'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires
BGG rank
BGG #13,276
BGG rating
8.2

'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

2024

Rules assistance for '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 58–156 min
  • 14+
  • Complexity 3.0/5

Rules assistant for '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

For 2 players

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'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires is a board game released in 2024 for 2 players, 58–156 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Mark H. Walker and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Card Play Conflict Resolution.

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About the game

’85 Graveyard of Empires is the second game in the Squad Battles series. Building on the mechanics introduced in ’65 Squad Battles in the Jungles of Vietnam, Graveyard of Empires (GOE) features squad-level battles between the Afghan Mujahideen and Soviet Red Army in a card-driven, hex and counter game. GOE introduces card-activated events, immersive helicopter rules, more tactical decisions, new powers and abilities, and beautiful counter and game board art. The counters are 1” or larger (for the vehicles) and the game board hexes are huge. Included are counters for Mujahideen RPG and RPD teams, rifle squads and heroes, as well as captured T-55 and BMP armored fighting vehicles. The Soviets respond with Spetsnaz, line rifle squads, heroes, Hind-24 attack helicopters and several types of AFVs, such T-55, T-62 tanks, BNPs, BTRs, and more. —description from the designer

Questions and answers

'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.