[JohnPaulB]

Santa Ana, California 1978 High School senior, springtime.
A school acquaintance introduced it to my friends. I had played a little bit of ACW tabletop wargaming, so I was aware of chits and hexes.

He showed us how to play, but without the rulebook. So for weeks, we were playing it with just what we remembered.

There were a number of gaming stores in a 50 mile radius that mostly had D&D and LOTS of miniatures in display cases. I don't recall blister packs then.