Angola 1987-1988
BGG rank
BGG #21,832
BGG rating
6.7

Angola 1987-1988

2021

Rules assistance for Angola 1987-1988

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

  • 2 players
  • Complexity 2.5/5

Rules assistant for Angola 1987-1988

For 2 players

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Angola 1987-1988 is a board game released in 2021 for 2 players. It was designed by Frank Boulle and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Simulation, and Area-Impulse.

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About the game

Angola 1988 simulates the operations led between July 1987 and July 1988 between the Angolan government forces, supported by the Cubans, and the UNITA, supported by the South African armed forces. This period marks the final “round” of the Cold War before the fall of the Soviet Union in August 1991. One player controls the government camp, composed of three factions: MPLA (and the FAPLA armed forces), SWAPO and Cuban forces (CUBA). The anti-government camp controls three factions : FLEC/FNLA, UNITA and the South African forces (SADF). Difficulty : 6 / 10 Solo-playability : 4 / 10 Duration : 3 - 4 hours One turn : 1 month Scale : liaison between two zones : 200 - 400 km. Each ground unit represents 1,000 to 5,000 troops. Air units represents 10-20 aircraft. Units : 1 counter = 1 brigade or 1 battalion of 250 - 2500 men Vae Victis magazine #154 January-February 2021.

Designers

Publishers

  • Vae Victis
  • Cérigo Editions

Questions and answers

Angola 1987-1988 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.