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Category: korean war

Next War: Korea – Seoul Train AAR

brad December 30, 2014 GMT Games / korean war / Next War11 Comments

GMT’s Next War: Korea is part of the ongoing “Next War” series designed by Gene Billingsley and Mitchell Land.  The series is based on potential conflicts in the world today. The first release in the series, Next War:  Korea, was successful enough to keep the series going with the 2014 …

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The Korean War: Advanced Game – Part 5 (The Final Cut)

brad July 28, 2014 Victory Games / korean war2 Comments

Well, here we are at the final posting about my long playthrough of “The Korean War”.  It took exactly two weeks for me to play due to time constraints and my own scatterbrained method of playing on again and off again but I finally made it to the end.  If …

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The Korean War – Advanced Game: Part 4

brad July 21, 2014 Victory Games / korean war4 Comments

After four hard months of bitter winter fighting in the barren hills and frozen rivers of Korea, so much had happened yet so little had changed.  Much to the UN commanders’ chagrin, a limited Chinese intervention in November of 1950 led shortly afterwards to a full intervention in December.  At …

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The Korean War – Advanced Game: Part 3

brad July 16, 2014 Victory Games / korean war2 Comments

Part 1 is herePart 2 is here At the beginning of turn 6, the map of Korea resembled something like a UN commander’s dream.  A pitiful North Korean division sat huddled up towards the south bank of the Han Estuary near Incheon.  Out of supply range and with only a …

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The Korean War – Advanced Game: Part 2

brad July 15, 2014 Victory Games / korean warLeave a comment

Well, crazy stuff happened in turn 5.  Things started off with four NK divisions on the southwest side of the peninsula.  Two NK divisions were skulking around the outskirts of Kumchon, which was held by an ROK division and reinforced by a nearby US Army regiment.  Northwest along that road …

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The Korean War – Advanced Campaign: A Brief Snapshot

brad July 13, 2014 Victory Games / korean warLeave a comment

Here we are after the end of turn 3 in the full campaign game of Victory Games’ The Korean War.  I just started this game today and it will be on the dining table either until the bitter end or until my wife gets fed up with it.  Apologies if …

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The Korean War: Pusan Perimeter Defense

brad July 5, 2014 Victory Games / korean war13 Comments

The first truly huge battle of the Korean War took place in both August and September of 1950 as UN troops were rushed to the southern tip of the Korean peninsula near the port of Pusan.  They fought a narrowly won battle to keep the last vestiges of South Korea …

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The Korean War: Scenario 1 – North Korea Invades

brad June 28, 2014 Victory Games / korean war6 Comments

Victory Games’ The Korean War is an excellent operational-level game based on the first year of the Korean conflict that began in June of 1950.  I’ve been enjoying this game immensely lately and I have even shelved some of my newer incoming games to keep playing this one.   There’s …

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Victory Games’ The Korean War: A Short Review

brad June 22, 2014 Victory Games / korean war / review2 Comments

I recently got hold of VG’s The Korean War (1986) and I can honestly say that I’m blown away by the quality of this game.  I’m not sure I’ve ever played a game where the rules were so intuitive and yet so perfectly tailored to model the kind of conflict …

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