The relationship between the two games only grows more distant from there.Īnd really, it does Red Flag a disservice to be compared too closely to Fort Sumter, not unlike a younger sibling who spent her upbringing on the receiving end of unflattering comparisons to an older brother, only to grow into a distinguished and qualified medical doctor who volunteers with inner-city youths and doesn’t wholly appreciate when she returns home for the holidays only for everybody to ask if she’s heard what Brian the bartender is up to. Each operates according to its own character: where influence in the political realm is fickle, cubes entrenched on the military side of the board must be pried out, by the tip of a bayonet if necessary. Here, however, those dimensions are further divided into military and political halves.

Both partition their map into “crisis dimensions,” spheres of conflict that frame the ongoing struggle by providing periodic bonus actions and victory points. In fact, it’s so far removed that the familial resemblance is limited to the cheekbones. From its earliest stages, Red Flag Over Paris proves that it’s no mere copycat of Fort Sumter.

Red flag game cards