Description
This box contains three designs originally presented in Command magazine: Tet 68, Operation Solace, and Hamburger Hill. These games will be enhanced with incorporated errata and updated graphics.
Tet ’68 is a simulation of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. The objective of the game is to show what happened during the campaign, how the U.S. and its allies, despite winning a military victory, were defeated psychologically and politically. Winner: 1992 Charles S. Roberts Best Post-World War II Board Game. Playing Time: 3 Hours.
Operation Solace is a ‘what-if’ game based on the preliminary Pentagon plans drawn up for a large raid (2-3 divisions) into the Hanoi area of North Vietnam in 1971. The objective of the operation was to have been the liberation of all the POWs being held in that area and the capture of as many North Vietnamese government officials as possible. These latter were then to be traded for any POWs still held. Playing Time: 2 Hours
Hamburger Hill: The Tactics of Futility is a recreation of the bloody assault by three battalions of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division (with some help from the South Vietnamese (ARVN) 1st Division) against two battalions of the North Vietnamese Army’s vaunted 29th Infantry Regiment dug in on a hill known as Dong Ap Bai, in the A Shau Valley of what was then South Vietnam. Playing Time: 2 Hours
New Gameplay Content Includes:
For Operation Solace
Operation Olympic: A MEGA VARIANT
Operation Olympic was the code name selected for this operation in Kevin Kiley’s original story. Instead of being a massive raid on North Viet Nam as in the original game, this variant goes farther to simulate a full-fledged invasion of North Vietnam, taking advantage of the relative paucity of NVA units in-country while the majority of the NVA was deployed to Cambodia in 1970.
For Hamburger Hill
Options for:
- US Engineering Units
- US Maximum Effort
- No ARVN Participation
- More ARVN Participation
- No NVA Withdrawal
- US Chemical Warfare
For Tet 68
The following game variants are divided into two groups: In-Stream Options and Pre-Game Options. In-Stream Options may be taken by a player at any time during the course of the game, usually at the beginning of his player turn. The use of Pre-Game Options must be decided on before the play begins. Sections 23.0, 24.0, 25.0 and 26.0 are In-Stream Options. Sections 27.0, 28.0, 29.0 and 30.0 are Pre-Game Options.
- NVA Full Commitment
- Bombing North Vietnam
- US Contingency Reinforcements
- Cambodia & Laos
- Increased US Guerrilla
- Warfare Option
- No US Guerrilla Warfare Option
- Increased NVA Infiltration
- Operation Phoenix
Game Design:
- Tet ’68: Joseph Miranda
- Operation Solace & Hamburger Hill: Ty Bomba, James Meldrum, Chris Perello
Game Artist: Knut Grünitz
Product Information:
- Map Scale – Tactical and Operational
- Complexity – Medium
- Playing Time – 2 to 4 hours
- Time Scale – Various
- Solitaire Suitability – Low to Medium
- Players – 2
Game Components:
- 2 MOUNTED Maps
- 2 Countersheets
- 3 Rulebooks
- Multiple Charts/Player Aids
Note: Artwork and component list subject to change.
