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Operation Shoestring: The Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942
240m1–4p1990
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Starvation Island
Multi-Man Publishing · 2010
2120 min12+ yrs2.1/5 complexity6.2 BGG275CouplesStrategy
⚡ short answer
How do you play Starvation Island?
Starvation Island is a re-implementation of The Decisive Battle Guadalcanal which appeared in Japanese hobby magazine Game Journal back in 2001. This time around it's a magazine game.
To find the best price for Starvation Island, howtoplay.ro compares deals from Romanian shops every day.
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Starvation Island is a re-implementation of The Decisive Battle Guadalcanal which appeared in Japanese hobby magazine Game Journal back in 2001. This time around it's a magazine game. One of the major changes from the Japanese edition is that instead of a hex based map, you now have an area based map, and the rules are in English as opposed to Japanese.
A game on the Guadalcanal battles in Operations Special Magazine #3 by Multi-Man Publishing.
(as per information in MMP company folder on Consimworld)
game anatomy
Complexity2.1 / 5
BGG rating6.2 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
120 min
Players
2
Recommended age
12+ yrs
from Trișache · verified
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Q3How do you play Starvation Island?
Starvation Island is a wargame game, for 2 players, taking ~120 minutes, featuring area majority / influence. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Starvation Island — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Starvation Island support?
Starvation Island is played by 2 players.
Q5How long does a game of Starvation Island take?
A game of Starvation Island takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Starvation Island for?
Starvation Island is recommended from age 12.
Q7How complex is Starvation Island?
Starvation Island has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.1 out of 5.
Right now, none of the shops we track sells Starvation Island new.
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