Blue Force must earn positive sentiment from the villagers, while attempting to capture Red Network insurgents, and avoiding IEDs. Blue Force wins if it earns positive sentiment from % of the villagers in each of the villages.

Red Network must lay IEDs to blow up Blue Force agents, while avoiding capture. Red Network wins if it degrades Blue Force’s strength to %.

Keep an eye on the level indicators to see how you and your opponent are doing!

Turn 32

• engages elders,
• delivers to the village,
• Village sentiment will increase by %!

Hearts & minds are won by delivering to the villages. First, the must go to a village and engage the elders (select “” from the dropdown menu). After the elders have been engaged, the must deliver to the village (select “”). Note that the must first load at the (select “”).

Keep an eye on the fuel level for all agents. Refuel at the (select “”).

Meanwhile, the gathers intelligence on locations of insurgents, while the tries to capture insurgents. The cannot be seen or captured. However, one of the insurgents may give up the ’s location and/or state when captured.

Note: Insurgents can be spotted or captured only when they are carrying their respective payloads. In addition, they cannot be seen at their home bases ( @ location, @ location).

• delivers money to the ,
• sells supplies to the ,
• The builds the IED,
• The gets the IED from the ,
• The plants the IED on a road,
• When the or drives over the IED, the vehicle is disabled, and Blue Force is weakened.

The is in one village, and the is in the other. The draws money from the (select “” from the dropdown menu), and then delivers the money to the (select “ ”). The gets supplies at the (select “”), and then sells them to the (select “ ”). The automatically starts building the IED as soon as the supplies are received; this will take turns. Once the IED is ready, the can pick up the IED (select “ ”), and plant it on a road (select “”).

Use empty handed agents to do reconnaissance for avoiding capture by the . Empty handed agents cannot be seen or captured. In addition, the and the cannot be seen at their home bases.

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. When the is out of commission, 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.