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Milne Bay (Thick Counter Edition)

By: Schutze Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Professional - Boxed (Schutze Games/Blue Panther)

MSRP old price: $30.00

Price Reduced

Product Info

Title
Milne Bay (Thick Counter Edition)
Publisher
Category
Author
Peter Schutze
Publish Year
2013
Dimensions
8.5x11x1"
NKG Part #
2147534845
MFG. Part #
BPNS019
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
13 Years and Up
# Players
1 - 2 Players
Game Length
60 - 90 Minutes

Description

Australian troops had, at Milne Bay in New Guinea, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that of all the Allies it was the Australian soldiers who first broke the spell of the invincibility of the Japanese Army.

- Field Marshall Sir William Slim

Defeated at sea in the battle of the Coral Sea in May and then distracted by the US Marine Corps landings on Guadalcanal, the Japanese High Command was
forced to change its plans for New Guinea. After diverting the previously allocated Army regiment to reinforce Guadalcanal, it fell to the Navy to gather a scratch force to capture the 'lightly defended' airfield on the eastern tip of New Guinea.

Unfortunately for Japanese plans, these months of delays allowed Australia finish assembling a brigade of Militia at Milne Bay during July and then rush a veteran
AIF brigade there shortly before the Japanese landings commenced on August 25th, 1942.

Several scenarios are included to allow players to explore different Australian and Japanese plans

Components:

  • 11x17" map sheet
  • 8 page rulebook
  • One countersheets totaling 88 counters
  • One charts and tables sheet

    Features:

  • Complexity: Below Average
  • Solitaire suitability: Average
  • Time to play: approximately 1 hours
  • Map scale: 2 miles
  • Unit size: Companies
  • Turn length: 1 day