GMT Games Viet NAM 19651975

An updated reimplementation of the Victory Games classicThere are several small scenarios and a couple of campaign games Each year is divided into four seasons Spring Summer Fall and Winter and each season has two turns so roughly 6 weeks per turn The map scale is roughly 6 miles per hex and units are generally battalions or regiments During the operational phase players take turns who gets to operate is determined by the NLF player conducting operations with their units to destroy the enemy clear the roads take towns and cities or just reposition units In the Campaign Game during Seasonal Interphases each player decides whether and how many additional units andor resources to bring in to the fight The game features hidden VC units airmobility riverines national morale pacification ARVN effectiveness and many other nuances that allow the player to grasp the some of the experience of what it might have been like to conduct the war in Vietnam This simulation game recreates the longest most complex and least understood conflict in US history in all of its military and political aspects The rules include detailed treatment of movement terrain search and destroy operations special operations firepower airmobility riverines brigadelevel formations limited intelligence and auxiliary units in each scenario This edition changes some of the rules as well as clarifications Components will also be upgraded from the original printingAges14Players2Game Length606000 minutes COMPONENTS 3 box 3 22x34 maps approx 66x40 Rulebook Playbook 8 x 85 x 11 player aid cards 2 x 11x17 Seasonal Interphase 2 x 11x17 folding Operations Player Aid Card 4 sheets 916 counters 2 sheets 12 counters