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Bloody Buna (1979)

Players
2
Best: 2
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
12+
6.95
Average rating
43
Ratings
2.80/5
Weight
#18731
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Bob Latter
Artist:David Green
Publisher:3W (World Wide Wargames) +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 5.6, Theme 5
Strategy7.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.6
Theme5.0

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

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Overview

"Bloody Buna" is a wargame simulation of the New Guinea Campaign which lasted from July 1942 through January 1943. The game actually consists of 4 different battles; The Milne Bay, High Water Mark, Bloody Buna and a campaign game linking the other three.

"Separate scenarios cover specific operations, whilst a campaign game recreates the entire struggle. Four different games in all."--Box.

"Game features special naval landing forces, bunkers, armored units, paratroop drops, invasions, attrition, airstrikes, and much more...180 counters represent the US, Australian and Japanese forces that took part."--Box.

For adults aged twelve and up.

Boxed Version Contains: 8-page rule book 1 map sheet (59 x 63 cm.) with two maps covering Port Moresby - Kokoda - Buna, and Milne Bay 1 sheet of 182 unit counters (including 2 blanks) 4 sheets of tables (Time Record track; Combat results tables; Anti-AFV table and Milne Bay set-up clarifications; Air superiority/Allied air scatter/Attrition tables) 1 die

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