The Vietnam War boardgame lets players assume control of the North Vietnamese Army and the US led South Vietname faction. Both players must compete for military domination of Vietnam.

The North Vietnamese led a larger army, though vastly inferior to the well equiped US forces. The player must manipulate the political field to hurt the US war effort within the US government and populace, plus garner additional support from the South Vietnamese populace and gain military support from the Soviet Union and China. Dare to expand the war into Laso and/or Cambodia to gain a tactical advantage.

The US player must win support for the war back stateside, while preventing Soviet or Chinese intervention from broadening the war. The US player must crush the North Vietnamese forces ro reunify the nation under non Communist led South Vietnam.