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Zurmat is two player tactical war game set during a American-Taliban conflict in 2008 . In a remote, dusty farm district, under the shadows of the mighty Hindu-Kush mountains dividing Afghanistan from Pakistan, an American infantry company arrives to take its turn trying to tame the wild frontier. As the sun melts away the snow, the Taliban begin to emerge from their caves and safe havens, eager to test the newcomers mettle. This is counterinsurgency at the lowest level, where Sergeant's decisions carry grave weight on the entire deployment. This is Zurmat in 2008. Zurmat is a two-player game pitting the Coalition forces of the Afghan army and police along with their American partners against the entrenched Taliban. Players will add either influence or decoy discs face-down to the modular tiles each month-long turn until the winter snows end operations. Then each player chooses an action and/or card to play. Using an escalating