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Storm Over Dien Bien Phu
In the spring of 1954, General Giap shocked the world by doing what had previously been considered impossible—defeating a Western occupying force. Storm Over Dien Bien Phu simulates the climatic moment when the isolated French forces (composed of French legionnaires and elite paratrooper units), and crumbled under the unrelenting pressure of the Chinese–backed Viet Minh forces.
Using the Area Move system redefined in Storm Over Stalingrad, the game features the use of cards to augment game play, adding to the tension experienced by both sides. The rules are similar in length to those seen in Storm Over Stalingrad, and are of the same level of complexity, with additions made for the situations encountered in this battle.
Additional rules added to the game include sapping, assaulting, and the French supply situation. In addition to these new rules, new cards have been created in order to represent events encountered during the battle. These include “Detonate Mine Shaft”, “Rats of the Nam Yum”, “Giap Demands Success”, “Propoganda”, “Débouchez à Zéro!”, and “B-26 Bombers”.
The game focuses on the attacks on the strongpoints of Gabrielle, Anne–Marie, Beatrice, Eliane, Claudine, Huguette and Dominique from mid–March to early May of 1954. The game is eight turn longs, and can easily be played in less than 3 hours by experienced players.
Storm Over Dien Bien Phu contains:
one 22"x34" full-color mapsheet
one and a half sheets of 5/8" counters
16 pg full–color rulebook with examples
card deck with 55 full-color cards
4 six-sided dice
Storm Over Dien Bien Phu Game Notes:
Designer: Nick Richardson
Developer: Brian Youse
Game Artwork: Nicolas Eskubi
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All artwork displayed during prepublication is not final art and may be changed during continued development of the game while on preorder. MMP will endeavor to make sure that artwork changes are displayed on Consimworld and/or BoardGameGeek.
Artwork will be provided shortly as we overtaxed Niko getting all these preorders ready!!!
You can see pictures of Storm Over DIen Bien Phu in action (using a playtest kit admittedly!) on www.consimworld.com!
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Price: $44.00 |
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8-03 SoDBP |
Preorder Price: $33.00
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