Islamic State: The Syria War (2018)

Some stalls, some fits and starts…

Posted to BGG:

What are the DAESH combat support units please?
Which units are the 12 AQ units?
Which units are SAA?
Why are some units marked XX combat facotr 3 and some X combat factor 3 i.e. #16 and the TAS unit?
DAESH have different backs. when placing for setup does back matter? If so should these be placed randomly?

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218557/islamic-state-syria-war

Now the good news is, the rest of the rules appear to read and flow well. But I’m a bit stumped by unit identifications and bits and bobs. Perhaps I’m getting slow in the dottage as they say!!!

This games predecessor had a very quick play model and was straight forward also. Though it was easy for the USA to simply smash and grab for the win that I saw. I’m assuming based on what I am reading here, with Leader captures, Snatch and Grabs by SOF, US facing off against Russia and the System playing the DAESH / AQ via chit pull actions that this will play markedly different.
Lets hope so.