Battle for Guadalcanal

Battle for Guadalcanal 1998

5.8 /10
BGG rating
2.3
Weight
1–2
Players
2
Best at
180
Minutes
0
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About the Game

Published in Japan, but sold briefly as a ziplock in the US at the Origins convention, this is a wargame of the crucial October battles at Guadalcanal. In fact, the game's subtitle is "Bloody October."

Game includes a Masahiro Yamazaki map of Henderson Field and the surrounding area done in a somewhat stylized manner. There are 264 counters including several surface ships and planes. The Japanese rules are twenty pages of 8.5 x 11, done in a sepia tone. including some advertisements for the Japanese edition of Command magazine. The English rules are sixteen black and white xeroxed pages, also 8.5 x 11 unbound, although two sided and perfectly readable.

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Also known as
Michael Scott Smith's Bloody October
BGG ratings
3
BGG data
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