SERIES Leader Series
PUBLISHED 1991
DESIGNER Dan Verssen
DEVELOPER Gene Billingsley and Dan Verssen
ART DIRECTOR Rodger B. MacGowan
Rules Editor Gene Billingsley
Package Design Rodger B. MacGowan

Thunderbolt / Apache Leader is an exciting solitaire game that challenges you to command teams of A-10 Thunderbolt tank-busters and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters on battlefields around the world.

You select the best mix of aircraft, weapons, tactics, and crew to suppress air defenses, neutralize tank columns, pound troop concentrations, and duel helicopter gunships.

Game Components

Cards	110 full-color two-sided cards.
COUNTERS	300 full-color two-sided counters.
MAPS	One 22x17" full-color Combat Display
OTHER	One 10-sided die 20-page Rule Book Player Aid Cards: Sector Map, Pilot / Crew Experience Log, and Aircraft & Pilot Damage Chart

Game Features

Thunderbolt / Apache Leader is different every time you play. 17 Terrain Cards, 25 Target Cards, 15 Special Condition Cards and 14 Mission Event Cards combine to create hundreds of exciting missions in seven areas of the world.
In air-to-surface combat, you blast enemy targets with Mk82, Mk83 and Mk84 bombs, Maverick, Hellfires, and Rockeyes while a variety of defensive SAMs and AAA try to shoot you down.
Thunderbolt / Apache Leader includes AV-8B Harrier and AH-1 Cobras for air support.
Thunderbolt / Apache Leader is based on the popular Leader system used in Hornet Leader.

UNIT SCALE	Single AH-64 Apaches and A-10 Thunderbolts
NUMBER OF PLAYERS	One (two players can play as a team)
PLAYING TIME	15-25 minutes per mission. Campaign games vary from 45 minutes to 5 hours.