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CARRIER STRIKE FORCE: A Solitaire Game of Carrier Operations in the Pacific (1942-1945)
30–120m1p2015
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Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal
RSS (Rising Sun Simulations) · 1985
2180 min12+ yrs4.2/5 complexity8.0 BGG#17.224 BGG164CouplesStrategy
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How do you play Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal?
Carrier Battles includes the Basic, Advanced, and Optional rules for Carrier Battles, and Basic Game Rules for The Iron Samurai.
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Carrier Battles includes the Basic, Advanced, and Optional rules for Carrier Battles, and Basic Game Rules for The Iron Samurai.
"Carrier Battles, and its companion game, The Iron Samurai, are historical simulations of battles fought between air and surface forces of the Japanese and Allied fleets in the South Pacific during World War II. Carrier Battles covers the aircraft carrier operations in detail, while The Iron Samurai focuses on the surface actions . . . A selection of historical and hypothetical scenarios are included as well as a campaign game covering the series of surface and carrier battles which raged in the Solomons from August through November of 1942. In addition, guidelines for generating your own scenarios are included."
Clarification: The Iron Samurai was planned as a separate game with advanced rules, but was never published.
game anatomy
Complexity4.2 / 5
BGG rating8.0 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
180 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#17.224
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Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal is a aviation / flight game, for 2 players, taking ~180 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal support?
Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal take?
A game of Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal takes about 180 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal for?
Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal?
Carrier Battles: The Struggle for Guadalcanal has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 4.2 out of 5.
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