AGAINST THE ODDS # 45: Red Dragon/Blue Dragon

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Red Dragon, Blue Dragon covers the Chinese Civil War, a 23-year conflict that included battling the common enemy -- Japan -- during WWII. Pits the communist PLA (People's Liberation Army against the nationalist GMD (Guomindang) with 20km hexes, mostly corps-sized units, and turns representing one week of action. The GMD advantages include air support, rail movement, and convoys, while the PLA player benefits from pontoon bridges, guerrilla movement, and fast marches. Both sides can be affected by random events and there are even rules for GMD units defecting and a Deng Xiaopeng marker and effect. Differences like these give each side a distinctive flavor - it's not just red counters against blue counters, but two worlds colliding.

Red Dragon, Blue Dragon and issue # 45 of ATO: Maps: One full color 22x34-inch mapsheet; Counters: Over 160 full color 9/16-inch die-cut pieces; Rules length: 10 pages; Charts and tables: 3 pages; Complexity: Low; Solitaire Suitability: Average; and Playing Time: 2 to 3 hours