Charlie Don’t Surf

[Whiterook]

Charlie Don’t Surf PDF Rules are available £10.00 from TooFATLardies.

Charlie Don’t Surf is a set of wargames rules for the Vietnam War that are designed to reflect the realities of asymmetrical warfare. Designed for games of roughly company size (between two and four platoons per side being typical) the rules use a system of dual victory conditions, military and political, to allow balanced games where both Free World and Communist forces can do battle with equal chance of success.

These PDF rules are comprehensive in that they contain all you’ll need to game the period, including details of force organisation for the the US, ARVN, ANZAC and Communists, a scenario and mission generation system, along a force and objective generator to ensure that no two games are the same.

Don’t forget, we also have “Surf’s Up”, a scenario supplement with a campaign system, available to provide even more flexibility and fun.

— Publisher’s website

I’ve heard this is an excellent system but haven’t found much explaining how many miniatures would be required.

[Whiterook]

Also available, for £7.00

Surf’s Up! is a collection of scenarios for the Vietnam War designed to accompany our Charlie Don’t Surf rules. In addition to sixteen scenarios covering the period 1966 to 1975 we have a campaign system to follow your Company Commander through his tour of duty in the ‘Nam.

This PDF product contains the following scenarios:

1. The Great Rice Hunt, 1966, Operation Attleboro
2. Sniper, 1966, Phu Loi
3. Firebase, 1966
4. Combat Engineer, 1966
5. Fix & Destroy, 1967, Operation Junction City
6. Playing the Beanball, 1967, Quang Ngai Province
7. A County Fair, 1967, Rang Dong
8. Rawhide, 1967, Darlac Province
9. Aircav, 1968, Darlac Province
10. Broken Arrow, 1968, Quang Duc Province
11. Blood on the Streets, 1968, Ban Me Thuot
12. Ambush, 1968
13. Semper Fi, 1968, Hue
14. The Bridge at Tri Ang, 1969
15. The Supermen, 1975, Xuan Loc
16. Convoy of Tears, 1975

[josta59]

I haven't checked these out, but this company gets a lot of respect among miniatures gamers. So I bet these are solid products.

[Whiterook]

May 12, 2022 16:32:43 GMT -5 josta59 said:

I haven't checked these out, but this company gets a lot of respect among miniatures gamers. So I bet these are solid products.

Yes indeed, they are among the very top miniatures community vendors and experts. I would venture to say that the UK is far superior in the hobby of miniatures gaming, in both representation and supply.