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#172 w/The Ogaden War 1977

By: Cerigo Editions

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Vae Victis Magazine w/Games #122 - Present (Cerigo Editions, French)

MSRP old price: $39.95


Product Info

Title
#172 w/The Ogaden War 1977
Publisher
Category
Sub-category
Publish Year
2024
Pages
80
Dimensions
8.5x11.5x.5"
NKG Part #
2148115193
MFG. Part #
VAJ172
Type
Magazine

Description

This is an French item and includes no English components unless noted in the condition note.

SYNOPSIS

BOARDGAMES

  • Sniper Elite
  • John Company
  • Mr President
  • On to Richmond
  • Seas of Thunder
  • Nothing left to bomb
  • What to choose: civilization games
  • Border Reivers
  • Downfall
  • People Power
  • The King in the North

    HOBBY

  • Students invite themselves to fight part 5
  • Write rules for playing with figurines

    FIGURINES

  • Team Yankee – NATO forces
  • Silver Bayonet Supplement and Scenarios
  • Force of Virtue
  • Sink the Yamato! for Victory at Sea
  • New Warlord releases – Blood Red Skies and Pike & Shotte Epic

    SCENARIOS

  • ASL
  • M44

    ART OF WAR

  • The Ogaden War 1977-1978
  • The beginnings of the War of the Spanish Succession

    WARGAME with die-cut counters: The Ogaden War

    The Ogaden War pitted Ethiopia and Somalia against each other for control of a desert plateau, populated by nomadic shepherds, on the border between the two states. Taking advantage of the revolution which has just ousted Haïlié Selassie from power in Ethiopia, Somalia launched two liberation movements supported by it to conquer this territory. Faced with their failure, the government then committed its conventional forces from July 1977 to recover this province. This conflict took place in three phases: an insurrectional phase between May and July 1977, a conventional phase from July 1977 to January 1978, then from this date, an Ethiopian counter-offensive which will recover the ground lost until March 1978 .

    This conflict doubles as a ballet opposing the Soviet bloc to the Western powers. But it also pits two Soviet allied countries against each other. The USSR will choose Ethiopia against Somalia, which will allow the reversal of the military situation on the ground.

    This simulation uses modified and simplified rules from the game Angola 1987-1988 (VaeVictis 154). The game is won on diplomatic terrain. Tipping international organizations (UN, OAU, Arab League) to one’s side has a direct impact on victory but the Somali player can achieve military victory before Soviet and Cuban aid tilts the victory to the Ethiopian side.

    Better than President Siad Barré, will you be able to conquer this irredentist land that constitutes the Ogaden? Or like Colonel Mengistu will you be able to maintain the integrity of the Ethiopian Empire?

  • Difficulty: 6 /10
  • Solitaire: 4 / 10
  • Duration: 3 to 4 hours.
  • One turn: 1 month.
  • scale: connection between two zones between 200 and 400 km.
  • Units: 1 counter = 1 brigade or 1 battalion ranging from 250 to 2500 men