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ABOUT THE GAME Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War is a grand tactical combat simulation on the Cold War battlefield. As the force Commander, you will plan and then issue orders and Standard Operating Procedures to your battalion, brigade, or regimental forces, shaping the fight by maneuver and your intent. Your forces will engage the enemy in rendered real-world map locations. Each hex is 500m of militarily significant terrain on maps covering 20km x 15km or greater locations across the German area of battle. Each battle can last 4 to 24 hours of in-game time. Your troops will meet their foes at any time of day and in any realistic weather conditions. THE BIGGEST FLASHPOINT CAMPAIGNS EVER This latest entry into the iconic Flashpoint Campaigns series features the largest number of Cold War scenarios and campaigns, encompassing the highest number of nations ever included in a single new game release. In addition, for the first time in this series, it includes Air Assault as well as other new features described below. The game's engine is based on asynchronous WEGO turns. Players issue orders and then watch a variable amount of time unfold on the battlefield. They then issue or adjust orders to react to what has happened as they execute their battle plan to outmaneuver and outthink their enemy's battle plan. REALISTIC COMBAT SIMULATION Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War is a deep simulation of combat operations where forces are arranged in maneuver units of companies, platoons, and sections of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, infantry squads and teams, recon forces, engineers, air-defense and anti-tank systems, helicopters, and more. As the Commander, the player must use available off-map assets like long-range artillery, rockets, or airstrikes as force multipliers in the battle