''Nuclear Escalation'' is a 1983 card game published by

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Gameplay

''Nuclear Escalation'' is a sequel to '' Nuclear War'' with new special rules and options.

Reception

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reviewed ''Nuclear Escalation'' in ''

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'' No. 68. Haring commented that "So if you can laugh in the face of potential nuclear conflagration, ''Nuclear Escalation'' is not only a cute little game in its own right, but it combined with ''Nuclear War'' to produce a killer (pardon the expression) game that is a definite improvement on the original." ''Nuclear Escalation'' was awarded the Charles S. Roberts Award for "Best Science Fiction Boardgame of 1983". ''Nuclear Escalation'' had been the subject of a potential ban on all war related toys when two MPs of the UK Labour Party called the game "a nasty twist on the toy industry".

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was interviewed as part of this discussion saying "the game is intended to be humorous... the subject is so serious that you have to laugh about it because otherwise you'd cry."

Reviews

*'' Dragon'' #223 (November 1995) *''

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Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' is an American science fiction magazine which publishes science fiction and fantasy named after science fiction author Isaac Asimov. It is currently published by Penny Publications. From January 2017, the publicatio ...

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References

{{reflist Card games introduced in 1983 Flying Buffalo games Origins Award winners