Invasion America (board wargame)

If, after a player's movement phase, any units are adjacent to an enemy piece, combat is resolved by calculating the ratio of attacker to defender strength and rolling a die.

[5] In 1978, SPI released a larger sequel, Objective Moscow, in which the tables are turned and the Soviet Union is invaded by a coalition composed of NATO, China and Iran.

Vasey started by noting that the Americans seemed to be on the back foot throughout the game, saying, "Once ashore with a fast deployment by mechanised troops the Aggressors by means of encirclements and secondary landings could chew up the US forces.

"[7] In the April 1976 edition of Airfix Magazine, Bruce Quarrie called it "an intriguing fantasy game based on a set of historical hypotheses."

"[8] In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer noted, "The hypothesis is fanciful, but it gives an excellent excuse for a modern war fought over a giant multi-coloured map of the continent."

He noted "Some problems with play balance, as the defence (realistically enough) can maintain almost permanent air superiority by basing their planes well inland."

"[9] In Issue 16 of The Space Gamer, Tony Van Lien commented that "For those of us who are into holocaust, Invasion: America, by Simulations Publications Inc. is the game we've been waiting for."

He called the then-new "untried unit" rule "a simple and very playable system that adds greatly to the feel of the fog of war in the game."

Although Van Lien liked the simplicity of the rules, he was disappointed that there was no scenario that involved an invasion force crossing the Bering Strait.

"[11] In a retrospective review in Issue 11 of Simulacrum, Luc Olivier called this "a fun game to play" with simple rules, "amounting to only a few pages, standard for the period and very easy to learn."

Olivier found the invasion scenarios the most interesting "because they need a real analysis about where to land for the three invaders, and what to do afterwards to get all necessary victory points to win."