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Fulda Gap is a two-player game in which one player controls invading Warsaw Pact forces, and the other player controls the NATO defenders. The rules system is based upon Panzergruppe Guderian, [1] published by SPI the previous year, and comes with Basic rules, for new players, and Advanced rules, to be used once both players are familiar with the game. [1]
Thousands of scenario players listen to the opening comments of the Skirmish USA's Invasion of Normandy before playing in a 24-hour scenario game. Scenario paintball is a colloquialism used to represent a diverse array of paintball events that encompass many themes that may include historical re-enactments, movies, current pop culture, futuristic or video game simulations, and more.
The game comes with three scenarios "The Rhein-Main Raid": Strong Warsaw Pact attacks to the north and the south of the Fulda Gap have drawn away NATO forces, allowing a small Soviet force to advance through the Gap. "The Battle for Fulda": A strong Warsaw Pact force attempts to force the Fulda Gap before sufficient NATO reinforcements can arrive.
The Fulda Gap (German: Fulda-Lücke), an area between the Hesse-Thuringian border, the former Inner German border, and Frankfurt am Main, contains two corridors of lowlands through which tanks might have driven in a surprise attack by the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies to gain crossings of the Rhine River. [1]
The most basic of all game rules is that players must attempt to accomplish a goal without being tagged with paintballs. Generally paintball is divided into either its original incarnation woodsball, or the small arena-based and tournament de facto speedball. Amongst these paintball game types, variations of basic rules can be played.
Belligerents; Warsaw Pact Soviet Union GSFG; Soviet Army Central Group of Forces; Soviet Army Northern Group of Forces; Soviet Army Southern Group of Forces Bulgaria Czechoslovakia
A speedball game in progress. Speedball is one of the three distinct game variants in the sport of paintball, along with woodsball and scenario paintball.. It is a general term for a game in which the playing field is composed of bunkers, of the same location and number on each side of the field, that provide an equal playing field for each team competing.
During the Cold War, 8th Guards Army stood opposed to NATO forces (specifically the US V Corps) along the strategically vital Fulda Gap in West Germany. [4] In June 1964, the 21st Guards Motor Rifle Division transferred to the 1st Guards Tank Army and was replaced by the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division.