White Ensign / Rising Sun: The Raid in Ceylon

Moments in History · 1997

23.0/5 complexity5.7 BGGKidsCouplesStrategy

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How do you play White Ensign / Rising Sun: The Raid in Ceylon?

(from the rules:) White Ensign/Rising Sun (WERS) covers the Japanese raid on Ceylon under Vice-Admiral Nagumo into the Indean Ocean in April 1942. This raid sank and destroyed shipping in the Bay (including the British carrier Hermes) and destroyed targets in and around Ceylon.

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White Ensign / Rising Sun: The Raid in Ceylon box art

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(from the rules:)

White Ensign/Rising Sun (WERS) covers the Japanese raid on Ceylon under Vice-Admiral Nagumo into the Indean Ocean in April 1942. This raid sank and destroyed shipping in the Bay (including the British carrier Hermes) and destroyed targets in and around Ceylon.

It is based on Norway 1940: The Kriegsmarine Strikes.

Components:

2 22x34" game maps
176 counters
rules booklet
4 player aid sheats
four roster sheets

This game comes in a zip-locked (non-boxed) version.

Republished in Command Magazine Japan #12 in 1997.

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Complexity3.0 / 5

BGG rating5.7 / 10

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