{"product_id":"carrier-battle-philippine-sea","title":"Carrier Battle Philippine Sea Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea\" is a solitaire simulation of the largest carrier battle in history, fought during the invasion of Saipan (June, 1944). As the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecommander, you maneuver your task forces as well as conduct air searches in a tension-packed contest to find the Japanese carriers before they locate and attack yours. Simple game mechanics control Japanese movement and determine the timing and strengths of their attacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou will not know that a Japanese air strike is headed your way until it is detected by radar along with you scramble your fighters to intercept. The game has a total of nine scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour learning scenarios take you through the rules by programmed instruction using slices of the real battle. The other five are full-scale, fully replayable games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese include one-day scenarios for each day of the action, a two-day scenario for the whole battle, a hypothetical scenario presuming different US plans, and a hypothetical scenario in which Midway was never fought along with the Japanese come armed with the full Pearl Harbor striking force. Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea is based on Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign 1942-1943 (Victory Games, 1990) but is a new, standalone wargame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVendor: Compass Games\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COMPASS GAMES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48015930720473,"sku":"195893737666","price":159.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8771\/4265\/files\/VR_195893737666_1_4d2ad3fa-bd37-41fd-a989-2c2ab74ff3df.jpg?v=1771996250","url":"https:\/\/www.supergamers.com.au\/products\/carrier-battle-philippine-sea","provider":"SuperGamers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}