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1985 Ranked #13,065

Air Cav

Tactical helicopter-combat wargame has opposing forces command individual aircraft, vehicles, and infantry in modern battles. Different national forces and terrain maps create contrasting engagements across each scenario.

Wargames Aviation / Flight Modern Warfare Grid Movement Hexagon Grid

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.9/5

Rating

5.98

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Two player tactical level game simulating helicopter combat from 1975 through 1990. Units represent individual vehicles, helicopters and infantry squads.

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Two player tactical level game simulating helicopter combat from 1975 through 1990. Units represent individual vehicles, helicopters and infantry squads. Each game turn represents 2 minutes and each hex represents 100 meters of actual terrain. Two maps included: One represents Middle Eastern terrain, and the other German. Forces represented include the United States, West Germany, Great Britain, Israel, the Soviet Union and Syria.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.9/5
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Credits

Designers

4
Joseph M. Balkoski Greg Costikyan Eric Goldberg Tony Merridy

Publishers

1
West End Games

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