Let's Play! Tarawa 1943 Solitaire (2nd Edition) | WW2 | Gameplay | Mini-Review

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This is a complete playthrough and mini-review of the solitaire strategy war board game Tarawa 1943 Solitaire (2nd Edition/Travel Game). Designed by Mike & Grant Wylie and published by Worthington Publishing. Tarawa 1943 Solitaire is a travel size version of the board game classic Tarawa 1943 (rated 7.6 on boardgamegeek.com). Tarawa 1943 Solitaire will come with counters instead of the wooden blocks and a revised map. The game still comes with the same challenging game play and full-size cards! TARAWA 1943 is a solitaire, card driven wargame on the invasion of Japanese controlled Tarawa by the 2nd Marine Division. Each turn the USMC player will activate one of his battalions (there are 8 in the game). During it's activation it can move, attack, and attempt to regroup. The USMC player further has a 3 card hand (out of a deck of 30 cards) that gives additional resources to the player (naval support, air support, engineers, tanks, etc). The USMC player can play 1 card during their turn and 1 card during the Japanese turn. As a battalion is activated it reduces its cohesion (reflecting wear and tear, exhaustion). Battalions are further reduced in cohesion due to Japanese attacks and the marines "pushing their attacks". After the USMC player finishes their activation, the Japanese turn begins with the flip of a card. From this the USMC player will face fire attacks, banzai attacks, bunkers, cross fires, infiltration, and more. The card engine will ensure an ever changing game and no two will play the same. The game will give the historical starting invasion site, however, we have included the alternate "south beach" landing possibility, that the Japanese had expected and prepared. Victory is achieved by taking the island as quickly as possible while minimizing casualties. This was the first invasion of the US island hopping strategy and high losses or a prolonged fight could have led to a cancellation of the island hopping campaign. Support me directly! Monthly: https://www.patreon.com/wargaminghansen One-time donation: https://paypal.me/wargaminghansen Shop for Wargames at Amazon (Affiliate Link): https://www.amazon.com/shop/waynehansen?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_7QA6E7NSZ70ZNE2E2KTN The game on BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/329432/tarawa-1943 The game on the publisher's website: https://www.worthingtonpublishing.com/collection/tarawa-1943-solitaire-travel-game Contact me: On BGG at username "wtjbatman", or via email at murdly@gmail.com Interested in providing review copies of your game(s)? Contact me at the above email. Can't get enough of me? Check out my socials: https://x.com/wtjbatman https://www.substack.com/@wargaminghansen 0:00 Introduction and setup 1:38 Rules and game overview 12:12 Gameplay walkthrough 55:37 Review and final thoughts