes with a 34”x 22” game map, a Technical board, 80 cubes, 45 semi-transparent discs, 40 wooden discs, 3 counter sheets, rulebook, 6 scenario sheets, 4 Quick reference sheets, a Solo-player reference sheet, a Soviet player mat board, 129 Event cards, 30 Money/Oil cards, 20 SOLO cards, and 8 dice. This game is for one to two players, age 14 and up, and plays in one to seven hours.
Source: ICV2
