Objective: Win Hearts & Minds of the Villagers

To win, Blue Force must earn positive sentiment from % of the villagers in each of the villages.

The basic sequence of events is first the must go to a village and engage the Village Elders. Next, the must deliver to the village. With each successful delivery, village sentiment will increase by %.

Objective: Degrade Blue Force by laying IEDs

To win, Red Network must degrade Blue Force’s strength to % by blowing up Blue Force’s and with IEDs.

The basic sequence of events is the must deliver money to the , followed by the who sells supplies to the . After the finishes constructing the IED, the picks up the IED and plants it on one of the roads.

Intelligence is gathered by the . Captures are done by the . Intelligence and captures occurs when the and , respectively, are in the same location as, or have crossed paths with, an insurgent agent. Crossing pathes occurs when one agent goes from location “X” to location “Y”, while the other agent goes from “Y” to “X”. When paths cross, captures occur at the ’s destination. Likewise, will report sightings at its destination. The is unable to make a capture when engaging Village Elders.

Explosions occur when the or drive over a planted IED. Explosions decrease Blue Force strengh, and cost a number of turns to recover the agent.

Agent	Strength	# Turns	Other
	%
	%		units of , if carrying

The can detect when the is planting an IED. Blue Force keeps a count of all bombs it knows about.

Intelligence is gathered by all Red Network agents. Blue Force’s agents are visible at all times and all locations except for the . Red Network is aware when the is engaging elders, the is delivering , and when a Blue Force agent has hit an IED.

Red Network agents can only be spotted or captured when they are carrying their payload (money for , supplies for , IED for ). They cannot be spotted or captured when they are at their home bases, or at the . When captured, money is deducted from the for hiring a new recruit, and it takes some time for the new recruit to start. In addition, captured agents give up additional intelligence information, such as the location or status of the , or the location of a planted IED.

Agent	Cost	# Turns	Home Base
	$		location
	$
	$		location

Red Network keeps track of all IEDs that are still active.

A blue (Blue Force) or red (Red Network) background indicates that the agent is active, and a selection can be made from the dropdown menu. A purple background indicates a multi-turn special action was selected, and the agent is in waiting mode. A black background indicates (for Blue Force) the vehicle has run out of fuel or has been disabled by an IED, or (for Red Network) the agent has been captured. Inactive states include a number which indicates how many turns until the agent is active again.

Each turn has a time limit of seconds. Make selections from the dropdown menus, and then click on the submit button. After the submit button has been clicked, it and the dropdown menus will be disabled, however the timer will continue to countdown (with a different color in the timer bar) to indicate how much time the opponent has left.

Submit

Dropdown menus contain locations to move to, or an occassional special action. Here are the various special actions.

Action	Who	Where	# Turns	Special Conditions
	ALL Blue Force		*	Vehicle fuel level must be below full capacity. (*) See section for number of turns.
		Villages		Village Elder must be waiting for engagement.
				must be empty.
		Villages		must be loaded, and Village must be waiting for .
		location	0	must be empty handed.
		location	0	must be carrying money, and the must be waiting for money.
			0	must be empty handed.
		location	0	must be carrying supplies, and the must be waiting for supplies.
		location	0	must be empty handed, and the must have an IED ready.
		Any Road		must be carrying an IED.

Blue Force’s objective is to win hearts and minds of the villagers without getting blown up. There is no time limit for winning hearts and minds; thus, strategic play for Blue Force is knowing where the enemy is, and to capture their agents before IEDs are planted.

The first challenge is to locate the . The and the cannot be seen at their home bases. Thus, if you see the in a village, then that village is where the is located. Likewise, if you see the in a village, that village must be where the is located.

Red Network is most vulnerable where the is located. Although the cannot be seen or captured there, both the and the must bring their payload there. On the other hand, the roads connecting to the location are the easiest to protect because of their proximity to where the IEDs are being manufactured. Thus, it will be more challenging to access the ’s village to win hearts and minds.

Remember:

• Only the can spot insurgents.
• Red Network agents can only be seen or captured when they are carrying payload.
• Only the can go over the international border. Thus, the can see payload-carrying insurgents on the and , but the cannot capture them there.
• Keep an eye on the fuel. The can make it back to the in one turn, but plan for the trip back for the and the .
• Don’t forget to load before sending the to deliver it.
• is limited! If the is blown up too many times while carrying , then there will not be enough to deliver to the villages and Blue Force will lose.
• It takes the turns to engage the enemey, while the needs turns to load , and turns to deliver it. The should use its extra time to try to capture the enemy.
• The cost in Blue Force strength is lower for the than the .
• Bomb counts in the “Bomb Intel” section are only those IEDs that the has spotted being planted, or an insurgent has given up when captured. There could be more IEDs out there!

Red Network’s objective is to degrade Blue Force. This is done by laying IEDs as quickly as possible.

Red Network is most vulnerable at the ’s location. While the cannot be seen there, both the and the must carry their payload to the . However, the location is the easier village to protect, as all roads leading to the village are only one move away from where the IEDs are being created. The more the ’s village is fortified, the harder it will be for Blue Force to win hearts and minds there.

Use empty handed agents to do reconnaisance. They can see all Blue Force agents, but cannot be seen by them. Be most aware of where the is, and keep a sense of the ’s level. If the is out of commission, then payload can be carried and IEDs can be planted without fear of capture.

Remember:

• Red Network agents can only be seen when carrying payload.
• All Blue Force agents must periodically refuel. When they are refueling, the is unable to spot anything, and the is unable to capture anyone.
• Red Network will obtain intelligence when a Blue Force vehicle has been disabled by an IED. If the is blown up, it cannot do any captures for turns.
• Red Network will obtain intelligence when the is engaging elders and the is delivering .
• The cannot do any captures while engaging the Village Elders.
• Blowing up the degrades Blue Force strength more than blowing up the . If the is blown up while carrying , then the is lost. If too much is destroyed, then Blue Force will not have sufficient to deliver to the villages and will lose.
• Money is limited! If too many agents are captured, the will be depleted and no more IEDs can be built. If there are no existing IEDs and no more money to make new ones, Red Network loses.
• Bomb counts in the “Bomb Intel” section are the actual number of IEDs out there.