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The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980s

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1979 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.58 · 194 ratings

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ID
8324
Name
The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980s
Year
1979
Rank
24334
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.5789
Num weights
19
Bayes avg
5.50479
Average
5.64737
Users rated
194
Num owned
883
Wanting
5
Wishing
32
Num comments
181
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:44:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (8)
Dice RollingEventsGrid MovementHexagon GridMovement PointsRatio / Combat Results TableScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSimulation
Categories (3)
Modern WarfarePoliticalWargame
Description (931 chars)

The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980s, is an operational-level simulation of the (then) current military situation in Asia. The game consists of three scenarios. The first covers the first eight weeks of a full-scale war against the People's Republic of China (PRC) by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The second scenario examines the possibility of a second more serious war between Vietnam and the PRC. The third concerns a possible Taiwanese amphibious invasion of the mainland in the context of an ongoing Sino-Soviet War. A hypothetical Soviet invasion of China in the nuclear age. Published as a magazine game in Strategy & Tactics magazine #76. Game Scale: Turn: 1 Week Hex: 78.2 Miles / 126 Kilometers Units: Division to Corps/Army Game Inventory: One 22 x 34" full-color mapsheet One dual-side printed countersheet (200 1/2" counters) One 12-page China War rules booklet One 6-sided dice

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LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

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