First Team: Vietnam (1986)

About this game

A solitaire game of the 1st Air Cavalry's campaign in the Ia Drang Valley in October 1965. The NVA forces had been building up all year for the first major strike intended to cut South Vietnam in half, and on October 19th the plan went into effect. The player controls the American forces and the game system controls the NVA. Scale: the game map covers 400 square miles (point to point distances vary), two day turns, each combat strength equals from one to three hundred men. Published in The Wargamer Magazine number 56.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 1 player — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 3.1/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.