Labyrinth: The War on Terror by GMT Games

Description

'In 2001: The "American Century" had closed with a single cold war superpower standing and a pause button, pressing this button to pause in conflict that some at the time dubbed "The End of History. It wasn't. In the middle east and south Asia, an Islamic Revival was underway.Resentments bred in part of us support for the regions 'anti soviet Tyrannies soon erupted into a new struggle against the West.Wealthy Saudi fanatic Usama am Ladin issued a declaration of Holy War against America in 1996 and then fired the first shot with spectacular terrorist attacks on us targets in East Africa in 1998 and the Arabpe Nin Sula 2000 Labyrinth takes 1 or 2 players inside the Islamist jihad and the global war on terror.With broad scope, ease of play, and a never ending variety of event combinations similar to GMT's highly popular Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth portrays not only the US efforts to counter extremists 'use of terrorist tactics but the wider ideological struggle Guerrilla Warfare, regime change, democratization, and much more. The jihadists must operate in a hostile environment staying below the authorities 'Radar while plotting terrorist attacks and building for the Muslim Revolution.Will Iran's Shia Mullahs help or hinder the Sunni jihadists?Will the gradual spread of Islamist rule bring final victory or will it be a sudden strike at the United States with an Islamic weapon of mass destruction? The United States has the full weight of its military force and diplomacy at the ready, but it can't be everywhere: will technological and material superiority be enough?US forces can invade and topple Islamist regimes, but how will the Muslim Street react?And if Quagmire results, How will the US find its way out?