Light Division (1989)

Overview

The near future. After years of simmering, the Middle East has exploded into conflict. Tian closes the Strait of Hormuz. choking off the West's vital oil supply. In 1980 Carter couldn't invade Iran and rescue the hostages because the Walker spy ring enabled the Soviets to mass on the border waiting to invoke an old treaty promising mutual support. Carter's Christmas Scpise never happened. President Bush is not an hampered, and immediately sends in the 29th Light Division to take the Strait, hold it, and wait for reinforcements. • Can the Light Division stop the Iranian Revolutionary Guard? • Will Gorbachev's Red Army invoke the mutual support treaty and come to the aid of their 'friends"? • And, finally, will the 82nd Airborne get to the Strait in time? Light Division is an advanced game, for two players, depicting a hypothetical conflict in the near future.

CONTENTS: 1 32 page rule book 1 full color map 400 die cut counters 1 ten sided die 1 plastic tray

Players: 2 Playing Time: 3-6 hours

(from the back of the box)

Operational game of modern combat in Middle-East Gulf area, with the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force attempting to secure the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran. The scale is one day per turn and one mile per hex. Units are battalions and some Iranian regiments. There are five scenarios, including a 'come-as-you-are" U.S. incursion, a more carefully prepared operation, and two levels of Soviet intervention.

(from BGG user)