Front Toward Enemy

year collapse south vietnam general william westmoreland announce ldquomilitarily successful didnrsquot lose single battle company levelrdquo intense company platoonlevel firefight characterize combat vietnam war military engagement win lose close quarter jungle night hamlet surround rice paddy american soldier face north vietnamese vietcong enemy term enemy allow player explore intense company platoonlevel battle perspective company commander fastplaying system provide feel unpredictability small unit combatfront enemy simulation recreate tactical engagement vietnam war scale meter hex minute turn unit represent fire team heavy weapon section leader vehicle helicopter scenario setup option recreate mission typify companylevel engagement vietnam war include airmobile insertion assault fortified position classic searchanddestroy operation othersrule cover element associate combat vietnam helicopter gunship armor vehicle artillery support sniper sapper civilian boobytrap medic evacuation wound prisoner interrogation tunnel hide cache winning nt mean hold objective cost casualty great sudden combat difficult terrain cause command control quickly break chitpull system mean command control erratic volume fire reward result fickle unforeseen occur range noncombat injury interference high headquarters socalled ldquofriendly firerdquo immediate action drill stay close ability act coordinated unit ensure survivability environmentfront enemy put middle tough fighting long war th centuryfront enemy contain countersheet quot unmounted mapsheet quot x quot rulebook page color combat result tablesterrain effect chart color helicopter table color scenario card color d amp d box amp lidfront enemy scale turn approximately minute hex approximately meter counter represent infantry unit man fire team weapon team leader individual helicopter vehicle additional marker represent civilian cache rice medical ammo bunker foxhole tunnel entrancesdesigner joe chacondeveloper nick richardsonmap art jordan worleycounter art nicolaacute eskubifrom mmp website