King of the Hills, The Battle of Kap-Yong 1951

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KING OF THE HILLS

The Battle of Kap-Yong

April 23-25, 1951

Kings of the Hills is a moderate complexity level war game simulation of the climatic battle fought near Kap-Yong during the Korean War. The Chinese intervention in the Korean “Police Action” just a few months earlier in late November, 1950 and caught the Allied forces by surprise, sending them reeling back with substantial losses, especially among the newly reconstituted units of the Republic of South Korea (ROK), many of which broke and ran in the face of the Communist onslaught.  In just a few weeks the initial Chinese offensive had driven the UN forces back from the Korean border and nearly completely out of North Korea.

In mid-April, the Communists launched a second offensive they hoped would drive the UN forces completely from the peninsula. The 27th Commonwealth Brigade, made up of battalions from Canada, New Zealand and Australia, supported by US artillery and armor, backstopped the Allied line on the road to Seoul. On April 23rd, the Chinese 118th Division struck the over-stretched defenders.

A Communist victory here would break the Allied defensive line, leading to the precipitous fall of Seoul.

One 11" x 17" map

200 double sided unit counters

One Player Aid Card

8 Page rules book