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Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945

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1985 · 1-2 players · 6000min · weight 4.51 · 658 ratings

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ID
5622
Name
Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945
Year
1985
Rank
3607
Min players
1
Max players
2
Playing time
6000
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
6000
Avg weight
4.51
Num weights
100
Bayes avg
5.93269
Average
7.68438
Users rated
658
Num owned
2035
Wanting
29
Wishing
224
Num comments
340
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation
Categories (3)
NauticalWargameWorld War II
Description (1213 chars)

Pacific War is a strategic wargame that takes players from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the climactic summer of 1945... from Australia to China, from Burma to Hawaii... from the defense of Wake Island to the Guadalcanal campaign to the massive actions fought in desperate defense of the Japanese homeland. For the first time in a Pacific Theater game, size, subtlety, and ease of play have come together in a game of sharp action and historical accuracy. Players can become familiar with the layered Pacific War systems in the solitaire Engagement Scenarios, fighting their way through increasinly panoramic Battle, Campaign, and Strategic two-player and multi-player Scenarios. Building on the game's basic maneuver and combat systems, players learn to conduct strategic bombing, merchant shipping attition, search and detection, amphibious assaults, and extensive Operations whose duration and cost they determine themselves. Pacific War is a source of limitless challenge and excitement for every gamer ever fascinated with the vastness and fury of the Pacific Campaigns. The entry for the reprint by GMT Games can be found here: Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Second Edition)

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