If you know nothing about Warfighter, you simply need to because it is a really fantastic solitaire and 2 (or more) player experience that gives lots of tension and decisions about how to attack your enemy and how to traverse difficult terrain to reach your objective before the timer runs its course. Warfighter is a tactical card-based game for 1-6 players, where players will select and equip a squad of soldiers, and then attempt to execute the mission assigned by fighting their way to achieve the objective. This system is just FUN! It’s a type of side scrolling, pulpy, run-and-gun romp that elicits the feeling of a 1950’s style comic book. The game is very much customizable and we have a good time trying to choose our soldiers, their skills, weapons and other equipment to stay within their allotted points for the scenarios. The decisions that players have to make in this game start from the outset and you have to know what your objectives are and the type of things that you might need to take along with the team to successful.

There’s been several iterations of the system over the years in their own stand alone products, providing you with different theatres, weapons, nationalities, etc. This year, they released off of a successful Kickstarter campaign the newest addition to the series in Warfighter: Vietnam. Well, actually, the title is Warfighter: The Vietnam War Special Forces Card Game but it is colloquially referred to as Warfighter Vietnam. To date, we have played 4 scenarios together cooperatively, with each of us controlling 1 Player Soldier, and I have also played a few scenarios solitaire in the comfort of my game room. I have very much enjoyed the experience and really want to share with you what new tricks the designers have added to capture the thematic feeling and atmosphere of the Vietnam War. This is not your father’s Warfighter! It has been given a total facelift, including new graphic design, art and card backs and that is not all as they have also added new Keywords, new enemy abilities and a whole new level of requirement for a successful mission. 

I wrote an in-depth look at the game in my First Impressions post and you can read that at the following link: https://theplayersaid.com/2024/12/10/first-impressions-warfighter-the-vietnam-war-special-forces-card-game-from-dan-verssen-games/

-Grant