Bloody Buna
(1979)
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, Movement Points, Simulation und Zone of Control...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 120 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | 3W (World Wide Wargames), Simulation Games |
| Designers: | Bob Latter |
| Artists: | David Green |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Movement Points, Simulation, Zone of Control |
"Bloody Buna" is a wargame simulation of the New Guinea Campaign which lasted from July 1942 through January 1943. The game actually consists of 4 different battles; The Milne Bay, High Water Mark, Bloody Buna and a campaign game linking the other three.
"Separate scenarios cover specific operations, whilst a campaign game recreates the entire struggle. Four different games in all."--Box.
"Game features special naval landing forces, bunkers, armored units, paratroop drops, invasions, attrition, airstrikes, and much more...180 counters represent the US, Australian and Japanese forces that took part."--Box.
For adults aged twelve and up.
Boxed Version Contains:
8-page rule book
1 map sheet (59 x 63 cm.) with two maps covering Port Moresby - Kokoda - Buna, and Milne Bay
1 sheet of 182 unit counters (including 2 blanks)
4 sheets of tables (Time Record track; Combat results tables; Anti-AFV table and Milne Bay set-up clarifications; Air superiority/Allied air scatter/Attrition tables)
1 die
Alternative names:
Bloody Buna
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