{"product_id":"gmt-games-gathering-storm-prequel-to-a-world-at-war","title":"GMT Games: Gathering Storm, prequel to A World at War","description":"Gathering Storm, both a game in its own right and a prequel to GMT's A World at War, covers the period from 1935 to the outbreak of World War II, whenever that might be. Like A World at War, Gathering Storm, simulates the military, economic, political, diplomatic, research and production preparations for the Second World War, allowing the players to explore what might have happened if:\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cli\u003eAdmiral Doenitz had convinced his superiors of the importance of submarine warfare in the impending war with Britain.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eGermany had pursued the Z Plan earlier and more consistently.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe development of the \"Ural bomber\" had been pursued.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePoland had become a German satellite, rather than resisting German aggression.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWar had broken out over the Sudetenland, or even the remilitarization of the Rhineland.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMussolini had given a lower priority to naval armaments, to the benefit of the Italian armor and air forces.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFrance had extended the Maginot Line.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ede Gaulle's arguments to expand and strengthen France's armor units had been accepted.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eBritain had rearmed sooner.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eRussia had deferred the Great Purges. Or accelerated them.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Spanish civil war had been won by the Loyalists.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA civil war had broken out in Yugoslavia. Or Greece.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAtomic fission had been discovered earlier.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe Second World War had begun with a Franco-Italian conflict. Or a French pre-emptive attack on Germany. Or a Russo-German war, with Italy and the Western Allies neutral.\r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eWar comes early. Or later, in 1940 or even 1941. \r\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eYOU had been in command.\r\n\r\nGathering Storm,can be played as a separate game in a single session, with its own victory conditions, but A World at War players will want to press on and see how the war they have created plays out. While using different mechanics, Gathering Storm's structure is consistent with A World at War and allows for a seamless transition to whatever alternate war the players planned - or stumbled into.\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41436793667643,"sku":"GMT1502","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1098\/5414\/files\/product_111098.jpg?v=1692617823","url":"https:\/\/gamekastle.live\/products\/gmt-games-gathering-storm-prequel-to-a-world-at-war","provider":"Game Kastle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}