{"product_id":"war-in-the-wind-the-battle-of-attu-island-1943","title":"War in the Wind - The Battle of Attu island 1943 Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn June 1942, forces of the Japanese Northern Army occupied Attu Island as part of its Midway campaign. Attu, at the far western end of the Aleutian Archipelago, was American soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May 1943, American forces landed on Attu to liberate it. They were unprepared for the tenacity of the Japanese defenders along with the brutality of the environmental conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was expected to be a week-long clean-up exercise became a month-long, nose-to-nose meat-grinder whose casualty levels would not be exceeded until Iwo Jima. War in the Wind is a low-to-moderate complexity game (roughly eight pages of rules) depicting the brutal combat as well as conditions on Attu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe design focuses on the challenges faced by the American forces in the form of extremely variable weather conditions as well as logistical hurdles posed by nearly insurmountable terrain. The Japanese must use these conditions to their advantage in order to survive the overwhelming American numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the campaign game covering the entire battle, War in the Wind also includes three smaller scenarios focusing on separate phases of the battle. Game Scale: Turn: 1 day Hex: 400 yards \/ 366 meters Units: Platoon to Company Game Inventory: One 22 x 34\" full-color mapsheet Two dual-side printed countersheets (324 9\/16\" counters - includes 42 blanks) One 20-page War in the Wind rules booklet Two dual-side printed Player Aid cards Three 10-sided dice Complexity: Medium Solitaire Suitability: High Players: 1 or more Playing Time: 1-10 Hours Vendor: Compass Games\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COMPASS GAMES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48015314190553,"sku":"WARWIND","price":107.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8771\/4265\/files\/VR_WARWIND_1_bf5d7975-9295-4597-bafd-91e3f8ab16be.jpg?v=1771991406","url":"https:\/\/www.supergamers.com.au\/products\/war-in-the-wind-the-battle-of-attu-island-1943","provider":"SuperGamers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}