Another COIN game - A Distant Plain

First outing for A Distant Plain on Sunday evening against my Dad (is there any better way to spend ones time ?) .
Whilst it has of course the 'standard' COIN system once again the protagonists and the card events are all different enough to make it a fresh experience.
Coalition are akin to US/France in other games, Government like ARVN and Taliban like VC/FLN, but all of course with some twists in operations and special activites
The Warlord faction is very different (I assume akin to Cartels in Andyan Abyss or Cuba Libre ?) being an essentially armed criminal enterprise.
They have unique (to me) dual victory condition needing to keep the population out of both Government and Taliban control but at same time building Resources (ie cold hard cash) up to a fairly high level (40+).
Took me a while to get head around how to play them as how do you husband resources whilst spending to do other stuff !
Another interesting spin in the 2 player game is that the Coalition can be paired with the Government (as we did) or the Warlords, leaving the Taliban and Government to 'marry' up.
I thought this very strange but having played I can see why as several times various Operations by one Ally royally 'screwed' the other.
Must give this one a try 4 player at some stage.


Very poor quality pics as lighting just not enough for camera phone to utilise.