Yeah, I've played hours-on-hours off all these. They all have great attributes. That said, I was hoping for something on the operational side and a bit more "realistic" in terms of planning. Something like Command Ops 2, but modern and with CMO-like bells-and-whistles.

<t> Hi! I'm a (relatively) new player to Command: Modern Ops and I love it. It's been a hugely rewarding experience and I've learned a lot. <br/> <br/> One question I have: Is there a game out there that simulates the ground combat element side of the battlefield with the same fidelity and detail as...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: jwilkerson<br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>This was a very unpopular war (from the US population) ... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I'd put that at the top of the list as to why more isn't done with it ... <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I dunno... I find it hard to believ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Agathosdaimon<br/> <br/> there was a strategy game from the 80's set in vietnam - NAM 1965-1975 - and you could play as POTUS Nixon or Johnson and must manage resources and public opinion, but it also had some campaign scenarios too as well as general war.<br/> <br...

ORIGINAL: wodin

Fields of Fire solo board game has a Vietnam campaign, Volume 2 will have one aswell.

Yeah, I have both of these pre-ordered. It doesn't look like GMT prints them until next summer, though.

Any speculation as to why this seems such an avoided subject for serious consideration?

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen<br/> <br/> Why <URL url="http://www.matrixgames.com/products/560/details/Vietnam.%2765"><s>[url=http://www.matrixgames.com/products/560/details/Vietnam.'65]</s><U><s>[u]</s>Vietnam '65<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/url]</e></URL> has not been mentioned by now?...

<r> Both <I><s>[i]</s>The 13th Valley<e>[/i]</e></I> and <I><s>[i]</s>Fields of Fire<e>[/i]</e></I> are fantastic books! I've played the TOAWIII scenarios (I mention them in the first post). They're great, but they're not conjoined so all the progress I might gain in once scenario is lost in the nex...

<t> I keep thinking about all the possibilities with a Vietnam War operational-level game. Some of the things that would really cool to see represented:<br/> <br/> -U.S. commitment levels and its effect on pacification, home front morale (and in turn troop morale).<br/> -Development of the ARVN and ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ranger33<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: WriterJWA<br/> Yeah! I have A Distant Plain. I haven't played it yet, but I'm very familiar with the series. I agree game developers could learn a few things from the paper wargames in terms of overall game mechani...

I have, yeah. They're not bad, but a little one-dimensional and dated. I also don't think they really grasp the problems specific to Vietnam. It's almost like they could change the pieces and maps to a WWII setting and the game wouldn't change a bit.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ranger33<br/> <br/> Probably not what you are wanting exactly, but have you ever seen Fire in the Lake from GMT Games? It's a board game in their COIN series that depicts the war in Vietnam. It's really quite excellent, though the combat is fairly abstract. You can...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Twotribes<br/> <br/> The Vietnam war was not a conventional affair. The struggle in South Vietnam revolved around guerilla tactics and suppression of same. In every stand up battle the US won hands down. That is pretty hard to depict in a game that is not tactical ...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: charlie0311<br/> <br/> Hi Jay,<br/> <br/> Saw your USMC/0311. Thought I'd send a little "Semper Fi Mac" along.<br/> <br/> I was a replacement 0311, 3/5, RVN, Aug 67-Aug 68.<br/> <br/> Retired now. I have GG WITE and two games going now. About all I can manage these...

<t> I thought I'd ask a general question of wargames and developers... Why hasn't a deeply detailed operational game every been made depicting the Vietnam War? I'm thinking on the level of a Gary Grigsby game, Command Ops, or the Flashpoint Series as an example. The closest I've seen is a long serie...

I'm not sure what the author's availability is, but these Vietnam Combat Operations scenarios are remarkable!

https://sites.google.com/site/vietnamcombatoperations/

Soooo........ what's the latest? [:D]

Wow ... that was unexpected!

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Joel Billings<br/> <br/> Our next game will be War in the West 43-45 which will be the same scale as WitE and will include a more robust air game with the land campaigns and strategic bombing. After that we plan on War in the West 40 (which will include Norway, Fra...

<t> Awesome, thanks!&nbsp; <br/> <br/> I hate to blow you up with another question, but I noticed something strange yesterday.&nbsp; I has a number of leaders with initiative across the map and in each case, when I selected a corps to move, or just just a cavalry division, into an enemy owne...