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May 20, 2025·Unboxing·13:37·181·Watch on YouTube

‘85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires (Flying Pig Games) - Unbox of Charles S. Roberts Award Nominee

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Watch “‘85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires (Flying Pig Games) - Unbox of Charles S. Roberts Award Nominee,” a board game unboxing on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by KilroyWasHere on YouTube:

2024 CSR Ballot - https://forms.gle/Wyy9u6MgN2ZAWQai8 '65 & '85 - https://youtu.be/dzBnnNkjoDw?si=iRgIA7Zo1ShzgQc- ’85 Graveyard of Empires is the second game in the Squad Battles series. Building on the mechanics introduced in ’65 Squad Battles in the Jungles of Vietnam, Graveyard of Empires (GOE) features squad-level battles between the Afghan Mujahideen and Soviet Red Army in a card-driven, hex and counter game. GOE introduces card-activated events, immersive helicopter rules, more tactical decisions, new powers and abilities, and beautiful counter and game board art. The counters are 1” or larger (for the vehicles) and the game board hexes are huge. Included are counters for Mujahideen RPG and RPD teams, rifle squads and heroes, as well as captured T-55 and BMP armored fighting vehicles. The Soviets respond with Spetsnaz, line rifle squads, heroes, Hind-24 attack helicopters and several types of AFVs, such T-55, T-62 tanks, BNPs, BTRs, and more.

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'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

'85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires

2024·Mark H. Walker

Videos
9
Creators
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Mostly unboxings and reviews. '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 2 recorded sessions, and 4 unboxings.

2 players
58 - 156 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires, from BoardGameGeek:

'85 Graveyard of Empires is the second game in the Squad Battles series. Building on the mechanics introduced in '65 Squad Battles in the Jungles of Vietnam, Graveyard of Empires (GOE) features squad-level battles between the Afghan Mujahideen and Soviet Red Army in a card-driven, hex and counter game. GOE introduces card-activated events, immersive helicopter rules, more tactical decisions, new powers and abilities, and beautiful counter and game board art. The counters are 1” or larger (for the vehicles) and the game board hexes are huge. Included are counters for Mujahideen RPG and RPD teams, rifle squads and heroes, as well as captured T-55 and BMP armored fighting vehicles. The Soviets respond with Spetsnaz, line rifle squads, heroes, Hind-24 attack helicopters and several types of AFVs, such T-55, T-62 tanks, BNPs, BTRs, and more. -description from the designer

Designer

Mark H. Walker

Artists

Nadir Elfarra, Marc von Martial

Publisher

Flying Pig Games

Categories

Modern WarfareWargame

Mechanics

Combat ResolutionDice Rolling
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