Pearl Harbor: The War Against Japan, 1941-1945

1977 · BGG

Avg rating

5.75

Bayes rating

5.50

Weight

3.20 (Medium Heavy)

Players

2-7

Playtime

3 hr

Ratings count

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Description

"Pearl Harbor: The War Against Japan, 1941-1945"

"A board-wargame simulation of the Pacific and Asian Theaters of World War II, at the strategic level. Simulated are the major political, military, and economic events of the war from 1941 through 1945, as Japan fought the United States for mastery of East Asia and the Pacific. Two scenarios and a campaign game chart the course of the war."

Data for Second (boxed) edition 1979:
1 large map; 3.5 countersheets; 840 counters.
Map and Time Scale: 200km/hx; 3 months/turn.
Land units are corps and armies; naval units are multi-ship formations.
Source: Text on the Sides of the Box, and (for time scale) a BGG review.



Mechanics

Alliances Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Negotiation Ratio / Combat Results Table Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game Secret Unit Deployment Simulation Team-Based Game Trading Zone of Control

Themes

Aviation / Flight Nautical Theme Alternate History World War II

Publishers

Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games)

Designers

John Prados