Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign – 1942-1943

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Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major aspect of the game.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.5

More strategic control

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a good balance between direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to each other's actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major aspect of the game.

Replay value

The game has a high replayability score due to its variability in gameplay, strategic depth, and adaptability to different player counts. The presence of expansions adds further content and gameplay elements, enhancing the overall replay value.

Luck profile

The final luck score for Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign - 1942-1943 is 7, indicating a moderate influence of luck on the game outcome. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game, allowing for some strategic decisions to influence the outcome. Players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.

Overview

What ABG knows about this game

"Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign - 1942-1943" is a solitaire wargame simulation of both historical and hypothetical carrier battles in the Southwest Pacific Theater during the hotly-contested naval campaigns of 1942 and 1943. As the U.S. commander, you maneuver your task forces and 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. You will not know that a Japanese air strike is headed your way until it actually appears in the skies above your task force. Once the enemy has been located, you face the very same, real-life, tactical dilemmas as your historical counterparts. Contents: 1 22" x 32" Map 780 Counters (3 Sheets) 1 Rules Booklet 2 Charts and Table Cards 2 Charts and Table Screens 1 Ten-sided Die 1 Counter Tray

Mechanism

5

Dice Rolling Events Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points

Family

6

Continents: Asia Country: Japan Country: Papua New Guinea Country: Solomon Islands Country: USA Digital Implementations: VASSAL

Type

1

Wargames

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