We played Sunday. The US Airborne (Jim) was assigned to rescue a downed helicopter crew and reinforce the firebase until extraction by helicopter arrived. The US Marines (Lee) assigned to the firebase were hunkered down in their bunkers. One NVA unit (Richard) was on Overwatch while a second unit (Chris) was tracking the Airborne unit as they were sneaking through the jungle. The Airborne was successful during the first part of the game since the NVA could not spot them no matter what was done.. including taking fire from the Americans.

The Airborne went off mission when they decided to stop and battle the NVA. The trackers were basically eliminated since they were not allowed to spot the Airborne units. Therefore, they could not fire back. The unit that was flanking the Airborne were finally allowed to try to spot the enemy. The Airborne units were basically wiped out with dead and wounded and the remaining two soldiers suffering PTSD and were useless.

Another NVA unit consisting of a HMG opened fire on a bunker killing a marine. Additionalyl, another unit tried to toss 12 hand grenades into the bunker but none were ever capable of detonating anyway. Another Marine was killed in the bunker and the third escaped to another bunker. Two marines in the other bunker tossed 3 grenades (capable of detonating) at the NVA and wounded an suppressed the entire unit which had to fall back.

A unit of NVA got into the abandoned bunker but were wiped out by more exploding hand grenades except for a RPG solder who took cover in a shell crater. The NVA had no grenades left since all where used but none were capable of exploding.

The NVA reinforcements came in, but all were wiped out or forced to retreat by grenades.

The extraction helicopters arrived. The first was forced back by the NVA HMG.The second helicopter was seriously damaged but managed to give precise landing instructions to the third so it could avoid all hidden NVA positions. At this point, the game ended since the NVA units could not damage any helicopters and they were going to land at a position that the NVA HMG couldn’t reach.

Sunday was the first run through of the Vietnam series.

1968 Laos: Đường mòn Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Trail)
US Special Forces operations do a helicopter incursion to collect intelligence. They meet limited resistance and manage to kill a few civilians and a couple of NVA. The SPF troops are followed by NVA tracking units and NVA excursion unit lie in wait. Unfortunately, the NVA have no stealth and are spotted in their hiding places, huts and bunkers with the SF knowing numbers, armament, organizational positioning.

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El Hefe has been captured and is in the jail awaiting transport by the sheriff (Richard) to the county seat to be hung. El Hefe’s gang (Joe) is in town to liberate him. Another gang of bounty hunters (Steve) have been hired to liberate him also. There is a few Texas Rangers (Lee) in town to liberate all Mexicans of their lives.

The game started with the bounty hunters trying to slaughter all the women of ill repute. The females were cleansed but at the cost of his life. The other bounty hunter was gunned down in the street by the sheriff and the last behind the church wall.

Meanwhile, the Texas rangers took on the Mexican liberators. But, the sheriff had already shot the testicles off two of the Mexicans and killed a third. The Rangers lost one member in a brawl in the church while the second was shot down in the street. The third Ranger killed the last ball less Mexican in the church.

Mongo then rode into town. He proceeded to find a barrel of gunpowder laying around the scrap yard (?) and blew up the back of the jail. With the jail on fire the sheriff’s band escaped out the front of the burning building. El Hefe tried to escape out a side window and was gunned down by the sheriff’s posse during his escape attempt.

At this point, the game master (Jim) declared the Texas Rangers who have one member the winner.