Colonels & Commanders Instruction Manual
0The ultimate game of war, strategy, and intrigue.
Colonels & Commanders includes diplomacy, trade, economics, oil, enclaves, blockades, secret messages, coups, research, technology, science, terrorism, crime such as hacking or drug trafficking, the mafia, spies, espionage, assassinations, commandos, raids, amphibious assaults, weapons of mass destruction, annexation, client states, politics, trade wars, proxy wars, guerrillas, false flags, and disasters such as nuclear melt downs, pandemics, climate change, UFOs, intelligence agencies, and anything you can create or imagine.
The pieces are flat you don’t know what your opponent has unless you have good military intelligence and spies, originally the pieces were flat to save money during production, but this necessitated the development of a flip mechanic inspired by Yugioh that came to define the game along with a unique battle die. The pieces will have info on them to help new players remember all they need to know to play.
Units include Land Units: Light Infantry cost 3, Motorized Infantry cost 4, Mechanized Infantry cost 5, Artillery cost 6, Tanks cost 6, AA Guns cost 6, SAMs cost 6, Missiles cost 2, ABMs cost 2, Small Factories cost 7, Medium Factories cost 14, Large Factories cost 28, Oil Rigs cost 30
Aircraft: Kamikaze Drones cost 1, Drones Cost 3, Attack Helicopters cost 5, Utility Helicopters cost 5, Fighters cost 6, Tactical Bombers cost 6, Strategic Bombers cost 8, Transport Helicopter cost 18, Transport Planes cost 24
Naval Units: Submarines (Conventional) cost 3, Submarine Aircraft Carriers cost 3, Assault Ship cost 4, ASW Aircraft Carrier cost 5, Destroyers cost 7, Cruisers cost 7, Nuclear Attack Submarines cost 7, Ballistic Missile Submarines cost 8, Transport Ships cost 11, Q Ships cost 11, Aircraft Carriers cost 16, Battleships cost 24, Seaborne Oil Pipelines cost 8, Crossings cost 12, Seaborne Oil Rigs cost 72
There are a lot of playable countries USA China Russia Germany Japan UK (Britain) France Italy India states form history like the Soviet Union (USSR) Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire and other states like Israel North Korea and independent minded countries like Turkey are there and more.
The game comes with a map based on am extensive study of history territory values match up with natural resources, but cam also be modified by human capital, good institutional frameworks, and skilled management. You can do anything you can pioneer a space faring civilization, take over the world, create a time machine, solve major world problems, be a dictator or peace maker, change and make history, you may even fight a 4-d war across time or find aliens in space or on Earth. The only limit is your imagination. Now that it is ready it's time to move on to set up charts and playtesting!
The rules are posted here: https://www.cornerslicegaming.com/colo-1?fbclid=IwAR0L1t-K_LizCgPXiGkqwP_sH0e8eCSh-4pJ-vWXzJHrSJeSuXWU1VxaAy0
Have a Happy New Year Everybody!