Operation Iron Fist
2015
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10.0
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Players
1-2
Weight
2.00/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
12+
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Operation Iron Fist is the introductory scenario of Board Wargame Magazine #11 Iron Guards: Battle of Shanghai. It is a P&P game with 4 page rule, 1 A4 map, and 26 counters.
Players play the commander of National Revolutionary Army (NRA) 9th Army Group and Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Shanghai Special Naval Landing Forces respectively. Every hex is 3-4km across and every turn is 7-8 days. Every units represents battalion to division. Players roll a dice to get operation points to activate ground units to fight each other. Player occupied the IJN HQ wins the game after 3 turns.