"You can kill ten
of my men for every one I kill of yours, but even at those odds, you will
lose and I will win." --Ho Chi Minh
HPS Simulations presents
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SQUAD
BATTLES:
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VIETNAMVIETNAMVIETNAM |
a John Tiller
Game |
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HPS Simulations is proud to announce the release of Squad Battles: Vietnam;
which contains more than 70 scenarios, covering nearly 30 major conflicts of the Vietnam War, involving the US Army and
Marine Corps from 1965 through 1971.
"Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United
States.
Only Americans can do that."
--Richard M. Nixon
Squad Battles: Vietnam is a turn-based game at the
squad-level using 40 meter hexes and 5 minute turns.
Scenarios range in duration from a single-squad ambush scenario up to a
27 turn battalion-level melee. The major campaigns such as Starlite,
Cedar Falls, Tet, and Hamburger Hill are all covered in detail.
"SB:
Vietnam does an outstanding job of evoking the feel of small unit
combat during the Vietnam War" - Wargamer.com
$49.95

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Units represented
include US Army, US Marines, North Vietnamese Regulars, and Viet Cong--including recon, sappers, and heavy weapon units. Vehicles include the M-48, Huey, Cobra, M-113, the Marine LVTP5 amphibious vehicle, and many others. All major weapons are included such as the M-16, AK-47, LAW, and RPG-7.
"Outstanding
realism...first great Vietnam game...One of the best tactical games since Avalon
Hill’s Squad
Leader boardgame. EDITOR'S CHOICE" --William R. Trotter,
PCGamer.com
"The
U. S. has broken the second rule of war. That is, don't go fighting with your
land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't march on Moscow. I
developed these two rules myself."
--Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery

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The scenarios include many different situations such as ambush, ground assault, helicopter assault, and amphibious assault. The game includes a scenario and order-of-battle editor together with
more than 25 maps.

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"John Tiller's new game engine captures [the squad
level] brilliantly"

-Bruce Geryk, Computer Gaming World
Squad
Battles: Vietnam has been named as a Finalist for the Computer Games Magazine
"The Year's Best, 2001" Award. Click here for details.
$49.95 "Tell
the Vietnamese they've got to draw in their horns or we're going to
bomb them back into the Stone Age."
--Gen. Curtis LeMay
Want more information?
Click
here for a List of Battles, and the Campaign Notes.
Click
here to visit the Unofficial Panzer Campaigns Home Page, which has added
an SBV page
Squad Battles: VIETNAM supports
numerous play options such as
Play Against The Computer (AI Mode),
Play-By-E-Mail,
and Network (Internet and LAN) Play
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
· 200 MHz or higher Pentium computer
· Windows XP or greater operating system
· 32 MB of RAM
· 40 MB of free hard disk space
· CDROM drive for installation and game play
· Windows compatible sound card
· Modem/LAN for PBEM
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Be certain to visit the Unofficial Squad
Battles site:
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