An LPS bonus mini-game. April 1972; a Young US Army captain watched a stream of ARVN fugitives screaming "Thiet Giap!" ; "Tank!" in Vietnamese. He climbs on a roof top to see what is happening and spots a column of dark green T54 tanks advancing. The Battle of An Loc had just began. The Peoples Army of (North) Vietnam had launched its biggest offensive of...
"Third Lebanon War" is an operational level wargame on a hypothetical invasion of southern Lebanon by the Israeli Defence Forces some time in the near future. The context is that Israel has decided to mount an invasion of southern Lebanon to eliminate the threat posed by the continued presence and actions of the Hezbollah organization, but on a much larger...
Third Option is a solitaire game played on a mission mat where the player selects, deploys, and maneuvers teams and assets representing U.S. clandestine services with an emphasis on paramilitary operations against adversaries around the world. A “Phase” system is used along with dice, cards, and counters to play out varied missions. The world map is...
Southern Front: Race for the Turkish Straits: Game Two in the Third World War series, although it uses the same rules, is very different from its parent. Bulgaria and Romania, reinforced with three Soviet armies and special-capability forces, face Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia, thinly reinforced with a few elite units from the U.S., France, and Italy. The...
The Third World War: Battle for Germany: is a game of the struggle for central Europe by the forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The divisions and independent regiments and brigades of fifteen nations battle in multi-impulse turns that feature NATO reserve movement and Pact echeloning. Air units represent groups of 100 aircraft of a specific type, each...
Battle for Cuba in the fading days of the Cold War. The objective is, as the Cuban player, to delay NATO reinforcements to Europe in the Third World War. Each side has a fixed set of units (counters) to either take over or defend Cuba in the Cold War. "Cuban Front, Battle for Cuba" is a Fan Expansion based on a wargame published by Game Design Workshop...
'Arctic Front: Battle for Norway' is the third game of the Third World War series, uses the same rules as its predecessors but presents a very different gaming situation. The Soviet Leningrad Front, with its special airborne, amphibious, and arctic-equipped contingents, assaults Norway, reinforced with a few elite units from the U.S., Britain, Canada, and...
Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East: Persian Gulf uses the same rules as the other games in the Third World War series to show a different aspect of modern warfare operations in the deserts and mountains of the middle east. Persian Gulf includes a special "game within a game", covering the diplomatic, political, and military maneuvers by the Soviet...
"The Third World War: Alternative Naval Ruleset", published by Compass Games in Paper Wars #106, is an alternative set of naval rules developed by Dominic Warren, Greg Warren, and Eric Farago. Some rules include adding and adjusting naval zones, a map overlay depicting the new Danish Straits naval zone, allowing the Soviets to send raiders to interdict...