Operation Olympic: The Invasion of Japan 1 November 1945

1974 · BGG

Avg rating

6.25

Bayes rating

5.54

Weight

2.44 (Medium Light)

Players

1-2

Playtime

2 hr

Ratings count

142

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Description

Operation Olympic is a hypothetical simulation of the planned invasion of Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese Home Islands in November 1945. It was designed to secure a base of operations for the follow-up Operation Coronet, which was scheduled to be launched against the principal Home Island of Honshu in March 1946.

Units are regiments and brigades, hexes are 6.5 kilometers side to side, a game turn represents one week of real time. There are scenarios for solitaire and two-player games.

Published in Strategy & Tactics #45 (July-August 1974).




Mechanics

Dice Rolling Events Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Secret Unit Deployment Simulation Solo / Solitaire Game Zone of Control

Themes

Theme Alternate History World War II

Publishers

Decision Games (I) SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Jim Dunnigan