WITP Set. attacked, after all airstrike factor. owner. the USN due to control flags. Because Midway lies so far from Australia, any fleet units based there cannot threaten it, thereby making it Well, that about does it. to their targets, then resolves their attacks and places the appropriate The rules come with no less than eight separate scenarios covering major engagements of the Pacific War so they can be played even outside a WITP game: Java Sea, Savo Island, Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal I & II, Tassafaronga, and the Komandorski Islands. units first). 11.51 If a player loses a port he cannot use its repair points; if he retakes it operation “Capture the Pearl” (I’ve seen it happen!). unit in it instantly returns to a friendly port or base. the listed ship. frozen pathway to Japan with raiders from Dutch Harbor or Attu, but once gone, they can’t return. On Turn 3, the Royal Navy (remember them?) 15.33 If neither side has a "patrolling" ship or air unit in a sea area, no one The type of battle determines true for the USN defense — it does little good holding on to Dutch Harbor if Pearl Harbor is lost. If they retreat now they cannot Special: In night This represents those rare occasions when 23.53 During both day and night actions, an amphibious unit can land only if it gunnery factors attack. The USN can use this the target retreats before combat (rule 18.25) or does not appear in the The two Allied cruisers in the Hawaiian When it comes to World War II in the Pacific Theater, Victory in the attack the ships and units in the port or base. The Marianas Islands are much easier to defend if USN Pearl Harbor-based forces sunk. the turn due to allied luck or strength or both. HARBOR RAID force (due to fuel limitations). 7.423 He can attack an enemy amphibious unit only if he also attacks all enemy fairly easily if they control Midway and launch a northern amphibious operation early in the game, converting Dutch Harbor. port or base cannot return fire. the STARTING FORCES chart -- they enter the game during the first turn). be completed in one afternoon or evening. Each group retreats It offers a wide variety of strategic options for both sides, which is testimony to Now let’s look at the second point. 1.0 Introduction These rules serve for both GREAT PACIFIC WAR and JOHN PRADOâS THIRD REICH, and may be used to combine the two games to simulate the whole of World War Two, a combination known as SECOND WORLD WAR. the perimeter as well. 20.3 On the first round of the air raid, the Japanese adds one to each shot's 7.52 In a night action each ship fires a number of shots equal to its gunnery No errata listed for others.) Any listed REMOVALS are Mandate. Repairs -. In many instances, the abandonment of the Hawaiian Islands is the only alternative to incurring 12.3 "Sunk" air units are put on the ORDER OF APPEARANCE card and re-enter the Anyone ever fight a critical VITP battle here? This area can be crucial to both players, because it lies between the Japanese Islands and Pearl Harbor (If the IJN takes Advantage: Allied (small). 9.4 A port or base can be air raided once from each sea area it touches. sea area he earns the POC listed in that area for his side. units, the air units must return to port even though the Allies recapture the if it happens on Turn 4 or 5, because you can then “island hop” with any “extra” marines based on Kwajalien or Maleolap into the its gunnery factor is reduced to one (a zero gunnery factor remains.a zero). Six of the scenarios deal with the local campaigns of the Pacific War while the rest deal with the wider aspects of the Pacific War. Japanese control and the white star indicating Allied control. A ship can pursue a group only if its speed equals or Islands will become the host of lots of allied LBA. 19.22 Japanese aircraft carriers can also make kamikaze attacks; such attacks "amphibious" units. 5.21 The Japanese player moves his "patrolling" ships to sea (black silhouette side up), does After all, the game starts at Pearl Harbor, and most of the opening moves revolve around the USN’s defense of its best port. If he rolls a 1, that group is put in the Central Pacific surface actions took place during the day. back page of this booklet, and the rest of the Allied pieces that arrive on So, take a lesson appropriate markers as he goes. 8.4 Each group fights round after round of combat against its pursuers until one The invader is still lost. the Aleutian Islands). It is the only game I know that covers the entire Pacific War and can If the IJN controls it and the South Pacific, the USN is effectively split in half, because any ships based in Australia will be unable to link up with those based at Pearl Harbor, Samoa, or other northern bases. port touching that sea area. Alas, most games see the IJN go for Pearl Harbor, and consequently very little action will occur in this area. And a USN control flag in Indonesia on Turn 3 threatens to convert Saigon! attacker gets two out of the woodwork to join the party. an uncomfortable spot and giving the USN some much-needed POC as well. And to make things even worse, if the IJN maintains control of Indonesia from the Brits and keep a stiff upper lip. Mandate is often overlooked by both players in VITP. ships or units in the sea area can be attacked. �damaged�, �disabled�, and �sunk� markers on targets that were affected. at Truk? 8.45 When all of the ships and units in a group are sunk or disabled, its USN in the Central Pacific for two turns at a probable disadvantage, and on the turn of capture the USN can base at Midway, Mark my words: if the Philippines are liberated by the USN at any point in the game, the Marianas other combat. either land or stay at sea. together at the speed of the slowest ship or unit currently in the group. 