{"product_id":"andean-abyss","title":"Andean Abyss (Second Edition)","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/volko-ruhnke\"\u003e Volko Ruhnke \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/gmt-games\"\u003e GMT Games \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1-4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e360 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3607005\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/23069\/2012-charles-s-roberts-best-post-ww2-era-board-wa\"\u003e2012 Charles S. Roberts Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3607012\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/23070\/2012-charles-s-roberts-best-post-ww2-era-board-wa\"\u003e2012 Charles S. Roberts Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame Winner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3136345\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/20128\/2012-golden-geek-best-wargame-nominee\"\u003e2012 Golden Geek Best Wargame Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3548889\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/22750\/2012-meeples-choice-nominee\"\u003e2012 Meeples' Choice Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"innerlinks_537d90836441c\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3439554\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/22017\/2013-origins-awards-best-historical-board-game-nom\"\u003e2013 Origins Awards Best Historical Board Game Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e91080\/andean-abyss\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/943107\/andean-abyss\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColombia: Nation at the Edge of Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColombia in the 1990s hosted one of the world’s last Marxist guerrilla armies, brutal drug lords, and right-wing death squads and appeared close to failing as a state. A decade later, its Marxists had lost their top leaders and rural sanctuary, its big drug bosses were dead or in prison, and its paramilitaries were negotiating demobilization. The Government had extended its writ to most of the countryside, restored its popularity, and improved the economy and respect for human rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/strong\u003e takes 1 to 4 players into this multifaceted campaign for control of Colombia: guerrillas and police, kidnapping and drug war, military sweeps and terror. Each of four factions deploys distinct capabilities and tactics to influence Colombian affairs and achieve differing goals. Players place and maneuver 160 wooden pieces across a colorful map and exploit event cards that cannot be fully predicted. Accessible mechanics and components put the emphasis on game play, but Andean Abyss also provides an engrossing model of insurgency and counterinsurgency in Colombia—smoothly accounting for population control, lines of communication, terrain, intelligence, foreign aid, sanctuaries, and a host of other political, military, and economic factors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eA New Kind of Card-Assisted Wargame\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning designer of Wilderness War and Labyrinth, Andean Abyss features unique mechanics relating events and operations that guarantee difficult player decisions with each card flip. Most of the game’s 72 events are dual-use, representing alternative historical paths: players can choose either version of the event or from an array of operations and special faction activities. Every choice has implications for how the next card will be played. There is no hand management: the focus is on the map and on planning for the foreseeable—and the unforeseeable. Die rolls are only a small part of game: the key to victory is not luck but the ability to organize the most effective campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMultiplayer, 2-Player, Solitaire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/strong\u003e provides up to 4 players with contrasting roles and overlapping victory conditions for rich diplomatic interaction. For 2- or 3-player games, players can represent alliances of factions, or the game system can control non-player factions . Or a single player as the Colombian Government can take on the leftist FARC, the right-wing AUC, and the narco-trafficking cartels. The non-player insurgents will fight one another as well as the players, but too much power in the hands of any one of them will mean player defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGMT COIN Series, Volume I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/strong\u003e presents a game system on modern insurgency readily adaptable to other conflicts, particularly those featuring the interaction of many sides (thus our new COunterINsurgency series). A rich and under-represented history of guerrilla warfare beckons. GMT COIN Series Volume II is Cuba Libre—Castro's Insurgency 1957-1958 and Volume III is A Distant Plain—Insurgency in Afghanistan. Volume IV Fire in the Lake—Insurgency in Vietnam is now on the P500 list. Future volumes will include \u003cem\u003eBush War—The Fall of Portuguese Angola, Long Hard Slog—The Iraqi Insurgency,\u003c\/em\u003e and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":477283305,"sku":"1212-18","price":53.57,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Andean_Abyss.jpg?v=1578608868","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/andean-abyss","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}