Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950
BGG rank
BGG #19,770
BGG rating
7.5

Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950

2011

Rules assistance for Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950

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

  • 2 players
  • 90 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 3.0/5

Rules assistant for Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950

For 2 players

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

Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950 is a board game released in 2011 for 2 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Shun-Wen Chen and its main mechanics are Area Movement, Dice Rolling, and Action Points.

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About the game

Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950 is a 2 players strategic-level board wargame that simulates the battles between People's Republic of China (PRC) and Republic of China (ROC) in 1950s which is so called "The First and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis." Two players control the People Liberation Army (PLA), the National Government Army (NRA) in Taiwan and US 7th Fleet respectively. There are 9 turns in a games and each turn represents one year. Each player spend operation points to activate his troops in one area to attack, move or do special operations alternatively in a turn. The PRC player must get 10 victory points to win the game. Before each operation, player must roll a die to draw a event marker randomly. The event maker is the mission the player needs to accompolish in the following turns. After finish the mission, the PRC player can increase the victory points and the Taiwan player can decrease the victory points.

Designers

Publishers

  • Bonsai Games
  • Formosa Force Games

Questions and answers

Taiwan Strait Crisis 1950 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.