Fulcrum Leader is a solitaire tactical game which depicts the conventional Soviet air campaign against NATO in Europe during the Cold War era. The game covers the crucial decades from 1970s to 1990s as opposing forces faced each other down in a game of nuclear brinkmanship, with featured aircraft including the MiG-29 Fulcrum, MiG-23/27 Flogger, MiG-21 Fishbed, MiG-25 Foxbat, Su-27 Flanker, Su-24 Fencer and Su-17 Fitter.
In Fulcrum Leader, you will need to select the right combination of aircraft in your regiment in order to successfully carry out the different missions which your pilots will execute. You will be faced with the same type of decision-making and risk-taking experienced by Soviet air regimental commanders.
This game adds new aspects of Soviet air operations such as enhanced radio-electric combat, ground controlled intercepts (GCI), and the ever-present political officer watching over your shoulders, the Zampolit. You will need to manage the capability of your pilots, weigh the advantages and disadvantages of your aircraft, use your zampolit to manage your superiors, and avoid the ignoble fate of being sent off to a re-education facility in Kamchatka.
The core game contains 336 cards and 704 counters, including:
207 x Aircraft cards
MiG-21bis Fishbed-N
MiG-23ML Flogger-G
MiG-27 Flogger-J
MiG-29 Fulcrum-A (USSR / Bulgaria / Czechoslovakia / DDR / Poland / Romania)
MiG-29 Fulcrum-C
Su-17M Fitter
Su-24 Fencer
Su-27 Flanker
5 x Squadron Asset cards
MiG-25RB/RBV Foxbat-B
MiG-25RBSh Foxbat-D
MiG-25BM Foxbat-F
Su-25 Frogfoot
18 x Support Aircraft cards
Yak-28PP Brewer-E
Tu-126 Moss
A-50 Mainstay
9 x Ground Control Intercept cards
45 x Target cards
36 x Event cards
16 x Zampolit cards
In addition, the core box includes:
11 x Campaign sheets
3 x Player Help sheets
1 x Airbase Squadron Control sheet
1 x Player Log sheet
1 x Tactical Display board
1 x Rulebook
—description from the publisher