{"product_id":"world-war-iii-team-yankee-rulebook","title":"World War III - Team Yankee Rulebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt’s 1985 and the Cold War just got hot!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeam Yankee, a heavy combat team of M1 Abrams tanks and M113 armoured personnel carriers, faces a Soviet invasion of West Germany. Outnumbered and outgunned, Captain Sean Bannon and his men will have to fight hard and they’ll have to fight smart if they are going to survive. Lt. Colonel Yuri Potecknov’s motor rifle battalion is preparing to execute its mission in the scientific manner that he had been taught at the Frunze Military Academy and used in Afghanistan. Victory today will bring the world proletarian revolution that much closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld War III: Team Yankee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebrings the conflict that simmered throughout the Cold War to life in a game where you command your troops in miniature on a realistic battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Sean Bannon is facing his first battle and needs to decide what to do. Should he open fire immediately, hoping to knock out the first echelon before the follow-on elements arrive? Or should he wait until the entire Soviet force is in his kill zone, hoping that he still has the drop on them? If you were Captain Bannon, what would you do? Would your plan work better than Sean’s?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld War III: Team Yankee\u003c\/em\u003e, you get the chance to find out. You can set up a miniature battlefield with model tanks and soldiers representing the real-life troops that faced each other across the Iron Curtain in 1985. You and your opponent assume the roles of their commanders, pitting your wits and cunning against one another to attain victory and, more importantly, to have fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Challenge of Command\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld War III: Team Yankee allows you to re-fight the battles that might have been if the Cold War had gone hot. Would NATO have been able to hold against the immense power of the Soviet Union? Could the numerous Warsaw Pact tanks defeat smaller numbers of technically superior Western tanks? Team Yankee lets you find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rulebook is your guide to fighting these battles in miniature. With it you can take command of a company or battalion of soldiers and pit yourself against cunning opponents on the field of battle. You will see for yourself whether the M1 Abrams really has what it takes to take on first-line Soviet equipment. You will find out if you have the guts to stop a massed charge, or the cold-blooded ruthlessness to launch one!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld War III: Team Yankee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecombines the joys of painting and modelling your own miniature army with the challenge of facing off against your opponent across a gaming table in a social setting, and you’ll get to create history as it might have been!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eINSIDE YOU WILL FIND:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRules for how to fight with Tanks, Infantry, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Artillery, Air Support and much much more.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRules for specialist weapons and equipment, as well as information on fighting at night and dealing with minefields.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInformation on how to build your army.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMission rules.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Battlefront","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51783045742887,"sku":"BF-WW3-01","price":36.55,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/8269\/0087\/files\/ww3-01.jpg?v=1785841858","url":"https:\/\/gamesbastion.com.au\/products\/world-war-iii-team-yankee-rulebook","provider":"Games Bastion","version":"1.0","type":"link"}