Product Overview
In December 1956, paroled rebel Fidel Castro returned to Cuba to launch his revolution with virtually no political base andafter a disastrous initial encounter with government forcesa total of just 12 men. Two years later, through masterful propaganda and factional maneuver, Castro, his brother Ral, and iconic revolutionary Che Guevara had united disparate guerrillas and exploited Cubans deep opposition to their dictator Fulgencio Batista y Zaldvar. Castros takeover of the country became a model for Leftist insurgency.
Castros Insurgency
Following up on GMT Games Andean Abyss, the COIN Series next volume, Cuba Libre, takes 1 to 4 players into the Cuban Revolution. Castros Marxist 26 July Movement must expand from its bases in the Sierra Maestra mountains to fight its way to Havana. Meanwhile, anti-communist student groups, urban guerrillas, and ex-patriots try to de-stabilize the Batista regime from inside and out, while trying not to pave the way for a new dictatorship under Castro. Batistas Government must maintain steam to counter the twin insurgency, while managing two benefactors: its fragile US Alliance and its corrupting Syndicate skim. And in the midst of the turmoil, Meyer Lansky and his Syndicate bosses will jockey to keep their Cuban gangster paradise alive.
COIN Series, Volume II
Cuba Libre will be easy to learn for Andean Abyss playersboth volumes share the same innovative COIN system. Like Volume I, Cuba Libre is equally playable solitaire or by multiple players up to 4and with a shorter time to completion than Andean Abyss. But Cuba Libres situation and strategic challenges will be new. A deck of 48 fresh events brings 1950s Cuba to life and includes
The Twelve: The first waves escape to the Sierra Maestrainspirational legend or harbinger of defeat?
El Che and Ral: Brilliant in the field, or bungling hostage-takers?
Operation Fisherman: Can the Marxists pull off a second invasion?
General Strike: Urban disruption or rebel embarrassment?
Radio Rebelde: Are the masses tuning in, or just the Army direction finders?
Pact of Caracas: Can the rebels unite?
Armored Cars: Mobile striking power, but in whose hands?
Rolando Masferrer: Brutal pro-government tacticswill they help or hurt?
Fat Butcher: Can the Mobs enforcer protect its casinos?
Sinatra: Frankies Havana show a boom or bust, and who collects?
and much more.
Castros Insurgency
Following up on GMT Games Andean Abyss, the COIN Series next volume, Cuba Libre, takes 1 to 4 players into the Cuban Revolution. Castros Marxist 26 July Movement must expand from its bases in the Sierra Maestra mountains to fight its way to Havana. Meanwhile, anti-communist student groups, urban guerrillas, and ex-patriots try to de-stabilize the Batista regime from inside and out, while trying not to pave the way for a new dictatorship under Castro. Batistas Government must maintain steam to counter the twin insurgency, while managing two benefactors: its fragile US Alliance and its corrupting Syndicate skim. And in the midst of the turmoil, Meyer Lansky and his Syndicate bosses will jockey to keep their Cuban gangster paradise alive.
COIN Series, Volume II
Cuba Libre will be easy to learn for Andean Abyss playersboth volumes share the same innovative COIN system. Like Volume I, Cuba Libre is equally playable solitaire or by multiple players up to 4and with a shorter time to completion than Andean Abyss. But Cuba Libres situation and strategic challenges will be new. A deck of 48 fresh events brings 1950s Cuba to life and includes
The Twelve: The first waves escape to the Sierra Maestrainspirational legend or harbinger of defeat?
El Che and Ral: Brilliant in the field, or bungling hostage-takers?
Operation Fisherman: Can the Marxists pull off a second invasion?
General Strike: Urban disruption or rebel embarrassment?
Radio Rebelde: Are the masses tuning in, or just the Army direction finders?
Pact of Caracas: Can the rebels unite?
Armored Cars: Mobile striking power, but in whose hands?
Rolando Masferrer: Brutal pro-government tacticswill they help or hurt?
Fat Butcher: Can the Mobs enforcer protect its casinos?
Sinatra: Frankies Havana show a boom or bust, and who collects?
and much more.
