2022Javier Angeriz-Caburrasi, Juan Echenique, Stefano Guerriero, Rob Harris
- Videos
- 90
- Creators
- 52
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2024Bernard Grzybowski
Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Purple Haze is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 16 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
You look at the wrecked Huey, thankful you survived the crash. It got hit somewhere over the jungle. You lost the pilot. The gunner just fell out. Gone. On your way down you saw a glimpse of the other Huey. You think it got hit too, but you can't be sure. You look around at your squad - wild-eyed Marines fresh out of boot camp - and sigh heavily. You gotta move fast. VC will be coming... Purple Haze is an immersive story-creation Tactical level Campaign wargame for 1 to 4 players that drops you into the heart of darkness: Vietnam, 1967. You lead a squad of U.S. Marines through the dense jungles, flooded rice paddies, and straw-thatched villages of a war-torn country. Gut-wrenching choices will determine the fate of you and your mission, showing if you have what it takes to survive. It is in part a story-creation game, in part a Tactical level wargame, and in part a Campaign game. Your decisions determine the story. Your tactics decide the outcome of life and death firefights. Your men will suffer. Some won't make it home. Those that do will get wiser, get tougher. The goal: Complete the mission, and get out alive.
Learn to play
Purple Haze has 43 videos from 26 creators: 16 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 15 playthroughs, 6 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2022 to April 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Purple Haze from PHALANX : how to count hits during combat" by L'Avant-Garde - A Historical and Wargame Channel, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "REVIEW 'Purple Haze'" by Bonding With Boardgames & RPGs. 15 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Purple Haze Gameplay Demo | Solo Vietnam War Tactical Combat Game | Board Game | Phalanx" by Zilla Blitz, one of 15 playthroughs.
If you like it, try The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – The Adventure Game, The Dark Quarter, Agemonia or Mice and Mystics, which share several of its mechanics.
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2022Javier Angeriz-Caburrasi, Juan Echenique, Stefano Guerriero, Rob Harris
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2025Evan Derrick, Rafał Wojda-Wołkowycki
1 - 4 players120 - 180 minLight weight
2024Max Wikström
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2012Jerry Hawthorne
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
You look at the wrecked Huey, thankful you survived the crash. It got hit somewhere over the jungle. You lost the pilot. The gunner just fell out. Gone. On your way down you saw a glimpse of the other Huey. You think it got hit too, but you can't be sure. You look around at your squad - wild-eyed Marines fresh out of boot camp - and sigh heavily. You gotta move fast. VC will be coming... Purple Haze is an immersive story-creation Tactical level Campaign wargame for 1 to 4 players that drops you into the heart of darkness: Vietnam, 1967. You lead a squad of U.S. Marines through the dense jungles, flooded rice paddies, and straw-thatched villages of a war-torn country. Gut-wrenching choices will determine the fate of you and your mission, showing if you have what it takes to survive. It is in part a story-creation game, in part a Tactical level wargame, and in part a Campaign game. Your decisions determine the story. Your tactics decide the outcome of life and death firefights. Your men will suffer. Some won't make it home. Those that do will get wiser, get tougher. The goal: Complete the mission, and get out alive.
Designer
Bernard Grzybowski
Artists
Tomasz Badalski, Przemysław Gołąb, Bartek Jędrzejewski, Paweł Krzyżak, Jagoda Piasta, Łukasz Strupiechowski, Natalia Turzańska, Miłosz Wojtasik
Publisher
PHALANX
Mechanics