
The complete Spanish Civil War from July 1936 to April 1939, with all units, weapons and events included on a weekly base. The most complete strategy game made on this conflict. Fight for your ideals, and take control of Spain!
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SGS Spain at War is a complete standalone game that covers the Spanish Civil war from July 1936 to April 1939.

The game covers the whole war from 18th July ’36, using a system of weekly turns. As the Nationalist you have to bring to the Peninsula your powerful units of the Africa’s army and take control of the key cities to force the Republic to surrender. As the Republican player you must delay the initial progress of the enemy and meanwhile start building the Popular Army in order to be ready to face your opponent’s regular army, and in particulars its veteran units.
Spain at War is a very detailed game where you can find every single unit that took part in the conflict, Falangist and Carlist militias, each unit of the Africa’s Army, dozens of Republican militia units, the Italian aerial squadrons with their historical names and images, all the warships of both side, the International Brigades battalions, Basque, Asturian or Catalan units, Anarchists militia units, the Soviet T-26, I-15 Chatos and I-16 Moscas, the Bf109 of the Kondor Legion and much more!
The players have to use wisely their industrial capacity to spend their resources in new units or in replacements for weakened units to avoid their destruction. But it is not possible to rebuild every lost unit or to replace it, like the case of ships or elite units (e.g. Legion). Cards play also a key role in the game as they bring some variation in the different fields, such as reinforcements, economics, diplomacy, politics, popular support and, above all, combats.
The player will also find in the game nice historical events that bring ‘chrome’ to the game and helps you to feel the historical moment represented.
The knowledge, experience and background of the designer of España: 1936 and Battles for Spain, Miguel Santacruz, has been essential in creating and supporting the development of this game, assisted by the SGS team. A lot of bibliography and data was collected to support the research needed to develop this game so that it feels accurate.
The game will contain a major campaign scenario covering the entire war, as well as another (shorter) scenario based on a scenario where the Republic still holds out in 1939.
We plan to also provide the players with interesting options to explore potential what-if situations.
Estimated Playtime: from 1h to many hours…
Favored Side: none.
Hardest to Play: Republicans.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal
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Reviews
GREAT GAME. MY MAIN SUGGESTION IS THAT WITH YOUR NEXT, AND ASAP UPDATE, PLEASE ADD LEADERS!!! MAKE A GOOD GAME GREAT! BY ADDING THE IMPORTANT LEADERS, WITH ART, LOYALTY, MOVEMENT, POWER, BONUSES, ETC., WOULD MAKE THE GAME SO MUCH PERSONAL... I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT UPDATE TO ALL YOUR GAMES THAT DO NOT HAVE THAT FEATURE. SO I THANK ALL AT SGS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUE YOUR EXCELLENT WORK! AND HEY, HOW ABOUT SOME AGE OF GREECE TROY, PERSIA, ROMAN EMPIRE, EUROPE ERA, ETC. GAMES??? GOOD STUFF!
Lamentablemente, el juego me decepcionó bastante en varios aspectos, considerando su larga espera. En primer lugar, en general, me pareció inferior y menos divertido en comparación con el DLC "España 1936" de War Across the World. Este juego no tiene generales, líderes ni almirantes, a diferencia de lo que mostraban las imágenes y los tráilers. Otro aspecto que me decepcionó fue la IA, que me pareció muy débil. Por ejemplo, jugando con los nacionalistas, en el turno 15 la guerra estaba prácticamente ganada, ya que conquisté Madrid, Barcelona y el norte con mucha facilidad, ¡algo triste considerando que el juego tiene 150 turnos! Además, el juego en general me pareció poco inmersivo, ya que no tiene generales y tiene pocos eventos. Por ejemplo, cuando conquisté Madrid, no apareció ningún evento que me diera puntos de victoria ni anunciara algo importante, lo cual es extraño, ya que sí aparecía para otras ciudades menos importantes. Como puntos positivos, me gustó la música, el arte y las unidades, pero en general no lo recomiendo. Espero una “gran actualización” que arregle lo que está mal y haga el juego mejor y más inmersivo.
Could not resist the purchase, after such a long wait (I have been following Miguel projects since year) My pleasure and expectations were all fully satisfied ! The game has a large scope, great depth and a wealth of details that you could even not find in history books. Really a work of talent and done with heart. My faith in this team and their products continue to grow. Thank you
10/10 Puedes jugar con los buenos.
Cada día me gustan más los wargames y este tiene un detalle muy alto.
I think that the size of the units is what I like. They're big enough (battalions) that you don't get bogged down in minutiae (squad and platoon tactics) but small enough to conduct maneuver warfare and still retain the various unit characteristics and names of the actual participating units. For example, the old board game "Third Reich" used 'corps' sized units. It may have been the only way to have a playable game when the map board was all of Europe. But when playing it was impossible to duplicate the deep penetrating thrusts of the Panzers in Operation Barbarossa. I wish the fighters could strafe. I don't understand what I am to do with the naval units. I started on level 'advanced', playing the Nationalist side. I'm on my 4th game. I didn't play the first three to completion because I learned a lot quickly and didn't wish to live with the stupid mistakes that a rookie will make. Even so, I'm on the 15th turn on a potential 150 turn game and the Republicans are finished, unless a lot of reinforcements are coming soon. On 'advanced', I made some risky moves that couldn't be made in real life. The AI needs to be more aggressive, and might be in the 'expert' mode. Overall I think that it is a very good game. Whomever made the game, thank you.
Un jeu d'histoire ! Une simulation parfaitement réalisée. Tout y est. https://www.jstrategies.fr/accueil/articles/sgs-spain-at-war
Very good wargame, I totally recommend it. It covers all the details of this conflit as never did other wargame. We have the Internationals, the CTV battalions, each air unit of fighters and bombers, each unit of the Africa army, a lot of details in the map, very acurate map btw. PBEM is simply great, very well balanced. It takes some time to see the way to plan your better strategy with each side but that is great for me. If you like the topic you will love this game.
Un juego muy interesante y entretenido. El nivel de detalle de las unidades, acciones políticas, eventos, etc. es genial pero... jugar contra el ordenador termina por ser aburrido, porque no tiene iniciativa, ni agresividad. Ya tengo ganada la guerra, con los nacionales, en el mes de octubre de 1936.
Tras una primera prueba para ver dinámica del juego, etc. Sólo 3h de juego. Campaña de caso hipotético si la República no se hubiese rendido. Me ha gustado mucho la profundidad de las unidades, la niebla del enemigo, secuencias del juego, reconocimiento con carta... Todavía no he visto los oficiales y su importancia, supongo que eso se verá más adelante. Reconozco que no debo ser muy bueno :) , pues he hecho ataques sin mirar en los que a veces mi bando, Nacional, era superior y otros los Republicanos, pero en todas las batallas ha ganado el Bando Republicano..supongo que al no mirar, con qué atacaba ni cómo, el resultado hubiera sido otro si lo hubiese hecho como toca. El juego avisa de Nacionales cansados y aconseja concentración de fuerzas, por lo que si se siguen consejos se puede obtener una buena victoria. Por lo que veo, tiene mucha chicha el juego, es decir parece que dará guerra... UN GRAN JUEGO
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