I really like a good unique solitaire wargame. I get to learn something about a subject I know little to nothing about and also get to play a new system. Last year, I played a very cool themed solitaire game called That Others May Live: Combat Search and Rescue – Vietnam from Hollandspiele and while I struggled with it at first, mainly with the concepts and how I was to go about doing what I was supposed to be doing, it finally clicked and has really grown on me. That Others May Live is a solitaire card-driven wargame that tackles the subject of Combat Search and Rescue missions during the Vietnam War. The player will take on the role of a CSAR commander tasked with the rescue of downed American aircrew in North Vietnam and Laos. The game is scenario based, and you can even play the scenarios in a mini-campaign.

I wrote a series of 5 Action Point posts taking a look at the various aspects of the game and you can read those at the following links:

Action Point 1 – Look at the Mapsheet

Action Point 2 – Aicraft Types

Action Point 3 – Look into the Action Card Deck

Action Point 4 – Look at the Resolution Deck

Action Point 5 – Strategy Points

-Grant