SYRIAN CIVIL WAR
INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2-6 players.
Including Events starting in 2011.
VICTORY
If your Faction has the most points at the end of the game you win.
END OF GAME
The game ends when you have gone through the Event Deck twice.
FACTIONS
There are 6 Factions:
1 SGOV = Syrian Government
2 ISIL = ISIL
3 MODO = Moderate Opposition
4 JIHO = Jihadist Opposition
5 ALQO = Al-Queda Opposition
6 KURD = Kurds
FACTION DECK
Have a small deck of twelve cards, two for each Faction.
EVENT DECK
Players share a common Event Deck.
VICTORY TOKENS
Have a set of Victory Tokens (VT).
SETUP
Split the Faction Deck into two complete sets.
Place six Faction cards (one for each Faction) face up in the Middle of the table.
Place 10 VT on each Face up Faction card.
Shuffle the remaining six Faction cards.
Each player is dealt one Faction card face down. (Their Secret Personal Faction)
Remaining Faction cards are removed from play.
Shuffle the Event Deck. The most opinionated player goes first.
PLAYERS PERSONAL FACTIONS
Players keep their Factions secret from each other.
Or try to anyway.
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
On your turn Draw 2 Event cards from the top of the Deck.
Play one card and discard the other.
Played Events will cause some factions to gain Victory Tokens and others to lose VT.
(The played event is also discarded after its effects are taken)
Cards are discarded face down.
No Faction can have less than zero VT.
The first time the event deck is used up shuffle the discard and draw from it.
EVENT DECK CARD LIST
Name: SGOV ISIL MODO JIHO ALQO KURD
Free Syrian Army -2 -1 +2 - - -
Syrian National Council -1 - +2 - - -
FSA Defectors - - -1 +1 +1 -
USA -1 -1 +2 -1 -1 +1
Inherent Resolve -1 -1 +2 -1 -1 +1
Combined Joint Task Force -1 -1 +2 -1 -1 +1
Syrian Democratic Forces - -1 +1 -1 -1 -
Turkey -1 - - - - -2
Open Borders - +2 - +1 +1 -
ISIL -1 +3 -1 - - -1
Army of Jihad -1 +2 -1 -1 -1 -1
Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade -1 +1 -1 +1 -1 -1
YPG - -1 - -1 -1 +3
YPJ - -1 - -1 -1 +2
Kurdistan Workers Party - -1 - -1 -1 +2
IFB - -1 - - - +1
Syrian Arab Coalition - -1 +1 - - +1
Syrian Armed Forces +2 - -2 -1 -1 -1
SAF Defectors -1 - +1 +1 - -
Covert Deals +1 +2 -1 - - -
National Defense Force +2 - -2 -1 -1 -1
Ba’ath Brigades +1 - -2 -1 -1 -1
Al-Nusra Front -1 -1 -1 - +3 -1
Quatar - - +1 - +1 -
Muhajirin wa-Ansar -1 - - - +1 -
Saudi Arabia - +1 - +1 +1 -
Fatah Halab -1 -1 -1 +2 - -
Ahrar ash Sham -1 - -1 +1 - -1
Al Tawheed -1 - -1 +1 - -1
Islamic Front -2 - -1 +2 - -1
Russia +2 - -2 - - -
Iran +1 - - - - -
Iraq +1 -2 - - -1 -
Hezbolah +1 - -1 - - -
Refugee crisis -1 +1 -1 +1 +1 -
Internet Propaganda - +2 - +1 +1 -
Cease Fire - - - - - -
LINKS
Syrian Civil War Wikipedia