is a standalone expansion for the real-time strategy (RTS) game Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath , developed by G5 Software . Set in a terrifying "what-if" timeline, it explores a world where the 1962 diplomatic standoff failed, plunging humanity into a nuclear winter. The World of 1967
: Strategic combat is complicated by radioactive contamination zones that directly impact the performance of troops and equipment. Historical Context vs. Fiction
: Players manage resource centers and move "battle groups" on a global theater map in turn-based mode before diving into real-time tactical combat.
In reality, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended in October 1962 when the USSR agreed to remove missiles from Cuba in exchange for a US pledge not to invade the island and the secret removal of US missiles from Turkey. Ice Crusade serves as a grim exploration of the consequences if "cooler heads" had not prevailed. Availability