One 11" x 17" map
200 double sided unit counters
One Player Aid Card
8 Page rules book
Shipping not
included
Mounted counters are available for an additional
$4
Game Credits:
Game Design: Paul
Rohrbaugh Graphics: Bruce Yearian
Editing: Lisa Rohrbaugh
Playtesting:
John Burtt, Dave Dietch, Hans Korting and David
Riley
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KING OF THE HILLS
The Battle of Kap-Yong
April 23-25, 1951
Kings of the
Hills
is a moderate complexity level war game simulation of
the climatic battle fought near Kap-Yong during the
Korean War. The
Chinese intervention in the Korean “Police Action” just
a few months earlier in late November, 1950 and caught
the Allied forces by surprise, sending them reeling back
with substantial losses, especially among the newly
reconstituted units of the Republic of South Korea
(ROK), many of which broke and ran in the face of the
Communist onslaught.
In just a few weeks the initial Chinese offensive
had driven the UN forces back from the Korean border and
nearly completely out of North Korea.
In mid-April, the Communists launched a second
offensive they hoped would drive the UN forces
completely from the peninsula. The 27th Commonwealth
Brigade, made up of battalions from Canada, New
Zealand and Australia, supported by US artillery and
armor, backstopped the Allied line on the road to
Seoul. On April 23rd, the Chinese 118th Division
struck the over-stretched defenders.
A Communist
victory here would break the Allied defensive line,
leading to the precipitous fall of Seoul.
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