Modern War #45 - The Dragon and Hermit Kingdom

From the Publisher:

The Magazine:

The Geopolitics of East Asia & the Western Pacific: Focal Point Korea: The strategic position of the People’s Republic of China in East Asia and the world is conditioned by several factors. These have led to a new Chinese strategy that has the possibility for conflict, with the Korean Peninsula being a potential flashpoint.

Other Articles:

• Vietnam Fire Support Bases: Providing artillery support for friendly forces and installations, US Army and Marine fire support bases in Vietnam proved devastatingly effective in both offensive and defensive roles.
• Operation Just Cause - 1989 Invasion of Panama: In December 1989, the US launched Operation Just Cause to bring Manuel Noriega to justice. The lessons learned from operations post-Vietnam came to fruition in Panama.
• The Yom Kippur War in the Golan: Following their crushing defeat in the Six-Day War, Israel’s Arab neighbors maintained the destruction of the Jewish state as their goal. On 6 October 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.

The Game:

The Dragon and The Hermit Kingdom is a two player game that covers the hypothetical simulation of a second Korean War that could occur in the very near future. This game is a precursor to The Dragon that Engulfed the Sun (Modern War #42). It simulates the war that would have occurred on the Korean peninsula just prior to that game’s setting. The Dragon that Engulfed the Sun assumes that a Chinese victory had already occurred in Korea. This game, however, simulates the entirety of that preceding conflict, beginning with a supposed North Korean invasion of South Korea.

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