Vietnam 1965-1975 (1984)

This simulation game re-creates 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, air mobility, riverines, brigade-level formations, limited intelligence and auxiliary units in each scenario. The scenarios start out small with Operation Starlite, and slowly build in complexity, introducing more rules, until the entire Campaign Scenario which covers the entire war from 1965 to 1975 and introduces South Vietnamese politics, morale and commitment, strategic bombing, reinforcements, and pacification.

Unit counters are Battalion and Regiment size.

Magazine References:

The GENERAL Index Article List:
VG-4 (General 21/3),Finding the Tunnel's Light,Strategy,3,Winning the Viet Nam Campaign Game,Tony Curtis
VG-5 (General 21/4),Hunting the Viet Cong,Strategy,3,Winning Viet Nam Tactics,Tony Curtis
VG-6 (General 21/5),The Marine's Alternative,Variant,7,A Viet Nam Variant,Carl Amato
VG-8 (General 22/1),The Sword and the Juggernaut,Strategy,4,The NLF Offensive in Viet Nam,George Windau

The Wargamer Article Index:
33: Review by Joe Miranda, and response by designer Nick Karp
39: Response by playtester Tony Curtis to Miranda
58: Variant by Gary Hladik for US going into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail, including small b&w extension map covering the Savannakhet-Tchepone corridor
60: More rules changes and additions suggested by Hladik