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Comment by Kim Kanger on September 1, 2009 at 7:36am

Hey Steve! Good to hear. I hope you will enjoy the system.

I just read that General Stanley McChrystal has delivered new guidelines for the troops in Afghanistan. Basically it says that the war is unwinnable if you only chase and kill the Talibans. If you kill a Taliban then five of his relatives will join them instead. So, instead of just military actions, he is advocating showing respect to the Afghanis and their property, not primarly because it is the right thing to do but rather in order to avoid creating new recruits for the Talibans.

In Ici, this is represented by the fact that it costs operation points to conduct counterinsurgency (which is what McChrystal is doing) which leaves less points for military actions. In other words, insurgency / counterinsurgency draw from the same "pool" of resources / political will as military actions do. You can't do both to the full extent, you have to find a balance between these two choices.

Comment by Steve Dixon on September 1, 2009 at 6:30am

Received my copy Monday - August 31. Will be breaking it out this weekend!

Comment by Kim Kanger on August 28, 2009 at 4:08pm

Thanks!
I'm sure that you will receive one soon. If you have any questions, though, regarding the mail, please send it to Randy Lein (randy@legionwargames.com).

Comment by Jim Werbaneth on August 28, 2009 at 3:55pm

I just purchased, but didn't get an e-mail yet.

Comment by Steve Dixon on August 28, 2009 at 3:43pm

Got a notice mine shipped!

Comment by Smitty on August 28, 2009 at 12:25pm

I look foward to getting this....

Comment by John Kantor on August 28, 2009 at 12:10pm

"...win the hearts and minds..." - that's funny. But I'll be interested in seeing how the system works.

Comment by Kim Kanger on August 27, 2009 at 3:24am

You can now download the final rules here