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Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972

Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) · 1972
2120 min12+ yrs2.8/5 complexity6.8 BGG#12.854 BGG460CouplesStrategy
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Year of the Rat: VietNam, 1972 is a two player wargame simulation of the documented operations during the 13 weeks of the Communist Offensive in the Spring of 1972.

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Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 box art
official art · SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Year of the Rat: VietNam, 1972 is a two player wargame simulation of the documented operations during the 13 weeks of the Communist Offensive in the Spring of 1972. It includes the historical game and two optional games that play with Variable Order of Battle or Player selected deployments.

200 counters

NOTE: One of the very few (only?) Vietnam wargames ever published (in multiple, hard-copy formats) in the same year during which the conflict occurred.

Strategy & Tactics magazine #35, and stand-alone flatpack editions were both released.

game anatomy
Complexity2.8 / 5
BGG rating6.8 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#12.854
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Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 is a modern warfare game, for 2 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 support?
Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 take?
A game of Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 for?
Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972?
Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.8 out of 5.
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