worries about not losing his rules stuff.
We are just receiving reports from the Ministry of Defence that Warsaw Pact forces have now crossed the West German border and are advancing across a broad front. Sources in Brussels have confirmed that NATO forces are now heavily engaged and there are eyewitness accounts of fighting taking place to the East of Hamburg. We have received reports of at least two very large explosions near the city of Fulda. It is not yet confirmed if these are the result of conventional weapons or the detonation of nuclear devices. The Prime Minister is expected to address the nation within the next 30 minutes.
– BBC Newsflash, Wednesday, 12th April 1984
Pre-orders will ship from April 4th. Please pre-order as early as you can, as these are shipped in the order they are received.
44-page, full-color softback rulebook. Preview the book here.
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Includes 18-card Tactical Advantage deck.
Seven Days to the River Rhine is a set of fast-play rules simulating armored combat during the 1980s in Europe, when the Cold War between the NATO alliance and Soviet-led Warsaw Pact could easily have turned Hot.
The rules cater for games with lots of armor and infantry and other supporting weapons in any scale. The mechanics are remarkably simple, and the method of activation presents players with tricky tactical decisions to ponder, creating a sense of high tension and drama. It is a game especially suited to large, multi-player games, in which each side has one player acting as the overall commander for the battle, developing and coordinating an overall plan for the achievement of operational objectives, and entrusting individual players to execute those plans.
It is a game in which simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. The rules are deliberately uncomplicated to allow players to concentrate on the scale of the battle, but the action/reaction system ensures that all players are constantly involved at all times making tactical decisions affecting their own commands.