- Two 32″x22″ strategic maps
- 11″x17″ tactical map
- 420 game counters
- 12-page scenario book
Product Description
Strike South is a Second World War at
Sea series game based on this bold Japanese aggression. There are 140
“long” playing pieces, depicting the major fleet units of both sides:
battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers and fleet destroyers. There are also
280 square playing pieces, half the size of the ship pieces, mostly depicting
aircraft but also smaller warships and markers.
The two operational maps depict the South China Sea and the
East Indies, including all the major ports and airbases. The area covered
stretches from Formosa on the north to Australia on the South. The maps overlap
with that from Eastern Fleet on the west edge, and stretch to New Guinea on the
east.
Strike South includes 15 scenarios, or game situations,
re-creating the battles and campaigns that took place in these waters. Eight of
these are “battle scenarios,” useful for learning the combat system or for a
quick game of 30 minutes or less.
The other seven are operational scenarios. Players form
their ships into fleets, and plot their movement across the operational map.
When contact is made between fleets, play moves to the tactical map to resolve
combat. The scenario instructions give each side a set of specific tasks that
must be accomplished to win the game: launch amphibious invasions, escort troop
convoys, bombard key enemy positions, or seek and destroy enemy fleets. These
tasks are the same ones given to the admirals on the spot.
The scenarios give each player varied and difficult tasks.
The Japanese player usually has more and stronger forces, but is under a very
stressful timetable and has been given a very aggressive set of objectives. The
Allied player faces divided command and weak forces, which must carefully strike
at just the proper moment.
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