Description

Desert Carnage: The Second Battle of Nanawa, July 1933 covers the three day battle between Bolivia and Paraguay during the long Chaco War. The Chaco War remains the only declared war among South American nations in the 20th Century. In brief, Bolivia wanted access to the Atlantic, and de-manded Paraguay cede territory. The earlier discoveries of minerals and oil by Shell and Standard Oil prompted both companies to pursue these objectives in concordance with the Bolivian government through the Chaco desert area. For Bolivia, access to the Atlantic would allow pro-jected oil pipelines to the Paraguay River to be built and allow for com-merce.

The three day battle ended with the Bolivians surrounding but failing to seize Nanawa due to growing Paraguayan resistance (the Bolivians had no reserves), eventually both sides returned to their starting positions by the end of the third day. Can you do as well or better?

Each hex is 250 yards across. An AFV or aircraft unit represents one vehiclemachine, all others, unless noted, are company sized units (about 150 men). Each turn represents 8 hours of time, from July 4 to 7, 1933.

Each copy of Desert Carnage is composed of the following:

Two 11 by 17 inch hex maps
350 single sided, un-mounted counters
One Players' Aid Sheet
9 pages of rules

Desert Carnage is designed by Perry Moore, developed by Paul Rohrbaugh, and features graphics by Ilya Kudriashov.