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Lightning: Midway – June 4th to June 6th, 1942

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2004 · 2-2 players · 30min · weight 1.74 · 337 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
11705
Name
Lightning: Midway – June 4th to June 6th, 1942
Year
2004
Rank
8755
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.7381
Num weights
42
Bayes avg
5.61309
Average
6.46264
Users rated
337
Num owned
609
Wanting
22
Wishing
65
Num comments
188
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Hand Management
Categories (4)
Aviation / FlightCard GameWargameWorld War II
Description (775 chars)

Two players step into the roles of opposing fleet commanders in this history based recreation of the famous World War II battle between US and Japanese forces. At stake is control of Midway Atoll in the Central Pacific. The US player must risk his navy's three carriers to try to keep it; the Japanese player must risk his four carriers to try to take it. The atoll and the aircraft carriers are each represented by their own card. Players throw reconnaissance cards to find and fix the enemy's location, then play other cards representing attacking squadrons. Some find their targets, others don't. Sometimes the enemy shows up over your fleet without warning. Everything often hinges - literally and figuratively - on the timely throw of one card. Lightning Game Series

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.