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2007 Ranked #18,607

Malaya: V-mail Postcard Game #1

This asymmetric postcard wargame has British forces delay a Japanese advance while Japan races to capture Singapore on schedule. The sides’ distinct abilities create a strategic clock in which slowing the timetable can be decisive.

Wargames Print & Play Wargame Hexagon Grid Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.91/5

Rating

6.07

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Malaya is the first in @games Online's series of free postcard games, "V-Mail Games". The Japanese invasion of Malaya was one of the most perfectly executed military plans in history.

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Malaya is the first in @games Online's series of free postcard games, "V-Mail Games". The Japanese invasion of Malaya was one of the most perfectly executed military plans in history. Can you, as the British commander, slow the Japanese advance sufficiently to disrupt the timetable for the capture of the East Indies? Or will the Japanese succeeding capturing Singapore in time to establish the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere? This 5x8 inch postcard game includes 18 counters, complete rules which include the asymmetrical abilities of the Japanese and UK forces,and a 5x5 1/2 inch board. A free 2 player computer version released March 5th, 2009. In a small series with Unternehmung 25: V-Mail Postcard Game #2

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Players
2
Best with
1–2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.9/5
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Designers

1
Geoffrey Bohrer

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2
(Web published) @games online

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