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P.O. BOX 21598 | BAKERSFIELD, CA. 93390 | (661) 587-9633 PHONE | (661) 587-5031 FAX | [email protected] Place your order today while supplies last! Banana Wars: Us Intervention in The Caribbean 1898-1935. A two-player John Poniske design of US intervention in Latin-America. Caribbean nations were invaded, occupied, and sometimes native politicians deposed. Battles with native rebels were frequent. Protecting and promoting economic concerns lay at the root of US military intervention. Businesses such as the United Fruit Company and the Standard Fruit Company sought to control the Caribbean banana, sugar and tobacco trade. Our Doughboys became their enforcers. Banana Wars is a delightful “whack-a-mole” game in which the US player stamps out insurrections while the Insurrecto player creates an unending string of crises that exhausts their resources. Target Market • Early 20th Century history buffs Up-Sells & Cross-Sells • The Santiago Campaign (ST #258) Selling Points • Easy to play system • Great Value (boxed version would be $60 or more) Stock no •ST322 MSRP • $39.99 UPC Code • 092810300505 Contents • One 17 x 22 inch map • 80 counters • 55 playing cards • Magazine with historical background # 322: BANANA WARS: US INTERVENTION IN THE CARIBBEAN 1898-1935 William McKinley 01 U.S. Rebel 1 1 3/0 0/2 WAR OF 1000 DAYS BANANA BROTHELS Civil War within Colombia spilled over into its province of Panama. The U.S. acted to protect its interests. U.S. banana entrepreneurs create wild outposts of wealth in stark contrast to the poor conditions in which their workers live. Any country 50 U.S. Rebel 0/1 0/1 READINESS OPEN REBELLION Move 1 or 2 USA units from any one Latin American country. USA units may not Move to that country this turn. Remove 1 or 2 Rebels from anywhere on the map. For each one removed add 1AP to the country they occupied. 40 Herbert Hoover U.S. Rebel 7 7 2/0 2/0 CONSOLIDATION SANDINO VERSUS SOMOZA United Fruit buys out Honduras’ controlling fruit company, Cuyamel Fruit. United Fruit promotes a dictatorial conservative to head Honduras. Under General Augusto Sandino guerrilla activity increases in Nicaragua. Anastasio Somoza Garcia is promoted to head the U.S. led national guard and assassinates Sandino.
