- BGG rating
- 8.0
Rules assistance for Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 12+
Rules assistant for Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years
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Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years is an expansion for Fulcrum Leader released in 2025 for 1 player and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Benjamin Chee and Doug Glover and its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
About the game
From the earliest days of the Cold War, these iconic aircraft have served in Frontal Aviation over the years in greater numbers than any other post-war designs, incorporating lessons learnt from the Korean War, this set adds 56 cards and 88 counters to your Fulcrum Leader game, including: 45 x Aircraft cards (MiG-19 Farmer / MiG-21F Fishbed-C) 3 x Squadron Asset cards (Tu-16 Strike / Su-7 Strike / RE Spetsnaz) 6 x Ground Control Intercept station cards (Egypt) 2 x Event cards 5 x Campaign sheets 33 x Early air-to-air munitions (R-3S / R-13) 40 x Site and Bandit counters (Vatour / Ouragan / B-47 / Nike Hercules) -description from designer
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Dan Verssen Games (DVG)
Questions and answers
Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years supports 1 player 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.
The catalogue lists Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years belongs to these categories: Card Game, Wargame, and Modern Warfare. Its main mechanics are Simulation, Solo / Solitaire Game, and Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years are: Benjamin Chee and Doug Glover. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Fulcrum Leader: Expansion #2 – Early Years as an expansion for Fulcrum Leader. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Fulcrum Leader to use it. Check that your edition of Fulcrum Leader is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.