Child Soldier (1942)
Playtime: 0
Min. Age: 0
Players: 2 - 5
Publisher: Asahi Shimbun
Designers: Unknown
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Roll / Spin and Move
Min. Age: 0
Players: 2 - 5
Publisher: Asahi Shimbun
Designers: Unknown
Artists: Unknown
Mechanics: Roll / Spin and Move
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This is a WWII roll-and-move game that encouraged Japanese children to think of potential military roles.
Five children are shown in the lower right, and each one follows a distinct training path through the many images of military life shown on the board, leading to one of five service branches: Infantry, Artillery, Signals, Armor and Air Force. The winner is the first player to complete training in their chosen branch.
The game included in an edition a children's magazine published by the Asahi Shimbun media empire. The back of the game sheet shows other pages of the magazine, and there are center staple holes showing that it was a centerfold pull-out.
The absence of any naval roles shows that this game was army-sponsored, and illustrates the deep divide between Japan's land and sea forces at the time.
—user summary
Five children are shown in the lower right, and each one follows a distinct training path through the many images of military life shown on the board, leading to one of five service branches: Infantry, Artillery, Signals, Armor and Air Force. The winner is the first player to complete training in their chosen branch.
The game included in an edition a children's magazine published by the Asahi Shimbun media empire. The back of the game sheet shows other pages of the magazine, and there are center staple holes showing that it was a centerfold pull-out.
The absence of any naval roles shows that this game was army-sponsored, and illustrates the deep divide between Japan's land and sea forces at the time.
—user summary
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