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.East Is Red by SPI
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A Strategic / Operational-level sim of a possible attempt by Soviet forces to invade & occupy Manchuria and North China sometime in the late 1970s. There is an assumption that tactical nuclear weapons and atomic demolitions will be used. The game is played with variants of two basic scenarios for a total of 4 games. Hexes = 50 kilometers & game-turns = one week.

Game components include : Mapsheet, 100 Counters, Die & Rules. Magazine version did not have die.

Two players. Ages 12 & up. SPI from 1974 --- also available in Strategy & Tactics Magazine # 42.

Design: James Dunnigan.