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Guadalcanal
is a five-turn introduction to the naval system. Do not think that a
short game isn't fun. This is a chess game. The
text is presented as it is in the rules book or the official
errata. My remarks, insightful commentary, and opinions will appear
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24.2.2
Guadalcanal
~ The tide turns: May/Jun 1942 ~ Jan/Feb 1943 [Top]
This game starts with
the Japanese, having conquered much of the Pacific so easily, pondering
whether they should take it all. Meanwhile, the
USA
is gathering its
forces for the long struggle on
Guadalcanal
, the inconclusive battle of the
Coral Sea
and the decisive
carrier action at Midway.
Players:
Japan vs.
the Commonwealth/Free France/USA
First
turn: May/Jun,
1942
No.
of turns: 5
Maps
used:
Asia
, Pacific and
America
excluding
China
,
Korea
,
Manchuria
, and all Soviet
controlled hexes.
Initiative:
Axis +1
box. The Axis starts with the initiative and must take the first
impulse.
Last
weather modifier: Nil.
The die-roll for the first impulse of the game is an ‘8’.
War
status: The
Commonwealth, Free France and the
USA
are at war with
Japan
.
Entry
Markers: NA
Reserves:
All major
powers have called out their reserves.
Control:
As
specified on the map except that:
Japan has conquered Hong Kong, Burma (south of the 1942 start
line), Malaya, Papua and Dutch New Guinea (north of the 1942 start
line), the rest of the Netherlands East Indies, North Borneo, Christmas
Island (East Indian Ocean), East Timor, the Philippines, Wake Island,
Guam, Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, Nauru, the three
Gilbert Islands hexes, Pacific hexes 1915, 1916 and 2016 and all islands
exclusively in the Bay of Bengal; and is aligned with Siam and French
Indo-China;
Free
France
controls all French
territories on the Pacific map;
Vichy
France
is aligned with
Madagascar
and all French
territories on the Asian and
America
map; and
the Commonwealth has conquered
Italian Somaliland
.
Intelligence
points: NA
Production:
None. The
only action that may occur in the production stage is the breakdown of
units (see 22.4.1).
All units arrive on fixed schedules (see set-up chart) with the
following additions:
(a) the Commonwealth, US and
Japan
may each repair one
naval unit a turn. Unused repairs can not be saved; and
(b) reinforcements arrive normally (see 4.2) except that British
units arrive at South Africa ,
Aden
or
Quebec
. If
these are all Axis controlled, the units remain on the production circle
until one of these places is British controlled. Note
1
Special
rules: None
Special
victory conditions: Each
player gains the following victory points at the end of the game:
(a)
5 for
each friendly controlled objective hex that was enemy controlled at the
start of the game (and 0 for any others);
(b)
4 for
each enemy CV destroyed;
(c)
the
US/CW/France player scores victory points, if at the end of a turn there
are less than 5 CP in the China Sea or South China Sea . The Allies receive VP equal to the number of CP less
than 5 there are in each sea area each turn; Note
2
(d) 2 for
each friendly controlled oil resource point that was enemy controlled at
the start of the game; and
(e) 1 for
each other friendly controlled resource point that was enemy controlled
at the start of the game.
The player with the higher total subtracts their opponent’s
total and compares it to the following table to gauge the level of
victory:
-
Decisive:
21+
-
Substantive: 11
- 20
-
Marginal:
6 - 10
-
Draw
: 0 -
5
Historical
objectives: Japan
~ 16, Commonwealth/France/USA ~ 26.
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