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A solitaire game of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Soviet and Afghan regiments and police battle Mujahadeen formations, foreign fighter contingents, and local chiefs and warlords for Provincial control throughout the country.

It is December, 1979. Hafizullah Amin, a dedicated communist, leads Afghanistan ineffectually. In Moscow, the Politburo chafes under his failure to unify an increasingly unraveling ally. The aging Leonid Brezhnev has been slowly persuaded that, absent decisive Russian action, Afghanistan will fall from the Soviet orbit.

In what they see as a quick “regime change”, the Politburo directs Soviet forces to deploy throughout Afghanistan under the guise of assisting Amin. On December 27, 1979, Amin’s palace is stormed and he is shot dead (then grenaded for good measure) and replaced by pliant Soviet puppet Babrak Karmal. Success! Or is it...?

Welcome to the Great Game, Cold War version. “Save Afghanistan, Comrade!” pits you as the Soviets and communist Afghans against the Mujahadeen for dominance there. You have until Summer, 1992 (50 quarterly turns) to clear the Provinces of Mujahadeen to win. Or will you, like Brezhnev, find the Mujahadeen to be an indomitable enemy?

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A Solitaire Game of the USAAF Strategic Bombing Campaign against Germany: 1943-1945

In 1943, the US Army Air Force (USAAF) began a strategic bombing campaign with a small but growing number of aircraft. By 1945 it had, for all practical purposes, swept the German air force (Luftwaffe) from the skies, and was bombing targets throughout the shrinking Third Reich almost with impunity. But getting to that point was no easy task…

You, as commander, 8th Air Force, have a very full plate! Early on, insure victory in the Battle of the Atlantic by bombing submarine bases in western France, then support the eventual Allied invasion of occupied France by bombing railroads and river crossings throughout France and western Germ

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