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Fire in the Lake: Sovereign of Discord
Requires:Fire in the Lake
Designed by Stephen Rangazas
Published by GMT Games
Expansion
Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach
Cities: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Community Snapshot
Medium complexity
60–180 min
8.3 on BGG (107)
Text-heavy
Categories
Since 2023, Fire in the Lake: Sovereign of Discord has captivated fans of area control and variable powers with its medium complexity design.
How It Plays
Area Majority / Influence
You're competing to have the most presence in key areas on the board — think of it like a friendly turf war.
Variable Phase Order
The order of game phases can change each round depending on player choices — keeps everyone on their toes.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has unique abilities that make their experience different — finding the best way to use yours is half the fun.
About This Game
Building off of Mark Herman and Volko Runke’s legendary game Fire in the Lake, the Sovereign of Discord Expansion provides a prequel to the events depicted in the base game, covering the years 1961-1963. The expansion allows players to see how the war escalated from an insurgency between ARVN and Viet Cong, assisted by the US and North Vietnam, to the eventual conventional interventions by North Vietnam and the United States at the start of the base game. New scenarios allow players to extend the game backward to 1961 right after the formation of the Viet Cong, or to 1963 during the tumultuous last year of the Diem regime.…
Source: BoardGameGeek