2020Jon Southard
- Videos
- 15
- Creators
- 4
Mostly playthroughs and unboxings
1 - 5 players180 - 360 minMedium weight
Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea
2023Jon Southard
- Videos
- 55
- Creators
- 10
Mostly playthroughs. Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 37 recorded sessions, and 8 unboxings.
1 players
30 - 300 min
Very heavy weight: Rules-dense, long sessions
From BoardGameGeek
"Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea" is a solitaire simulation of the largest carrier battle in history, fought during the invasion of Saipan (June, 1944). As the U.S. commander, you maneuver your task forces and conduct air searches in a tension-packed contest to find the Japanese carriers before they locate and attack yours. Simple game mechanics control Japanese movement and determine the timing and strengths of their attacks. You will not know that a Japanese air strike is headed your way until it is detected by radar and you scramble your fighters to intercept. The game has a total of nine scenarios. Four learning scenarios take you through the rules by programmed instruction using slices of the real battle. The other five are full-scale, fully replayable games. These include one-day scenarios for each day of the action, a two-day scenario for the whole battle, a hypothetical scenario presuming different US plans, and a hypothetical scenario in which Midway was never fought and the Japanese come armed with the full Pearl Harbor striking force. Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea is based on Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign - 1942-1943 (Victory Games, 1990) but is a new, standalone wargame. -description from the publisher
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Which Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea video should I watch?
Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea has 55 videos from 10 creators: 3 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 37 playthroughs and 8 unboxings. They date from 2023 to January 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Compass Games Learn to Play 21: Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea" by Moe's Game Table, which runs 1 h 16 min. For a quicker teach, "Carrier Battles: Philippine Sea - Scenario 01" by Hissy Cat runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea - Review" by Hexed And Countered. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Carrier Battle Philippine Sea - Scenario 1" by My Own Worst Enemy, one of 37 playthroughs.
If you like it, try The Conquistadors: The Spanish Conquest of the Americas 1518-1548, Tokyo Express: The Guadalcanal Naval Campaign – 1942, Grant: The Western Campaign of 1862 and Antietam: Burnished Rows of Steel, also by Jon Southard.
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About Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea
From BoardGameGeek:
"Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea" is a solitaire simulation of the largest carrier battle in history, fought during the invasion of Saipan (June, 1944). As the U.S. commander, you maneuver your task forces and conduct air searches in a tension-packed contest to find the Japanese carriers before they locate and attack yours. Simple game mechanics control Japanese movement and determine the timing and strengths of their attacks. You will not know that a Japanese air strike is headed your way until it is detected by radar and you scramble your fighters to intercept. The game has a total of nine scenarios. Four learning scenarios take you through the rules by programmed instruction using slices of the real battle. The other five are full-scale, fully replayable games. These include one-day scenarios for each day of the action, a two-day scenario for the whole battle, a hypothetical scenario presuming different US plans, and a hypothetical scenario in which Midway was never fought and the Japanese come armed with the full Pearl Harbor striking force. Carrier Battle: Philippine Sea is based on Carrier: The Southwest Pacific Campaign - 1942-1943 (Victory Games, 1990) but is a new, standalone wargame. -description from the publisher
Designer
Jon Southard
Artist
Bruce Yearian
Publisher
Compass Games
Categories
Mechanics
Dice RollingGrid MovementHex GridArea Movement