Solitaire wargame of commanding a Marine company between World War II and Vietnam.

In Fields of Fire Vol. II: "With the Old Breed," you pin on your captain's bars and take command of a rifle company in the 5th Marines, the most decorated regiment in the US Marine Corps. Test your mettle in three campaigns spanning World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Battle ashore in the blazing heat of Peleliu in September 1944 to discover the Japanese have changed their strategy, and you are forced to dig them out of the coral ridges. Flares reveal waves of Chinese pouring over the rugged mountains of the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, in sub-zero weather in November 1950. Fight house to house in Hue City, Vietnam, in February 1968. These three campaigns live on in the legends and history of the United States Marine Corps.

Fields of Fire is a solitaire game system that gives players the challenge of commanding a rifle company between World War II and the Present Day. The game is different from many tactical games in that it is diceless and card-based. There are two decks used to play. The Terrain Deck is based on a specific region and is used to build a map for the various missions your company must perform. The Action deck serves many purposes in controlling combat, command and control, and various activity attempts. The units of the company are counters representing headquarters elements, squads, weapons teams, forward observers, individual vehicles, or helicopters. A single play is a mission, and several missions from a historical campaign are strung together for the player to manage experience and replacements. A mission can be played in about 1 - 2 hours.

This volume of Fields of Fire is based on three actual campaigns experienced by units of the 5th Marines of the 1st Marine Division "Blue Diamond" in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, and is the second volume of the Fields of Fire series.

Components:

• One Action Deck + Hint Cards - 55 Cards
• Three Terrain Decks of 55 Cards, total of 165 Terrain Cards
• One Rule Booklet
• Two Campaign Briefing Booklets
• One Company Log Pad (8.5x11 - expendable)
• One 8.5" x 11" Command Asset Holding Display
• One 8.5" x 11" Aircraft Control Card (Two Sided - USMC on one, US Army on the other for use with Volume I)
• One 8.5" x 11" Player Aid Card Action Symbols Front - Vehicle Info Back
• One Tri-Fold Player Aid Card
• One 8.5" x 11" Enemy Activity Card
• Five Sheets of Large Counters and Markers (880)
• Includes USMC, Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), Communist Chinese Forces (CCF), and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) units, vehicles, and informational markers.