Game - 321 - Korean War Paratroopers

Description: Paratrooper: Great Airborne Assaults, Korea is a game system simulating airborne operations. There are two players, commanding the airborne and defending forces. Each game in the system will include one or more scenarios, representing different airborne operations. Units represent airborne (parachute, glider) and ground forces, plus air support. Combat resolution is quasi-tactical. Central to play of the game is the command system, with players expending command points to conduct special actions. Scale: Ground units are companies and platoons. Each turn is about a third of a day's operations. Each hex is about 600 meters (half a mile).

This game includes two scenarios:

• OPERATION TOMAHAWK: Ridgway Springs the Trap, March 1951
• SUKCHON-SUNCHON: Air Assault on North Korea, October 1950

Contents:

• Korean War Paratroopers by Joseph Miranda
• From the Battle of the Masts to Lepanto by Maciej Jonasz
• A Combat Arm Redeemed by Raymond E. Bell Jr.
• Bloodbath at Fort Pillow by John Walker
• (FYI) Caesar and the 10th Legion by Blaine Taylor
• (FYI) British Intervention in Jordan, 1958 by Andrew Hind

Notes: One 22" x 34" map & 176 counters