The Valley of Tears: 7th Brigade Stands Defiant

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Description

Downloadable game from the May 2006 issue of Armchair General magazine. 8 pages of rules, 2 pages of charts, 2 pages of counters to print out and assemble and a 2 page map. Covers the Syrian attack on the Golan Heights from October 7th to 11th during the Yom Kippur War. Counters are infantry platoons, sagger teams, aircraft, helicopters and vehicle platoons. Turns are telescoped from 15 to 60 minutes. The map covers about 4 kilometers of valley. Packs a lot into a small package (8 pages of rules) - Syrian bridging tanks, aircraft, mines, artillery, Sagger missiles, leadership, morale and night all get rules. Most of the fighting is fire combat between hostile units, resulting in disruptions (which must be rallied from) and step losses.