Modern War #37 - Putin Moves South

From Decision Games:

The Magazine:

Putin Moves South - Potential Conflict in the Eurasian Heartland: Central Asia has been a crossroads for millennia. In the 21st century conflict looms in the region as international powers vie for control of important natural resources and military dominance.

Other Articles:

• Libyan Mercs - Employment of Mercenaries by Modern Libya: The United Nations and African Union have expended tremendous efforts to thwart mercenary activity in Africa. Despite these efforts, the mercenary trade has flourished, nowhere more so than in Libya.
• Kurdish Insurgency, 1984-1999: In August 1984, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party sparked an insurgency against the Turkish government. It would last until September 1999.
• Groupes Mobiles - French Mobile Operations in Indochina: By early 1950, small but highly mobile groups took the lead in the French counterinsurgency effort in Indochina.

The Game:

Putin Moves South is an operational-strategic level two-player wargame covering a hypothetical struggle between Russia and a coalition of opposing states to gain control of Central Asia, encompassing the area from the Russian frontier to the Persian Gulf. Combatants include, Russian, NATO, Chinese, Iranian, and various Central Asian States including the Persian Gulf countries.

The game system models the situation at the highest strategic level. Using a variation of Ty Bomba's Putin's War (MW #29). Units represent operational task forces of corps size; Special Forces; airpower, and cyberwar. The game system models operations in a vast theater with limited infrastructure and with coalition forces that all have divergent political aims.

Components: One 22" x 34" map on one sheet & 176 counters