Not sticking up for WWI as a game, but it was pretty global though it my have not been huge in terms of the far flung conflicts.

The Japanese were at war with Germany and snatched Pacific Colonies. There was fighting in the African Colonies also.

List of former German colonies and protectorates

Colonies: Africa; Wituland · German East Africa (Tanganyika · Rwanda · Burundi) · Togoland · German South-West Africa (Namibia) · German West Africa (Kamerun · Neukamerun)

Pacific; German New Guinea (German Solomon Islands · German Marshall Islands · Caroline Islands · Mariana Islands · Nauru · Palau) · German Samoa

Concessions: China ; German Kiautschou · Tientsin · Tsingtao

The Central Powers consisted of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Italy was originally a part of the Triple Alliance but had designs on Austrian territory and switched sides.


This is a decent map of the who‘s who and where.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.../4f/WWI-re.png