{"product_id":"a-distant-plain","title":"A Distant Plain (Third Edition)","description":"\u003ctable padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigners\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan ng-repeat=\"item in items|limitTo: listshowcount\"\u003e\u003cspan ng-repeat=\"item in items|limitTo: listshowcount\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Volko Ruhnke\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/volko-ruhnke\"\u003eVolko Ruhnke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan ng-if=\"!$last\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan ng-repeat=\"item in items|limitTo: listshowcount\"\u003e\u003cspan ng-if=\"!$last\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Brian Train\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/brian-train\"\u003eBrian Train\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 16.6528px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16.6528px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16.6528px;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"GMT Games\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/gmt-games\"\u003eGMT Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e1-4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e180 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 16px;\"\u003e12 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none; height: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\" style=\"height: 10px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\" style=\"height: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e127518\/distant-plain\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttps:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/127518\/distant-plain\/forums\/63\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume in Volko Ruhnke's COIN Series takes 1 to 4 players into the Afghan conflict of today’s headlines, this time in a unique collaboration between two top designers of boardgames on modern irregular warfare. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e teams Volko Ruhnke, the award-winning designer of\u003cem\u003eLabyrinth: The War on Terror\u003c\/em\u003e, with Brian Train, a designer with 20 years' experience creating influential simulations such as \u003cem\u003eAlgeria, Somalia Interventions, Shining Path: The Struggle for Peru,\u003c\/em\u003e and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e features the same accessible game system as GMT's recent \u003cem\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e and upcoming \u003cem\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/em\u003e but with new factions, capabilities, events, and objectives. For the first time in the Series, two counterinsurgent (COIN) factions must reconcile competing visions for Afghanistan in order to coordinate a campaign against a dangerous twin insurgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e adapts familiar \u003cem\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e mechanics to the conditions of Afghanistan without adding rules complexity. A snap for GMT COIN Series players to learn, \u003cem\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e will transport them to a different place and time. New features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoalition-Government joint operations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVolatile Pakistani posture toward the conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvolution of both COIN and insurgent tactics and technology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment graft and desertion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoalition casualties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturning Afghan refugees.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePashtun ethnic terrain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMultiple scenarios.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA deck of 72 fresh events.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e... and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with each COIN Series volume, players of \u003cem\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e will face difficult strategic decisions with each card. The innovative game system smoothly integrates political, cultural, and economic affairs with military and other violent and non-violent operations and capabilities. Flow charts are at hand to run the three Afghan factions, so that any number of players—from solitaire to 4—can experience the internecine brawl that is today's Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17803781633,"sku":"1310-18","price":48.36,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/pic1733403.jpg?v=1578609111","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/a-distant-plain","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}