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The Long Road

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This is 1985. This is World War III. But this is not your typical World War III.

There are many accurate-to-the-underwear-brand World War III games to choose from, and the ones that I have played are quite good. This, however, is not one of them. Although The Long Road flirts with reality, it’s not ready to move in and live with it. This game has a twist. From the moment I designed World at War: Eisenbach Gap I envisioned a war that was something else, a war that was predicated by something other than oil or warm-water ports or ill-defined land grabs. A war instigated by powers without geographical affiliation, powers unknown to us.

The agents of those powers might be nothing more than a special ops team of mysterious origin sent to assassinate a world leader, nothing more than a militia, ambushing foreigners raping their mother country; nothing other than normal. Then again, they might be other than normal, or—by definition—paranormal.

So that is the twist, a wargame with paranormal elements. Make no mistake, I’ve strived to make this an accessible, yet accurate wargame. Included is everything from advanced sights, multi-spectral smoke, artillery-delivered minefields, to electronic counter measures, anti-tank guided missiles, attack helicopters and the man-portable, air defense systems required to bring them down. You’ll command the weapons of the time; Abrams tanks, T-80 tanks, M60A3, T-64B, and Sheridan tanks. Bradleys, M-113s, BMPs, infantry, spetsnaz, and more.

But of course, war isn’t won by equipment; war is won by soldiers. In The Long Road soldiers’ training and morale is integral to the game, integral to combat resolution. But even more important than the rank and file grunts are the heroes. The men and woman who can - turn the tide of battle. We’ve included them too. People like Mike Hudson, Colonel Adrik Aleksandrov Shabalin, tank commander Sergeant Matt Dahl, and Commissar Colonel Elena Petrova. Heroic humans, but humans nonetheless.

But there is something more. Somethings that are not "humans nonetheless." Demons that summon electrical storms, rendering advanced weaponry nearly useless, Lycan clans that fight with assault rifles, RPDs, and RPGs, as well as the fang and claw of their elders. A witch with an agenda, plus the powerful spells to make it happen, and of course, Katarina Ubirek; an amoral Romanian vampire worth dozens of inexperienced soldiers in combat. You know those things that you have read about, watched in movies, heard about on horror podcasts? Well, in The Long Road they are real.

But not every scenario contains nightmares. Sometimes you’ll fight with/against/in spite of these paranormal beings, yet often your battle will be about nothing more than depleted uranium rounds, reactive armor, maneuver, and massed fires. In fact, we include a separate scenario book in the game titled Long Road Tactics that includes nothing but historical, for lack of a better word, scenarios.

So that is The Long Road; part military horror, part authentic recreation of World War III, but all fun. We hope you enjoy it.

(NOTE: 5 ten-sided dice required to play.)

Each copy of The Long Road includes:

  • 5 sheets of 1" square counters.
  • 3 17” x 22” maps.
  • 27 full-color Action Cards. The game isn't card driven; it's card assisted.
  • Full-color rules.
  • 4 Player Aid Cards.
  • A quarter ton of scenarios.

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Theron H November 06, 2024 12:02 am UTC
are the counters double-sided? And if so, how many double-sided counters do I have to craft?
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Thomas M December 29, 2022 12:32 pm UTC
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There seem to be more files than necessary here. For example, each side of the counters are a separate PDF. That makes it more difficult to print doublesided. What is the recommended way to print this?
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Theron H February 07, 2024 5:57 am UTC
I think they expect you to do some crafting. Like gluing a front sheet and a back sheet to a sheet of cardboard and then cutting the counters out. Good luck on getting the fronts and backs of the counters aligned.
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Theron H November 06, 2024 12:05 am UTC
Yeah. Double-sided counters and trying to align the fronts and backs is one reason I don't buy PnP games with lots of counters. I'd rather pay 5 times as much for a professionally created boxed version.
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