(DG) The forgotten game might be a more fitting title, as it seems to have passed without much comment. A very simple treatment of three battles from the Korean War, each with its own unit counters and full size map. The graphics look like those SPI were producing in the late seventies, through the box art was pretty good I thought. The rules, whilst short and reasonably complete, were poorly organised leading to some frustration when searching for clarification on the odd rule. Designed by John Desch, a couple of whose previous designs I have enjoyed. Sadly, this one I did not. It comprises of little more than movement and combat, mainly the latter. Combat is split into two types, fire and close assault. Fire combat has high wristage with one die roll determining step losses and a second die roll any retreat result. The two die can be rolled together to reduce wristage but there are an awful lot of combats to resolve. Victory is largely determined by losses. The three battles covered are Naktong, an assault on the Pusan perimeter, Chipyong-Ni; allied forces in a donut shaped position repel various Chinese assaults, and Chosin, the famous fighting retreat by US Marines. The game portrays allied firepower vs. Chinese numbers but with a system I find quite bland. In this games defence I must add I have played Pacific Rims game on Chosin which, if memory serves, is at a similar scale and I disliked for similar reasons. Perhaps at this scale the Korean War is just not that interesting. This is a game for those with a very strong interest in the subject matter only. Others will most likely find their enthusiasm flags before the final game turn. More What I Did On My Holidays 2 Introduction The Forgotten War Boardgame Review. Korean War. Los Battles de Gringos Boardgame Review. Mexican-American War. Guderian's Last Gamble Boardgame Review. WWII 1945. Blood & Steel Boardgame Review. WWII East Front. Back to Perfidious Albion #101 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com