It Started Here

The First Fight of Many

It Started Here LZ X-Ray is a simulation of the air assault by the 1-7 Air Cavalry Battalion into the Ia Drang Valley in mid-November of 1965.  This platoon level game tells the story of the Air Cav’s desperate fight for survival against the overwhelming strength of three North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regiments.  This newly revised edition comes complete with new maps, counters and updated rules.  Test your strategies and outthink your opponent, using infantry platoons, machine gun sections, mortar batteries, and helicopter sections in furious jungle warfare.  
 

Note: If you have purchased Brothers By My Side from the current LnLP Store, we will provide you a FREE Print and Play edition that can be downloaded from your order history from the LnLP Store.    

Print On Demand Edition: The Print On Demand Edition includes full color printed, manual, player aid cards, large maps, counter sheets printed on sticker paper and chipboard sheets for easy mounting and cutting.  The Print and Play edition is included for free with our Print On Demand Edition.  

Print and Play Edition: The Print and Play Edition is available as a downloadable Print and Play files that can be printed in both US Letter and A4 paper sizes.  Our Print and Play Edition includes individual files for the manual, player aid cards, counters and smaller multi-part maps for home printers and larger map files that can be printed at a local print shop.  You may select to purchase only Print and Play Edition and reduce the price of the game under the Available Options on the product page. 

Requirements: Two six-sided dice are required to play this game.  This game contains some previously released material from Brothers By My Side and Line of Fire.  No other product is required to play this game.