Dai Senka 1943

Japanese children's 'wargame'. 1-4 players move from their starting spaces (2 as submarines, 2 as bombers) by die rolls, directed through a network of spaces by the number they roll, scoring points for the enemy ships they land on and 'sink'. With luck, one player can reach the victory space in the minimum of 5 moves.

The spaces in descending order are: Victory: 大戦果 Dai Senka / Big Battlefield 60 points: レキシントン USS Lexington (scuttled 8/5/1942, Battle of the Coral Sea) プリンスオブウェールズ HMS Prince of Wales (sunk 10/12/1941, off Malaya) 25 points: 甲巡 heavy cruiser 甲巡エクゼター HMS Exeter (sunk 27/2/1942, Battle of Java Sea) 甲巡 heavy cruiser 15 points: 乙巡 light cruiser 乙巡トロンプ型 HNLMS Tromp (severely damaged, 19-20/2/1942, Battle of Bandung Strait) 乙巡デロイテル HNLMS De Ruyter (sunk 27/2/1942, Battle of Java Sea) 乙巡ジャバ型 HNLMS Java (sunk 27/2/1942, Battle of Java Sea) 15 points: 特巡 merchant raider 乙巡 light cruiser 輸送船 transport ship