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From WS McCallum
PDF – $10.00 USD
Card-Based Vietnam Wargame Rules
A set of Vietnam wargaming rules using playing cards instead of dice. These rules are multi-scale and can be used for both small-unit actions and large battles, involving both asymmetrical warfare and conventional warfare scenarios. There is no need to rebase your units, and the focus is on ease of play and fast-moving games. The rules cover use of armored fighting vehicles, helicopters, artillery fire, air strikes, and riverines. Also included are engineers and sappers, civilians, dog teams, medics, mines and booby traps, field defenses, and combat engineering. Card-based play emphasizes a key point other Vietnam War rules miss – resupply – which can be applied to different scenarios to reflect your units' ammo levels. No rulers or fixed movement distances are used, and a verbal commands system makes for intuitive play when maneuvering your units on the tabletop, with direct fire limited only by line of sight; a crucial factor in rumbles in the jungle or close-quarter urban warfare, where any misstep could be fatal for your troops. And watch out for the Ace of Spades!