Fire in the Lake

Vietnam, 1964. The most wrenching US engagement of the Cold War would be far more than GI versus Charlie. It set tribesman agains nationalist, Buddhist against Southerner - even among the communists. As revolution burned through that ancient civilization, Washington would apply its armament and ist operations research. To get out, the US counterinsurgency would motor deeper and deeper in. In the end, culture and will would overcome technology and math to end the primacy of industrial might in modern warfare. Volume IV in the COIN series dives headlong into the momentous and complex battle for South Vietnam. Renowned game designer and modern warfare expert Mark Herman joins series creator Volko Ruhnke to present a unique multi-faction treatment of the Vietnam War. Fire in the Lake takes 1 to 4 players on US heliborne sweeps of the jungle, Communist infiltration of the South, Trail interdiction, and air defense of the North, and then into allied conferences, Saigon politics, graduated escalation, and the media war. Fire in the Lake features the same card-assisted counterinsurgency (COIN) game system as GMT Games Andean Abyss, Cuba Libre and a Distant Plain, with a pack of twists that take this Series to a new level. A larger event deck than ever, more solitaire modes, short to full-length scenarios, and random or period-event options ensure tremendous play variety.