Red Lines: A Syrian Shell Game About Sarin

About this game

A compact 2-player wargame about the US and Russia competing in Syria. The US attempts to strike at Russian chemical weapons in Syria without while minimizing collateral damage and trying to avoid escalating a war with Russia. Russia attempts to deter the US strikes by disrupting US detection and targeting, disguising valuable assets, or running out the clock on the strike window. The game involves elements of bluffing, deduction, budget management, and risk management. It can be played with or without a memory element. The entire game fits onto one page of rules, two pages for the map, and a half page of chits. It requires one 6 sided die to be supplied by the player.

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