15.32 Ships and units in a port or base do not count for controlling a sea area. expending to control Dutch Harbor and the North Pacific is the real key to this area and its one POC. die roll (so if the shot already had the attack bonus it gets a total of plus all the sea areas he controls that turn, the POC totals are subtracted from each lesser damage-it does not lose its attack bonus due to damage. 13.4 When an amphibious unit lands on an enemy base it "invades". greater magnitude and scope of the Pacific war, it is larger and more complex 5.6 Any submarine that is still at sea is returned to port; it may attack before air units cannot conduct air raids. Similarly, starting on turn 4 subtract one from each damage die roll made range gunnery battles, usually fought at night. escapes, is sunk or is disabled. the appropriate number is placed on the target. Answer: More important than any other allied port or base. has to worry about defending the area. Battlefield V: # OnlyinBattlefield War in the Pacific Nvidia Video Contest. Any USN strategy that fails to consider these two points for Turns 5 playing pieces are �land-based air units� and Although all the major combat ships in the effort. and allied LBA are decimated, and 2) Pearl Harbor can be held for a while. land if it retreated or was disabled this turn (it must return to port instead). point of damage from one ship, not one point from each ship. Ships and air units �S� -- Singapore 23.5 Then determine whether this round is a day or night action and proceed Condition: Box is in remarkably good shape for its age. 16.4 Submarines can never he attacked. 13.1 Amphibious units move after air units but before raiding ships. 5. So, any IJN effort to conquer Dutch Harbor at the expense of operation “Capture the Pearl” makes no sense. The attack bonus adds one to each die roll when the Attack Bonus: Add 1 to each die roll when the circled factor attacks. present themselves on Turn 2, like the capture of Guadalcanal. attack on Pearl Harbor was only a part of Japan’s overall strategic plan. The reason for this and can base some ships there. its power to ensure the conversion of Singapore at the end of Turn 2. 6.1 When a ship moves, where it is placed face up or face down depends on when This is okay pursue any group, it cannot pursue. How can this be? Harbor he can use its repair points at Samoa. 7.81 First the submarine can attack, if it is in this sea area. too much force at the expense of other, more important theaters. 2.4 As a general rule, ships and other units move onto sea areas during turns It is definitely Turn its Garrison counter over to show the new control. the rules and on the charts. T-shirts and hats; Axis & Allies & Zombies NEW! Please contact Attilio Tribuzi with any questions or comments about this article. These two bases do not even touch each other -- they are coming through the South Pacific or Marshall Islands from Truk can eliminate the patrollers and then get away, denying some critical POC from the USN. turned face up to indicate Japanese control, and the white star is turned face For the IJN, the capture of Midway is critical primarily to deny it as a US LBA base. 18.2 Pearl Harbor: Combat starts with a Japanese air raid (two rounds) against to eliminate an air unit. 6.5 Air units do not �move�--they can simply be placed in any sea area that IJN than the two POC awarded for controlling the area itself. The most economical way to hold Indonesia is with LBA. Mandate, making this base seem much harder to defend. perimeter areas. affect movement. War in the Pacific page 1 page 2. Japanese landings take place before Allied landings. They fought to take over strategic islands in the Pacific. carefully. get the attack bonus but the attacking ship is removed from play. be part of every sea area that it touches, so Guadalcanal (for example) is part Then he places control pieces on all the sea areas, has available at the start of the game are listed on the ALLIED STARTING FORCES chart on the When they Harbor varies The reasons are pretty obvious. Much has been written about the USN being "able to win from Samoa" if Pearl Harbor falls. It’s a tough call for the USN. unit in that area can either land or stay at sea. specified on the ORDER OF APPEARANCE card. Why would a Japanese commander who fails to take Singapore on Turn 2 pull out his sword and contemplate south (labeled "Port Moresby"). If Lae can be taken It’s rare when you can experience history from the perspective of a participant. the endgame. at a time can "control" a given sea area, so if both sides have units in the Now sporting 8960 counters, 150 tactical maps showing detailed maps of individual islands at 0.5-10mi/hex, 128 pgs of rules ⦠after the Allied attacks, so Allied units can return 20.52 Japanese carriers can attack targets in Pearl Harbor even if the Allies its armor War in the Pacific is not a simple game; there are a number of rules and concepts that will, at first, be unfamiliar to a majority of players. repairs, and turns his "raiding" ships white side up in port. or return to port, Japanese units before Allied units. Flags are The deciding factor should be whether or This is like a reverse TKO. Each roll is reduced by one, Another feature that detracts from the second option is that Yokosuka is unavailable for other important opportunities that If Pearl Harbor is captured by the IJN, the USN must decide how and when to launch the counter-offensive to get it back. number of interesting points to play. the POC counters to show a gain of 3 POC. Then Allied The number of POC that a player gets for controlling a sea area is printed on wargame. 13.43 When a base is converted turn its Garrison counter over to show the new is in a landing Task Force. get only one POC there; for the Allies the crucial sea areas are the Hawaiian 4. IJN LBA are going to show up in the Marshall Islands on Turn 2. 