Customer Support
Subscribe
.png?ts=1753705835)
.png?ts=1753705897)
Leave a review!
Share your experiences with other customers.
Skip image gallery
20.01
%
Sold Out
Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan, 1941-1945 (2nd Edition)
Product number:
GMT2114
Manufacturer:
GMT Games
In 1985, Victory Games published Pacific War. Reviewers at the time (for example, Fred Hellferich in his Fire and Movement review) felt this design set the standard for an operational/ strategic simulation of this globe spanning conflict. Over the last 35 years this game's reputation has grown, with several failed efforts to get it back into print. Now that this design has finally come home (to GMT Games), I am here to tell you that this is the end of that publishing journey.
Pacific War is a Strategic wargame that takes you from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the climatic summer of 1945. . . from Australia to China. . .from Burma to Hawaii. . .from the defense of Wake Island through the invasion of Guadalcanal, culminating in the desperate battles to defend the Japanese Home Islands.
For the first time in a Pacific Theater game, size, subtlety, and ease of play has come together in a game of sharp action and historical accuracy.
Pacific War is a game of limitless challenge and excitement for anyone ever fascinated with the fury and vastness of the war in the Pacific. The game includes over 2000 counters that represent individual capital ships, cruiser divisions, destroyer squadrons, aircraft groups, and land units ranging from battalions to division to corps, with all units individually rated based on their historic performance.
At its core, Pacific War's game system allows you to fight detailed carrier strikes (sequential and simultaneous) with night surface naval actions (float planes, gunfire, and torpedo salvos) integrated with large scale ground offensives on the Asian mainland (e.g., Malaya, Burma, and China) and of course amphibious invasions (e.g., Java, Guadalcanal, and Leyte). If you are looking for a detailed and interactive operational simulation of the War in the Pacific, this is the game for you!
Contents:
Pacific War is a Strategic wargame that takes you from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the climatic summer of 1945. . . from Australia to China. . .from Burma to Hawaii. . .from the defense of Wake Island through the invasion of Guadalcanal, culminating in the desperate battles to defend the Japanese Home Islands.
For the first time in a Pacific Theater game, size, subtlety, and ease of play has come together in a game of sharp action and historical accuracy.
Pacific War is a game of limitless challenge and excitement for anyone ever fascinated with the fury and vastness of the war in the Pacific. The game includes over 2000 counters that represent individual capital ships, cruiser divisions, destroyer squadrons, aircraft groups, and land units ranging from battalions to division to corps, with all units individually rated based on their historic performance.
At its core, Pacific War's game system allows you to fight detailed carrier strikes (sequential and simultaneous) with night surface naval actions (float planes, gunfire, and torpedo salvos) integrated with large scale ground offensives on the Asian mainland (e.g., Malaya, Burma, and China) and of course amphibious invasions (e.g., Java, Guadalcanal, and Leyte). If you are looking for a detailed and interactive operational simulation of the War in the Pacific, this is the game for you!
Contents:
2 Mounted Map Boards
1 Paper Map
10 Full-color Countersheets
1 Rules Booklet
1 Background Booklet
3 Scenario Booklets
2 Player Screens
2 Force Displays
1 Operation Display
1 Pad of Record Sheets
2 Ten-sided Dice
1 Paper Map
10 Full-color Countersheets
1 Rules Booklet
1 Background Booklet
3 Scenario Booklets
2 Player Screens
2 Force Displays
1 Operation Display
1 Pad of Record Sheets
2 Ten-sided Dice
Ages: 14+
Players: 2
Game Length: 180-6000 minutes
Login or Create an Account
Login
* Required Fields
4 reviews
GMT Knocks it out of the Park
A simply beautiful reprint by GMT of a game originally printed by Victory Games in 1985 - Pacific War is a masterpiece by Mark Herman. There are no fewer than 4 levels of scenarios, going from the 20-minute resolution of the attack on Pearl Harbor, all the way up to 5 different strategic scenarios, and ultimately (if you should ever dare) the complete Pacific War, from the initial Japanese operations to seize valuable resource locations, all the way to the U.S. dropping the A-bombs, and forcing the surrender of Japan. Mark Herman's design involves a marvelous, telescoping system of activities, wherein play at the highest level involves task forces of unknown composition moving in danger of being revealed by reconnaissance aircraft and turns lasting days or weeks. Once contact is established, things zoom down to allow closer inspection of forces, and turns representing shorter and shorter periods of time. GMT has done a fantastic job with this monster of components, that still allows tense play for a few hours or less, in the smaller scenarios. it's all here, the entire Pacific War, presented in bite-sized pieces, and it could take an entire lifetime to enjoy it all. There is simply no better bang for your wargaming buck than Pacific War.
April 22, 2022 8:07 PM
Monstrous
I do wonder how many people will ever play the full campaign version of this giant game. Fortunately there are smaller scenarios included so you can still utilize all the great components.
April 13, 2022 9:21 PM
Amazing Game with Many Options
Pacific War allows you to recreate all the battles of the Pacific War. The rulebooks are designed in a way that allows you to play in a modular system. There are 4 scenario types that involve various phases of the full system. It's meant to be played in a single battle or campaign mode, but not the full war. There are a few scenario that are for the full war, although not recommended as the playing time could be hundreds of hours to complete. Great game though!
April 13, 2022 8:43 PM
It’s a lot of game
So I ordered this 10 pound game from Miniature Market and am not disappointed. The game is really multiple games in one. Each scenario builds upon the last one in complexity. Solitaire ratings are low but you can play it solitaire. Iproduction quality is excellent.
April 13, 2022 6:37 PM
create.description