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Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945
Pacific War is a strategic wargame that takes players from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the climactic summer of 1945... from Australia to China, from Burma to Hawaii... from the defense of Wake Island to the Guadalcanal campaign to the massive actions fought in desperate defense of the Japanese homeland.
What is Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945
Pacific War is a strategic wargame that takes players from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the climactic summer of 1945... from Australia to China, from Burma to Hawaii... from the defense of Wake Island to the Guadalcanal campaign to the massive actions fought in desperate defense of the Japanese homeland.
For the first time in a Pacific Theater game, size, subtlety, and ease of play have come together in a game of sharp action and historical accuracy. Players can become familiar with the layered Pacific War systems in the solitaire Engagement Scenarios, fighting their way through increasinly panoramic Battle, Campaign, and Strategic two-player and multi-player Scenarios. Building on the game's basic maneuver and combat systems, players learn to conduct strategic bombing, merchant shipping attition, search and detection, amphibious assaults, and extensive Operations whose duration and cost they determine themselves.
Pacific War is a source of limitless challenge and excitement for every gamer ever fascinated with the vastness and fury of the Pacific Campaigns.
The entry for the reprint by GMT Games can be found here: Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Second Edition)
Game details
- Players
- 1–2
- Age
- +16
- Duration
- 6000 min
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 1985
- Mechanics
- Dice Rolling · Hexagon Grid · Simulation
- Categories
- Nautical · Wargame · World War II
- Designer
- Mark Herman
- Publisher
- Victory Games (I) · Hobby Japan
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Pensado para jugar sus escenarios, el juego realmente brilla, en su campaña. La forma como el tiempo se estira y encoge en las operaciones es una mecánica espectacular y única, y la incertidumbre que se crea en cada operación, sin saber si avanzas al desastre o la victoria decisiva, crea una clima de tensión, y de toma de decisiones único. Thought to play his scenenarys, the game really shines, in his campaign game. The form the time stretches and shrinks in the operations is an spectacular and unique mechanic, and the uncertainty created in every operation, without knowing if you advance to
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How many players is Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945 for?
Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945 plays with 1–2 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 6000 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 16.
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