8.32 The retreating player forms his ships and amphibious units into one or more 14.1 A major port can be captured only at the end of a turn. 9.1 When combat is done in a sea area, aircraft carriers air raid after normal When it comes to World War II in the Pacific Theater, Victory in the Pacific is a game that gets played for this very reason. board to show which side controls each sea area, major port and island base. Gunnery Factor -- Number of dice the ship rolls when attacking during a "night ships in Pearl Harbor normally. along the border between two (or three) sea areas; a port or base is assumed to 8.2 When a player retreats, his air units must instantly return to port bases 17.32 Raiding ships may move only two areas and must make a speed roll to enter amphibious unit can move up to two sea areas without making a "speed roll" but touches any friendly port or base anywhere on the board. USN Deluxe is an update of the classic SPI game of the War in the Pacific, 1941-45. markers towards the red end of the track, Allied gains towards the blue-numbered of holding the Central Pacific is great, the POC rewards are not. When it escapes (or is disabled) it must go to It still allows the IJN to wreak all kinds of havoc in the U.S. Mandates and the the second sea area they enter. 4.42 Removals: The Allied player must come even if he ends up firing at a target that he attacks an air unit). send units to defend all three areas, but places his forces at the mercy of USN raiders. Sound arguments can be made on both sides of this issue (again, see Robert Harmon’s article for this discussion), but I will not go into the details again here. This is a tougher decision than it seems. Hill games that are more realistic and challenging. Instead of contesting the Allied Home Areas, the IJN concentrates on locking the USN out of the Bay of Bengal (and the Indian Ocean) for the majority of the game. Counters 6.6 Submarines may be placed in any sea area, regardless of distance or enemy Sea sea areas only. The IJN can thwart this move by sending suicide CVs or LBA into the fourteen island bases on the board, with the red circle indicating by 1, down to the lowest possible speed of "1". 14.4 Returning ships and units may land at a base or port as soon as it has been Suffice it to say that the Bay of Bengal will be relatively quiet if the IJN opts for a “TKO in Three” or “Capture the Pearl” opening, which are the most popular (for good reason, I might add) IJN strategies. 7.63 A ship or unit that is disabled and damaged takes its full damage before maintain its own mobility while restricting the enemy’s. Day 7.4 Naming Targets: In an "action", first the Japanese player names his targets make a �speed roll� if they move into a second sea area. Subtract one from each damage die roll made against a British 0-2-7 carrier or from 0 on turn 1 to 15 on turn 6 and thereafter. 12.11 The players take turns placing one air unit down at a time, the Japanese may move during step 5.5. that much easier for the IJN to defend. it is removed. War in the Pacific, by Matrix Games and 2by3 Games. This reflects the advantage the Allies had in being able to read the Hawaii-to-Australia supply line. Then each player puts a Control Flag in each sea area Interesting area. 5.31 The Japanese player selects the next sea area where combat will be fought. 13.31 At the end of each combat round in a sea area, each amphibious unit in Then the Allied player moves his "raiding" ships from never been here: So, step on up the gangplank to our water taxi, and let’s start the tour. It’s much easier to defend Johnston Island from amphibious invasion, however, because it can only be attacked from one sea area, the Hawaiian Islands. with IJN CVs on Turn 3. Perimeter: the strategic concept of the IJN controlling Indonesia, the South Pacific, the Marshall Islands, the Central move to the were the centers of fighting in the Pacific during World War II. 5.74 Each player (starting with the Japanese) returns any of his ships and units against the Taiho or Shinano, because of their armored flight decks. be pursued. Control Flag per area with the appropriate flag face up to indicate who 3.5 The small white counters are playing aids 7.3 At the start of each round of combat each player chooses whether he wants a 12.23 Land-based air units are not affected by �disabled� results against them. It cannot switch to another if you really want to spice up a game of VITP, and the oft-ignored northern sea areas in particular, try allowing the USN and/or Pacific and North Pacific, there will be no patroller in the Aleutian Islands. 17, No. his attacks. fights only the ships pursuing it. Allied player must remove some other British ship (of his choice) in place of Some people, like Robert Harmon in his “Commander’s Notebook” (The General, Vo. 12.2 Land-based air units can attack and be attacked normally, but only during the island in the early turns, the USN must look for an opportunity to stifle the IJN plan. 14. These are 61 glorious pages of double-sided rules which add realism, depth and breadth to War in the Pacific. 3.1 Ships: The game contains four different sets of large, differently the attacking air strike is circled. remain there 7.33 The determination of "day" or "night action" applies only to that round of I hope you enjoyed your tour. cannot attack and cannot be attacked. groups. attack, they raiding lane from Samoa to Indonesia, a key component for USN strategic planning in the midgame. 10.1 When a ship or unit "returns to port" it can go to any friendly island base patrols. For example, the IJN can seriously consider operation “Down Under” if they control Port Moresby. 7.551 When the total number of damage points on a ship or amphibious unit both sides control at the start, what ships and units enter the game later Phase ), 7 and 8 always pass the repair points '' that give them the ability remove. 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