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Midway

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1991 · 2-2 players · 240min · weight 2.33 · 188 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
1373
Name
Midway
Year
1991
Rank
11617
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
240
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
240
Avg weight
2.3333
Num weights
24
Bayes avg
5.56585
Average
6.45824
Users rated
188
Num owned
643
Wanting
11
Wishing
37
Num comments
93
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Hexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment
Categories (3)
NauticalWargameWorld War II
Description (778 chars)

Very Similar to Guadalcanal. The basic idea is each player has their own map of the area (in this case the Midway Island) behind a screen. Each player "searches" for the enemy fleet by flying search planes to the hex and calling the hex number. Once found, bombers can be sent in to sink the enemy fleet. The actual attack is fought on a separate battle board where the ships are first placed on hexes and the attacking planes are placed in hexes to indicate which ship it is attacking. The basic game is very simple. But there are many additional rules which add realism (and complexity): CAP fighters, surface actions, bases, inaccurate search reports, etc. The game is superior with a neutral referee for true double blind play. 204 counters (5 of them are blanks)

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.