MechWar '77: Tactical Armored Combat in the 1970's

1975 · BGG

Avg rating

6.27

Bayes rating

5.54

Weight

3.18 (Medium Heavy)

Players

Playtime

4 hr 30 min

Ratings count

177

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Description

Mech War '77 is a simulation of tactical combat in West Germany and Asia during the 1970's. The game is played by scenario. Eight scenarios revolve around a hypothetical Soviet-American clash in West Germany. One scenario is drawn from the Yom Kippur War. The tenth scenario pictures a Sino-Soviet clash.

Scale: Each hex represents 200 meters from side to side. 
Time: Each Game-Turn represent one to six minutes of elapsed time.
Counters: 400

Uses the same rules system (but with additional "modern" elements) as Panzer '44: Tactical Armored Combat, Europe, 1944-45



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Events Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Line of Sight Movement Points Paper-and-Pencil Programmed Movement Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Simulation Simultaneous Action Selection

Themes

Modern Warfare

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Jim Dunnigan