{"product_id":"a-distant-plain","title":"A Distant Plain: Insurgency in Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eThis volume in Volko Ruhnke's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCOIN Series\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes 1 to 4 players into the Afghan conflict of today’s headlines, this time in a unique collaboration between two top designers of board games on modern irregular warfare.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;\"\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eteams Volko Ruhnke, the award-winning designer of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eLabyrinth: The War on Terror\u003c\/em\u003e, with Brian Train, a designer with 20 years' experience creating influential simulations such as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAlgeria,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSomalia Interventions,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShining Path: The Struggle for Peru,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures the same accessible game system as GMT's recent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand upcoming\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCuba Libre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebut with new factions, capabilities, events, and objectives. For the first time in the Series, two counter-insurgent (COIN) factions must reconcile competing visions for Afghanistan in order to coordinate a campaign against a dangerous twin insurgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eadapts familiar\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eAndean Abyss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emechanics to the conditions of Afghanistan without adding rules complexity. A snap for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSeries: COIN (GMT)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eplayers to learn,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eA Distant Plain\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill transport them to a different place and time. New features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10.5px; margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCoalition-Government joint operations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eVolatile Pakistani posture toward the conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eEvolution of both COIN and insurgent tactics and technology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eGovernment graft and desertion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCoalition casualties.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eReturning Afghan refugees.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ePashtun ethnic terrain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMultiple scenarios.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eA deck of 72 fresh events.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10.5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e... and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43787063951515,"sku":"GMT1310-25","price":119.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/0774\/8507\/files\/aDistantPlain.jpg?v=1778000996","url":"https:\/\/dragonsdengames.com\/products\/a-distant-plain","provider":"Dragon's Den Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}