Overview
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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950 is a 2 players strategic-level board wargame that simulates the battles between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC) in 1950s which is so called "The First and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis." Two players control the People Liberation Army (PLA), the National Government Army (NRA) in Taiwan and US 7th Fleet respectively. There are 9 turns in a games and each turn represents one year.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Area Movement
Move pieces between connected regions rather than along individual spaces.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Area-Impulse
Players alternate short actions within contested areas until everyone passes.
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Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950 is a 2 players strategic-level board wargame that simulates the battles between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC) in 1950s which is so called "The First and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis." Two players control the People Liberation Army (PLA), the National Government Army (NRA) in Taiwan and US 7th Fleet respectively. There are 9 turns in a games and each turn represents one year. Each player spend operation points to activate his troops in one area to attack, move or do special operations alternatively in a turn. The PRC player must get 10 victory points to win the game. Before each operation, player must roll a die to draw a event marker randomly. The event maker is the mission the player needs to accompolish in the following turns. After finish the mission, the PRC player can increase the victory points and the Taiwan player can decrease the victory points.