Next War Taiwan: Set Up Part 1
Hello and welcome to an After Action Report (AAR) on my solo playthrough of Next War: Taiwan (NWT). NWT is a 'hex and counter' wargame produced by GMT Games and designed by Mitchell Land and Gene Billingsley which aims to simulate at the tactical-operational level a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan (ROC) by China (PRC). NWT is part of the Next War Series, which has developed a reputation for attention to detail and faithful attempts to simulate most aspects of modern warfare along with a corresponding level of complexity that can make actually playing the game daunting (especially if using the Advanced Ruleset). Nevertheless, I managed to play two of the other entries in the series before using the Advanced Ruleset and loved it, including using it as part of a professional military education (PME) program. Those entries were Next War: Korea and Next War: India-Pakistan, which while these conflicts were much larger in scale, were somewhat lower in complexity due to the lack of s