1942
(1978)
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, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Simulation und Zone of Control...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 120 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games), Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社) |
| Designers: | Marc W. Miller |
| Artists: | Sawshun Yamagushi |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Simulation, Zone of Control |
"Japan's Opening Moves in the Pacific - The simultaneous operations against Malaya, Java, and the Philippines." Map hexes are 85 nautical miles across, each turn equals one half a month, and units are brigade through regiment scale.
One of GDW's Series 120 games, a line of introductory wargames spanning various historical eras. The games in the series had 120 counters and were supposed to be playable in 120 minutes or less, hence the name.
Republished in Command Magazine Japan #57 in 2004, along with Minsk '41.
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1942
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