The VC and the Americans know each other are in the area, but neither side expects a stand-up fight to occur. Two platoons advance on a small village suspected of harboring a Viet Cong contingent. Army units move into the A Shau Valley, in May of 1969, during the opening moves of the battle that will culminate in Hamburger Hill. Marines engage the Viet Cong in intense house-to-house fighting in the town of Hue, south of the Perfume River, on February 6, 1968. Roberts award winner, International Gamers Awards Game of the Year, and voted by Game Magazine as one of the top five conflict simulations. Turns cove 30 seconds to two or three minutes, and the interactive impulse system keeps both players involved in the game.Ī Charles S. Counters represent squads, leaders, medic, chaplains, machine guns tanks, and much more. Lock ‘n Load: Forgotten Heroes 2nd Edition simulates combat in Vietnam with the immediacy of squad-level combat.
In fact, all the 2nd edition has in common with the original is the Lock ‘n Load series rules and the scenarios. Each counter has been redrawn, every map created anew, and Skill Cards, scenarios, charts, and rules laid out with painstaking care. Lock ‘n Load: Forgotten Heroes 2nd Edition returns the original Lock ‘n Load series game to print.