Supremacy: The Game of the Superpowers

Supremacy: The Game of the Superpowers is a political, economical and military strategic board wargame published in 1984 by Supremacy Games and design by Robert J. Simpson. Supremacy pits conventional superpowers against each other for control of the earth similar to a modern warfare Risk with an integrated supply and demand economic system. Warfare comes in multiple forms of conventional, biological, chemical and nuclear. (Supremacy: The Game of the Superpowers) The players represent the superpowers of the world; the United States, the Soviet Union, the League of European Nations, the People's Republic of China, the Confederacy of South America and the Federation of African States. The goal is to conquer the world either through military or economic strength. Players can build army and naval units and to do so requires resources. There are three types of resources in the game; oil, wheat and minerals. Once the units are built they require a continual input of resources in the form of maintenance. Armies require grain to move and navies require oil. In addition, salaries must be paid for each army and naval unit. Each country on the board is capable of producing certain types of resources. Players can gain access to those resources by capturing the country in question and playing the appropriate resource card. Alternatively, players can buy or sell resources on the global market. The game also spawned a great number of supplements to expand the game further. (Supremacy: The Game of the Superpowers)