{"product_id":"heights-of-courage-the-battle-for-the-golan-heights","title":"Heights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeights of Courage: The Battle for the Golan Heights, October 1973, is a game covering the Golan Heights portion during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.\n\nIn October, 1973, Syria and her allies lead a surprise attack to recapture the Golan Heights in conjunction with an Egyptian assault across the Suez Canal into the Sinai.\n\nFor a little over two weeks, massed Syrian armor tried to swamp the Israeli defenders who were buying time to allow mobilized reserves to arrive.  They succeeded and managed to turn the tide launching their own offensive toward Damascus.\n\nHeights of Courage is the 16th game in the award winning Standard Combat Series. It complements the 1995 CSR award winning game Yom Kippur (which covers the fighting in the Sinai). It uses the same 8 page standard series rulebook applicable to all the other games.\n\nBecause both sides have offensive and defensive phases of the battle to enjoy, victory is determined by comparing the best Syrian performance in their early offensive to the Israeli offensive results at the end of the game. This forces both sides to fight tooth and nail on both the offense and defense with enormous time pressure on perform rapidly.\n\nThe game captures all the sizzle of the fast-paced armored battle with enough steak to give the game the appropriate level of depth. For example, it uses an innovative two tempo operational speed, to both players as the battle goes beyond the endurance of the forces involved.  Each player can select to go “fast” in order to fight more or “slow” in order to get more replacements.\n\nWhile Heights of Courage cannot be directly linked to Yom Kippur, the game provides rules to allow players to play both games in tandem so as to play the “whole war.”\n\nFour scenarios allow different looks at the 17 turn campaign (turn length varies based on when a cease-fire occurs).\n4.1 The Historical Battle for the Golan Heights (17 turn long version)\n4.2 The Historical Battle for the Golan Heights (10 turn short version)\n4.3 Operation Badhr (6 turn look at the initial Syrian offensive)\n4.4 Operation Al-Owda (Original Syrian plan - which can be played in the 6, 10 or 17 turn versions)\n\nGame Scale:\nGame Turn: Half day to 3 days (depending on game turn)\nHex: 1 mile \/ 1.6 kilometers\nUnits: Platoon\/Task Force\/Brigade\n\nGame Inventory:\nOne 22 x 34\" full color mapsheet\nOne dual-side printed countersheet (280 1\/2\" counters)\nOne 16-page Heights of Courage rulebook\nOne 8-page Standard Combat Series ver 1.7 rulebook\nTwo 6-sided die\n\nSolitaire Playability: High\nComplexity Level: Medium\nPlayers: 2 or more\nPlaying Time: 4-15 hours\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 900 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.32 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Steve Newhouse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Gamers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927273275608,"sku":"SB-E7D9D2196018-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/1ppjks71ij4also0s0u0226cx1z3.jpg?v=1785467313","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/heights-of-courage-the-battle-for-the-golan-heights","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}