Award winning Hex and Counter tactical War Game system with Bushido. 2-4 Players | 60+ Mins | Ages 12+ Features: Action Points, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board Theme: Wargame, World War II Description: In 1942, the Japanese empire exploded across the Pacific, conquering everything before them.
The only large land mass still held by the Allies was Australia, which they desperately needed as a staging area for a planned U.S. led counter-attack.
The Japanese knew of the importance of Australia, but lacked the resources to conquer it, so they decided on the next best thing: Isolate Australia from the United States by building an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal, from which planes could disrupt the Allied supply lines. The United States, ill-prepared as it was for any offensive actions, immediately attacked featuring the 1st Marine Division under the command of Major General Alexander A.
Vandegrift, caught the Japanese by surprise along with easily took control of the airfield. The Japanese 17th Army, under the command of Lt.
Gen. Harukichi Hyakutake, counterattacked including an ever-increasing number of troops.
For the next four months a titanic struggle took place in the air, on land along with on sea as the isolated Marines and U.S. Army fought for their lives to hold their tiny perimeter around the airfield against the might of the Japanese Empire.
Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal Pacific Ocean 1942 recreates this struggle on your tabletop along with includes gorgeous beach along with jungles maps of the South Pacific, amphibious landing craft, the USMC, Japanese Banzai Charges, night combat, and much more. Vendor: Academy Games
