# Commands & Colors: The Great War

Summer DB entity ID: 7b5c2304\-d067\-4c22\-bffb\-4a14755fefa7

Steam App ID: 449460

HexWar Games has partnered with Plastic Soldier Company to bring you a digital version of Commands & Colors: The Great War board game\. The game allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history\. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system\.  The scale of the game is flexible and varies from battle to battle\. For some scenarios, a few infantry units may represent an entire wing of a larger battle, while in other scenarios a unit may represent just a few brave soldiers going over the top\. The Command card system drives movement, creates a “fog of war” and presents players with many interesting opportunities; while the battle dice resolve combat quickly and efficiently\.  The Combat cards add an element of suspense and will challenge players to coordinate their use in a timely manner\. Overall, the battlefield tactics players will need to execute to gain victory conform remarkably well to the strengths and limitations of the various types of WWI units, their weapons, battlefield terrain, and written history\.         15 scenarios set during the most infamous battles on the western front   Over 50 unique combat and command cards to simulate tactical and strategic choices   Make strategic choices faithful to the era with machine guns, trenches, riflemen and bombers   Lay waste to the World War 1 era battlefield with artillery strikes   Play as German, British or Canadian combatants          Commands and Colours \- Opening Action 1   Commands and Colours \- Opening Action 2   Loos \(2nd Division Diversionary Attack\) \- 25 September 1915   Loos \(Hohenzollern Redoubt\) \- 25 September 1915   Loos \(German Counter\-Attack\) \- 27 September 1915   Loos \(Fight for The Trenches\) \- 29 September To 3 October 1915   Loos \(Renewed British Offensive\) \- 13\-14 October 1915   Somme \(Hawthorn Ridge Mine Explosion\) \- 1 July 1916   Somme \(Mash Valley & La Boisselle \) \- 1 July 1916   Somme \(Sausage Valley & La Boisselle\) \- 1 July 1916   Somme \(Mametz\) \- 1 July 1916   Somme \(Mametz Wood\) \- 7\-10 July 1916   Vimy Ridge \(1st & 2nd Canadian Infantry Divisions\) \- 9 April 1917   Vimy Ridge \(Hill 145\) \- 9\-10 April 1917   Vimy Ridge \(The Pimple\) \- 12 April 1917   Vimy Ridge \(Bois\-En\-Hache\) \- 12 April 1917

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: HexWar Games

- Publisher: Hunted Cow Games

- Release date: Jan 19, 2017

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_520edc3a8b7d69f0e8b43a3fd472a67f98759622\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_f4cfaa413ef4c2303a9b064f592df45b14d5d70c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_9e32a3b909ce4146ab5df566b09dbde65c22a028\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_ab75373c86d264498b6658dced3e375b6798fbc0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_b509038fe95f7290da6c0e74ef83f64756420ec9\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/449460/ss\_37d9f95f68e1569f0d7ef64bb6d939cc647027a5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786893347

- Price: 1999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 108

- Steam positive reviews: 52

- Steam negative reviews: 56

- Steam positive percentage: 48.148148148148145%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:35:41\.923224\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:35:43\.299569\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:35:42\.959054\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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