https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1046-spearhead-the-balloon-goes-up-volume-i.aspx
The Balloon Goes Up! is a series which simulates hypothetical or actual armored warfare in Western Europe, the Middle East, and Asia from the mid 1980s to the present day, all using a consistent core set of rules coupled with a situation-specific playbook that allows for a variety of situations to be portrayed. The first game in the series, Spearhead, represents a summer 1986 conflict between elements of the Soviet and East German armies and United States, West German, and French armies. The game emphasizes how long-range detection and firepower technologies dramatically increased the depth of the theater of operations in modern warfare. This “Deep Engagement” waged far behind the front lines can determine the outcome of a campaign even before the opposing ground forces truly come to grips. Players must learn how to fight and win the Deep Engagement to achieve overall victory, taking into account the different ways the forces of the two sides were prepared to fight.
The main reason I'm highlighting this one?
The map.
Look, it's a prototype that's pretty ugly, but check out the town in the top, middle of the map.
Herborn shows up on very, very few CWGH maps, usually b/c neighboring Dillenburg shows up instead.
But I didn't
live in Dillenburg. I lived in Herborn-Seelbach (a suburb) and attended school in Herborn, and spent a LOT of hours downtown there
It's a rare CWGH map that actually has my town on it
Topic: GMT Games ~ Spearhead: The Balloon Goes Up Volume I (Read 2914 times)