Flat Top
(1977)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Events, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Hidden Movement, Line of Sight, Movement Points, Paper-and-Pencil, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation und Variable Set-up...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 360 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | The Avalon Hill Game Co, Battleline |
| Designers: | S. Craig Taylor |
| Artists: | Rodger B. MacGowan |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Events, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Hidden Movement, Line of Sight, Movement Points, Paper-and-Pencil, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation, Variable Set-up |
Flat Top is a board wargame of high complexity that covers the battles of the Solomon Seas between the United States and Japan in 1942. It is very well researched and covers all aspects of naval and air combat as it existed in 1942. The system depicts weather, air searches, air combat, surface combat, carrier operations, submarines, air bases, supplies, and much more. The game requires intense planning and searching since movement is covert and the map is huge.
The units are individual ships and submarines with each air point representing three aircraft. Hexes are twenty miles, and each turn represents one hour.
The game includes thirteen hundred counters, 4 maps to create a 44" x 28" map of the South Pacific, four Allied/Japanese operations cards, three player aid cards and two log sheets.
First edition Battle Line has two counter card sheets containing 800 counters.
Alternative names:
Flat Top
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