Demian's Gamebook Web Page

Item - The Vietnam War

Please log in to manage your collection or post a review.

Item-Level Details

User Summary: You can experience the Vietnam war as a U.S. Marine, as a young Vietnamese man who is being forced to choose a side in the war, or as a young American man who has to choose between being drafted or opposing the war.
Guillermo's Thoughts:

I found the historical material presented in this book very interesting. I also appreciated the fact that it strives to be neutral about the conflict it describes, and that it succeeds at it most of the time (I have serious doubts a gamebook which so openly questioned the U.S.'s role in Vietnam would have been approved for American publication back in the eighties). However, the book suffers from the same flaws as many other You Choose historical entries: the three adventures presented are way too short to be of much substance, and the choices are just an excuse to lazily paste together a series of disjointed events instead of providing an engaging gameplay experience. Considering the author is responsible for the decent World War II Spies, this really should have been a whole lot better.

More reviews by Guillermo

Special Thanks:Thanks to Guillermo Paredes for the cover image.

You Choose: Interactive Modern History Adventures edition


Series: You Choose: Interactive Modern History Adventures
Item: The Vietnam War
Author: Burgan, Michael
Length: 112 pages
Number of Endings: 18

Please log in to manage your collection or post a review.