Red Tide South
BGG rank
BGG #19,772
BGG rating
7.0

Red Tide South

2019

Rules assistance for Red Tide South

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

  • 2 players
  • Complexity 3.4/5

Rules assistant for Red Tide South

For 2 players

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

Red Tide South is a board game released in 2019 for 2 players. It was designed by Eric R. Harvey and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Red Tide South is a two-player game. It is a stand-alone game that can is also designed to be played with Red Tide West (Modern War #15). A war in Europe during the 1980’s was primarily going to be decided, one way or the other, in West Germany. Other fronts and theaters were therefore almost irrelevant in the short term. Considering the Soviets’ exceedingly optimistic timetables by which they intended to overrun West Germany, events elsewhere would have not even played out before the war ended (either by mutual annihilation or by rapprochement). However, the Balkan Front could have had the most direct influence on the campaign in West Germany. If there was no significant nuclear exchange in Central Europe, a Soviet capture of the heavily industrialized Po Valley would potentially compel the Italians to sue for peace, as well as serve as a gateway to Southern France. Each hex is equivalent to about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from side to opposite side, and each turn represents about a day. Components: One 22" x 34" map & 228 counters (plus 46 bonus counters for Red Tide West) Magazine: Strategy & Tactics #315

Publishers

  • Decision Games (I)

Questions and answers

Red Tide South 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.