[2] The game uses historically accurate campaigns, weapons, locations, battlefronts and scenarios which players must manage strategically in order to bring their side to victory.

Despite the game's loss of popularity, online decks have been created and modified as recent as 2005 to include more weapons, countries and campaigns.

This deck added 200 all-new cards to the game which included Russian terrain and scenarios prevalent in the war.

[4] It also included 120 cards from the original deck so it could it be the only purchase needed to wield a formidable fleet, regardless of which side a player chooses.

Unit cards are the actual fighting forces separated into three groups: infantry, armor and aircraft.

Special cards include obstacles and abnormal events that may aid in specific strategies being implemented.

From each remaining deck, the players draw seven cards to form the starting hand and the game is ready to begin.

Destroying attacks from the opponent is the only way to gain back Supply Points which can then be used to deploy additional Unit and Special cards.