Fire in the Lake

This is where I’ll be collating and playthrough episodes of Fire in the Lake: R1: Henry Cabot Lodge R2: LRRP « Back to Posts 1st Dec 2025

What am I even doing? This game is massive and complex and I had enough trouble writing about my playthrough of Vantage. But I will do my best, I have the Tru’ng bot to play against, and some software that someone wrote to help process the spaces when I get lost. I shuffled up the pivotal event cards to choose which faction I should play, and ended up with the Viet Cong. ...

Round 2 Current Event: LRRP US VC ARVN NVA On Deck Event: Coup! Nguyen Cao Ky The first event is LRRP. This is the background the game gives on this event: Veteran or specially trained forces often augmented with Vietnamese irregulars usually carried out Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols into enemy territory. The Studies and Observation Group or SOG was the ground element of the US air war against the Ho Chi Minh Trail as illustrated by Project Tiger that spotted for and marked enemy trail activity for prosecution by US air assets. ...

I have started a playthrough of Fire in the Lake as the Viet Cong! You can read about it here « Back to Posts 30th Nov 2025