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Bloody Ridge units
Okinawa/Leyte units
Latest draft map:Sunset Games edition
box art : Sunset Games edition

Island War: Four Pacific Battles (1975)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
12+
6.65
Average rating
83
Ratings
2.00/5
Weight
Designer:Kevin Zucker, Jay A. Nelson, Kip Allen, Larry Pinsky
Artist:Redmond Aksel Simonsen
Publisher:SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) +1 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 4, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.0
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Island War is a "Quadrigame" containing four separate battles:

Bloody Ridge - Guadalcanal, Sept 1942 (designed by Kevin Zucker) Saipan - June 1944 (Kip Allen) Leyte - October 1944 (Jay Nelson) Okinawa - April 1945 (Larry Pinsky).

Each game is played on its own map. Counter density is fairly low and each map is folio sized. Includes Standard rules common to all four games and exclusive rules for each individual game. 400 counters

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