The Games
First Blood: The Guadalcanal Campaign
Designer: Chester E. Hendrix
Type: Wargame
Status: Free
BGG entry:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/9438
Available at:
http://grognard.com/fb/index.html
If you are new to the world of board wargames I hope you will enjoy trying out FIRST BLOOD: THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN. This wargame is fairly simple with a small number of units and is considered an introductory level game, suitable for beginners. Simply print out all the different materials, assemble the map and cut out the counters (the units). The best way to do this is to print them out on sticky back or label paper if you have any available and then attach it to a piece of heavy cardstock such as you might find inserted as a protection for photo paper. Then VERY carefully use an exacto knife to SLOWLY cut the inidividual unit counters apart- be sure to practice on a nonprinted area first. Then set all the counters on their corresponding places on the Set Up Chart and you're ready to go. Expect to miss a few things or make some mistakes in your first game or two- everybody does. Even us old GROGNARDS who have been playing for years do it when we play a new game we've bought.
This game was orginally published in issue number 6 of volume 26 of the AHIKS (Avalon Hill International Kriegspiel Society) Kommandeur, which was AHIK's Silver Anniversary volume in December 1991. It was subsequently republished after major development in Strategy and Tactics number 178 by Decision Games. The original AHIKS version is now available for free download.