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Lock 'n Load Tactical: Heroes Against the Red Star

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$70.99 $99.99 In stock

Category: Board Games

Cold War Goes Hot

In 1985 the Warsaw Pact crosses the inner German border, and NATO has to hold ground it spent forty years planning to defend and never once had to.

Take either side. American and West German troops holding the line, or Soviet and Pact formations coming through it.

Abrams and Leopard 2s against T-80s at ranges where the first shot usually settles it. Bradleys and BMPs putting infantry where they are needed and getting hit for it. Apaches and Hinds working over the treeline. Underneath all of that it is still one man with a Dragon or an RPG-7 deciding whether the tank in front of him gets any further up the road.

More Than the Soviets

Polish, East German and Czechoslovakian formations come with the game, so the Pact side is not one army repeated in different colours.

A Complete Game

The core rules are in the box along with the module and the scenarios, so nothing else is required to play.

Heroes Against the Red Star is a complete squad-level tactical game in the award winning Lock 'n Load Tactical series.

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Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Kevin V. ★★★★★

The combat system has real depth with the way units react differently depending on whether they're NATO or Warsaw Pact forces. I've played three scenarios already and each one feels like a tense historical puzzle.

Kevin K. ★★★★★

I was really impressed with how well the rulebook explains the NATO defensive tactics—it made setting up my first game smooth even for a newer player. The tension of trying to hold the line as the West feels historically grounded and keeps each turn engaging.

Grace ★★★★★

The scenarios feel pulled straight from a Cold War briefing, and playing as NATO scrambling to hold the inner German border is tense in the best way. Took a full evening to sort the counters, but the rulebook walks you through armor and infantry firefights without much flipping back and forth.