South China Sea 2017

South china sea scs provide integrated politicalmilitary simulation near future contention conflict south china sea player role china united states malaysia philippines vietnam simulate current political tension card play structured negotiation key real world event effort move needle unfortunately card great chance move needle chinese coast guard freedom navigation exercise likely trigger armed conflict happen play transition traditional hexandcounter format map scale nautical mile nmi hex turn hourssc derive break chain btc definitely different game differ scs begin political turn lead victory armed conflict armed conflict scs focus closely south china sea nmi hex large southeast asian region btc nmi hex use small unit air squadron ship pair land battalion scs map show detail territory scs employ streamlined version btcs turn structure strike mechanism expedite play dispense numerous cycle strike path sc nod ergonomic put score counter flipping important scs allow naval unit hex single turn include mechanism base stealth enable check multihex move create dynamic variable volatile environment adjustment allow quick move distance prevent closein ship jumping beat zone modern antiship cruise missile ascm nmi case turn option negotiation phase structure enhance political play desire.