Watch “Saigon 75 - Playthrough Preview (KickStarter),” a gameplay video for Saigon 75 from Homo Ludens on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Homo Ludens on YouTube:
Playthrough of Saigon 75, a game designed by Jean-Philippe Barcus & Pascal Toupy, published by Nuts Publishing. Saigon 75 is a wargame on the end of the Vietnam war (73 to 75), introducing a new beginner friendly series: Under Pressure. This video should give you an overview of the gameplay to make up your mind for the Kickstarter campaign.
Link to the KickStarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/483438961/saigon-75
Link to the BGG thread about the future of the Under Pressure Series: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2265976/future-series
Turn 1-2: 01:56
Turn 6-8: 11:02
Final Thoughts: 22:43
Music:
Mỗi Bước Ta Đi - Viet Cong Song
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Thanks:
Brian Asklev
Florent (from Nuts!)
Max Steinmetz
Rules Errors: check for Klingon Subtitles.
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Saigon 75 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
1 - 2 players
60 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Saigon 75, from BoardGameGeek:
Gameplay overview
Saigon 75 is a simple and swift strategic wargame, simulating the fratricidal struggle between North and South Vietnam from summer 1973 to spring 1975. Everything is contained within a few pages of rules and 1 hour of strategy, with pressure at every moment! The game portrays the differences between North Vietnamese divisions and the Rangers/Marines/Parachutists and other units of the South Vietnamese. Air power and desertion are also featured, with the whole thing being completed by event cards that give the game great replayability. An ingenious mix that provides a game on tenterhooks right up to the last turn! If, at the end of any turn, the North player controls Saigon province the game ends with a North victory. The South player wins by successfully defending Saigon until the end of Turn 8.
Solo Rules
In the solo mode, you play the South, while the North is controlled by a deck of cards (AI). There is not a lot of difference between the solo and two-player modes in terms of the rules and the winning condition. During each turn, there are phases (movement, attack, etc.) where the AI draws one card and does a specific action.
