The Geopolitics of East Asia & the Western Pacific: Focal Point Korea: The strategic position of the People’s Republic of China in East Asia and the world is conditioned by several factors. These have led to a new Chinese strategy that has the possibility for conflict, with the Korean Peninsula being a potential flashpoint.

The Dragon and The Hermit Kingdom is a two player game that covers the hypothetical simulation of a second Korean War that could occur in the very near future. This game is a precursor to The Dragon that Engulfed the Sun (Modern War #42). It simulates the war that would have occurred on the Korean peninsula just prior to that game’s setting.

Desert One War - Military Conflict in the Persian Gulf 1978-1981: The Iranian Revolution of 1979 caught the US by surprise. Before long the US embassy was stormed and its staff taken hostage, resulting in a hastily-organized rescue attempt that failed. The lessons learned from the incident led to a renaissance of US special operations that can still be seen today.

Desert One War is an operational level two player game covering US and allied intervention in the Persian Gulf during the 1970s and 1980s. The game has several scenarios. Two scenarios cover a US invasion of Iran in the aftermath of the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-81. A third scenario covers an Oil War situation, where the US leads a NATO effort to seize Persian Gulf oilfields in response to an oil embargo.

Operation Serval - Expeditionary Warfare in Central Africa: Islamist insurgents were threatening to take control of Mali in early 2013. In a lightning campaign that spring, French and allied African forces inflicted a stunning defeat on the Islamists.

Operation Serval is a two player game covering the campaign in Mali in West Africa during 2012 and 2013, which saw Islamist forces seize control of the northern part of the country and then threaten the capital at Bamako. A French expeditionary force intervened, counterattacked, and along with various African allies, routed the Islamists in a short and sharp campaign.

The Dragon That Engulfed the Sun - Chinese Invasion of Japan? A war between China and Japan seems a remote possibility, but it is a possibility. The question is whether China has the military wherewithal to stage a successful invasion of Japan.

Sixth Fleet is a two-player, strategic-level wargame of the struggle for the Mediterranean set during a hypothetical Warsaw Pact versus NATO war during the 1970s and 1980s. It is primarily a naval-air conflict, with some elements of power projection using ground forces. The game map represents various sea zones (or zones) within the Mediterranean, as well as adjoining land areas. Critical bases for both sides, including neutral nations are also depicted.