Quartermaster General WW2 Prelude, a fast card-driven pre-game that can be played to set the stage for the conflict of Quartermaster General WW2. Prelude presents a short pre-game, setting the stage for WW2 and has a truncated sequence of play designed to create differing opening situations from whence regular play can begin. This is a second edition of the game and adds two new cards and includes several clarifications to the first edition. There are two kinds of Prelude cards: Armament and History cards. History cards are similar to Event cards in the regular game, while Armament cards are played face down on the table, like Response cards in the regular game. But both types of cards differ from the regular cards for effects and mechanics.

Prelude is a not a complete game. A copy of Quartermaster General WW2 is required to play it. It's also possible to use Prelude with Quartermaster General Total War expansion.