Pacific PzC Candidates?

[bwv]

Manchuria 39/45
Phillipines
Malaysia
Olympic / Coronet

anything else possible at the game scale?

any chance of seeing something in this theater?

[Glenn Saunders]

Manchuria 39/45
Phillipines
Malaysia
Olympic / Coronet

anything else possible at the game scale?

any chance of seeing something in this theater?

Always a chance I suppose. For any title you need to look at

- the Map size: given 1km per hex will the map be big enough to support a title - example - Iwo Jima would only be a handful of hexes
- the period covered in the main campaign: Is there a good campaign period of a manageable length of time. Example - Guadalcanal went from Aug 42 to March or April 43 (I think) and that is in general too long a time period.
- Does ground change hands: That is if you have a game with the right size map but the main fightiong is in a few hexes which don't change hands fast enough, than it won't make an interesting game.
- Finally is there enough battles which went for days - not hours to support this level of game - again using Guadacanal as the example - more men were killed by disease than combat and that won't work for a PzC (even if Avalon did a great boardgame on this title back in the 60's - which I happen to still own BTW :) )

Outside of that - anything is possible.

Glenn

[bwv]

yes, the battles I listed are the only ones that I think would meet that criteria

[Glenn Saunders]

yes, the battles I listed are the only ones that I think would meet that criteria

Ya - I guess - I would have to look closer at these to comment in detail so I kept example from places you didn't mention.

Glenn

[P.Ako]

Of those titles my favourite would be Coronet/Olympic for sure!

Perhaps another title would be the fictional invasion of Australia by Japan? Obviusly it would not need to feature all Australia, just the north-eastern part.

[Compass Rose]

Coronet/Olympic would be very interesting, just like Sealion!

Did the Japanese ever put together a plan for invading the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor? If not, I wonder if that would make a good hypothetical title.

[P.Ako]

Coronet/Olympic would be very interesting, just like Sealion!

Did the Japanese ever put together a plan for invading the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor? If not, I wonder if that would make a good hypothetical title.

Maybe the hypothetical amphibious assault on Pearl Harbor or other Hawaian islands would also be an interesting title.

[larsonney]

Hawaiian islands...West coast of US?...

Now we are getting VERY hypothetical

[Airedale]

Burma 41-45. Japanese invasion, Imphal, Kohima and a multitude of smaller battles on the Irrawaddy and in eastern Burma as part of the campaign for Mandalay in 44/45. Tanks, air landing ops, Chindits, Commonwealth, Americans, Japanese and Chinese.

[Tide1]

Burma 41-45. Japanese invasion, Imphal, Kohima and a multitude of smaller battles on the Irrawaddy and in eastern Burma as part of the campaign for Mandalay in 44/45. Tanks, air landing ops, Chindits, Commonwealth, Americans, Japanese and Chinese.

I like that idea