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1991 Ranked #21,623

Red Beach One: Tarawa

Maneuver forces across tactical or historical battle maps.

Wargames Wargame World War II Hexagon Grid History: World War II (Pacific)

Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

2.67/5

Rating

5.58

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A solitaire game of the amphibious assault on Betio Island by the U.S. 2nd Marine Division on November 20, 1943. Published as a magazine game in Strategy & Tactics issue #142, May 1991.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hexagon Grid

Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
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Type

1
Wargames

Category

2
Wargame World War II

Mechanism

1
Hexagon Grid

Family

6
Country: Kiribati History: World War II (Pacific) Magazine: Strategy & Tactics Players: Games with Solitaire Rules Players: Solitaire Only Games Players: Solitaire Only Wargames

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
120 min
Complexity
2.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Mike Joslyn

Artists

1
Mark Simonitch

Publishers

1
Decision Games (I)

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