Back to Games
Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945 box art

Base game

Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945

Replay index

—

 

Published
1985
Players
1–2
Play time
60–6000 min
Reach
Niche
Evaluations
0
Themes:
NauticalWargameWorld War II
Mechanics:
Dice rollingSpatial puzzle

How it plays

No rules summary yet for this game.

Main mechanics explained

  • Dice rolling: Dice create swing and force you to adapt.
  • Spatial puzzle: Fitting shapes together efficiently is the challenge.
Full publisher description

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)

What players say

Loading…