As mentioned above this is one of SDC-s "Pouch Series Games". It also comes in a 9" x 12 1/2" plastic bag and has a card with "cover" picture on one side and the "Important Notice", etc., on the other. It also contains: a 20 1/2" x 32"" paper mapsheet printed in black/grey, two shades of blue, green and red on white paper-, one 8" x 9" sheet of - I," square unit counters (NVA red, VC black, ARVN blue, USMC olive green-); a single 10" x 16 1/2" sheet containing the rules, printed on both sides; an 8 1/2" x 11" 4-page booklet of historical commentary, designer's notes, player's experiences, clarifications, variants and bibliography; and two 4" x 6 1/2" clear plastic zip-lock bags for storing unit counters.

The game simulates the major battle of the 1968 Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. The mapsheet represents the medieval inner city, and surrounding area, of the city of Hue, the former imperial capital of all Vietnam. Unit counters represent infantry companies and weapons, artillery and armored platoons.

Like JERUSALEM, this game was designed by John Hill and uses a similar combat system, wherein both sides "fire" at each other (usually) simultaneously.

However, in this game even infantry units have a range of more than one hex - usually 4. Each turn is divided into 5 phases: the NVA/VC Movement Phase (all such units have 6 movement factors), First Fire Phase (both sides fire), ARVN/USMC Road Movement Phase (unlimited except by ZOCs), ARVN/USMC Non-road movement Phase (infantry have only 2 movement factors, artillery 1, armor 4) and Second Fire Phase (all fire).

Victory is on a point system based on eliminating enemy units and on how long it takes the ARVN/USMC player to clear all VC/NVA units out of the inner city. A unique and interesting-looking game with the usual John Hill touch, it originally came with CONFLICT #6. It now sells for $7.00 and is available from better hobby and game stores or from Panzerfaust Publications.

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