Empire of the Sun, Saipan & Tinian, Tiger of Malaya, & Tarawa. Free UPS shipping

Description: For sale is a used but complete game bundle composed of; Empire of the Sun: The Pacific War 1941-45 (2007) no box Saipan & Tinian: Island War Series Vol. 1 (2010) Tiger of Malaya: The Fall of Singapore 1941-42 (2006) Red Beach One: Tarawa (solitaire game included in magazine Strategy & Tactics, May 1991) Empire of the Sun has no box and while the counters are unpunched there is some damage to a few of the counters, but should not effect game play. I have included specific photos of this damage in this listing. I purchased an upgrade pack in 2007 with a map and rules book which is in original shrink. Tiger of Malaya is in original shrink. All counters accounted for and all components photographed for this listing. I have tried my best to include quality photos of this item for your inspection and evaluation of condition. Photos from this sale are of the actual item you will receive. I do not use stock photos in any of my listings. Item comes from a pet and smoke free home. I offer international shipping through the eBay International Shipping Program. Please look under the shipping section of this sale listing for shipping and customs fees that would apply to your country. Fees may be high so please be aware of these costs prior to your purchase. Shipping available to US domestic addresses that can receive UPS Ground. Free UPS Ground shipping to eligible US addresses. You will receive the games stored in a water resistant cover and placed in a cardboard box which is padded. The shipping box measures 13 inches long, 11 inches wide, and 7 inches in height and weighs 6 lbs 9 oz. Tracking confirmation of delivery and insurance will be provided by the seller (me) to insure a safe delivery. Returns accepted at buyer expense. Payment is required upon purchase. I will ship within 1 business day of receipt of payment if not sooner. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for visiting my sale! From Board Game Geek website Empire of the Sun: The Pacific War 1941-1945 (2007)Strategic-level conflict simulation covering the Pacific War between US and Japan. Empire of the Sun (EotS) is Mark Herman's third card driven design since he introduced the system to the hobby in We The People. EotS is a strategic level look at the entire War in the Pacific from the attack on Pearl Harbor until the surrender of Japan. EotS is the first card driven game (CDG) to move the system closer to a classic hexagon wargame, while retaining all of the tension and uncertainty people have come to expect from a CDG. Players are cast in the role of MacArthur, Yamamoto, Nimitz, and Mountbatten as you direct your forces across the breadth of the globe from India to Hawaii and from Alaska to Australia. This is represented on a single map based on a 1942 equal area projection of the entire theater of conflict. As in other games using the CDG system, players try to maximize the impact of their cards even as they hide their intentions and traps from their opponent. The player is faced with a wide set of clear strategic choices. The focus of EotS is on directing major offensive axes of advance. The Japanese early in the game are challenged to achieve their historical expansion as Allied forces battle the clock to react with their in-place forces trying to achieve maximum damage to the hard-to-replace Japanese veteran units. Combat in EotS is based on successfully bringing superior combined land, air, and sea forces to bear in a two-tiered combat system. The first tier is the resolution of air-naval combat, the second tier covers ground combat. The culmination of both tiers results in one side prevailing in battle. The key variable in determining strategic victory is the level of U.S. political will. The Japanese win the game by forcing the U.S. into a negotiated peace, which was not achieved historically. The Japanese achieve this by knocking countries like India, China, and Australia out of the war, while inflicting massive casualties on the United States. The delivery of the A-bomb on its historical schedule is not a guarantee, often necessitating Operation Olympic and the invasion of Japan. It is often in its darkest hour that the Japanese find victory in EotS. EotS scenarios were designed with the busy enthusiast, grognard, and competitive tournament player in mind. EotS was designed to be played in yearly scenarios (1942, 1943, and 1944) of three turns each that play in under two hours. If you are a fan of CDG's, EotS takes the genre into a familiar, but new direction. If you are a fan of classic hexagon wargames, this game has all of the features that brought you to this hobby in the first place, but with a new level of excitement and replayability. The game is comprehensive, but easy to learn. Time Scale: 4 months per turnMap Scale: 150 miles per hexUnit Scale: Brigade, Division, Corps, and Army Designer: Mark HermanDeveloper: Stephen NewbergMap and Card Art: Mark SimonitchCounter Art: Mark Simonitch, Dave Lawrence, & Rodger B. MacGowan Awards and Honors2005 Walter Luc Haas Best Simulation Winner2005 James F. Dunnigan Award Nominee2005 Charles S. Roberts Best World War II Boardgame Winner2005 Charles S. Roberts Best World War II Boardgame Nominee2005 Charles S. Roberts Best Wargame Graphics Winner2005 Charles S. Roberts Best Wargame Graphics Nominee Saipan & Tinian: Island War Series, Volume I (2010) by Michael Taylor Saipan is a simulation of the American invasion and capture of Saipan in the summer of 1944. Part of Admiral Nimitz's Operation Granite II, the seizure of the Marianas was divided into two parts, the Northern Troops Landing Force (NTLF) and the Southern Troops Landing Force (STLF). Saipan and Tinian were the objectives for the NTLF, with Saipan being the immediate objective and Tinian the second. The STLF objective was Guam. Before the Capture of Saipan both the US Navy and the Japanese Navy had powerful carrier based air forces, and with the exception of China based aircraft, no US land based aircraft could reach homeland Japan. After the capture of Saipan only the US Navy had a powerful carrier based air arm, and powerful land based bombers could now bomb Japan relentlessly. Tinian is a simulation of the American invasion and capture of Tinian in the summer of 1944. Tinian was the first US Marine Corps sized shore-to-shore operation and it was the first time napalm was used against enemy troops. After its seizure Tinian was developed into the greatest B-29 base in the war. B-29s from Tinian flew 29,000 missions and dropped over 157,000 tons of bombs on Japan by the end of the war, including the two atomic bomb missions flown by the "Enola Gay" and "Bocks Car" against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Saipan Game Components:17" x 22" map270 Double-sided game counters Tinian Game Components:11" x 17" map180 Double-sided counters Game scale:Unit size: Platoon, Company, and BattalionScale: Hex scale: 1/2 mileGame Turn: Each turn represents 12 hours Two sets of rules are provided with each game. The first contains the Standard Rules that are common to all the games in the Pacific Island Series. The second set contains the Exclusive Rules for each game in the system, which includes Special rules, the Initial Deployment and the Reinforcement Schedule. Generally the unit scale is battalion, but there are company and platoon formations represented. The time scale, unless noted in the Exclusive rules, is 1/2 day per turn. Due to the nature of the battles covered in the series, all naval and air forces are abstract. This means the main focus of each game is ground combat. The games are designed for two players, but can accommodate multiple players. For example, one player can play the US Marines, one can play the US Army, and the third plays the Japanese. This series of games is loosely based on or inspired by several different game systems, including SPI's Island War series and GRD/GDW's Europa series, but many concepts are quite original. The tactical situation for the defender can be described as "against the odds", which means it will be very difficult for the player playing the defender to win the game tactically. The victory conditions are designed in such a way that the defender can win by performing better than his historical counterpart. This also puts a lot of pressure on the attacker because he cannot afford to make many mistakes. Game features include:1. Limited intelligence2. Amphibious Landings3. Night rules4. Banzai attacks5. Coastal Defense units6. Beachheads and Replacements7. Fortifications8. Weather Tiger of Malaya (2006 Avalanche Press) Using the same game system as MacArthur's Return, Blood on the Snow and Winter Fury, this game covers the fighting in southern Malaya as the advancing Japanese drive the British, Indian and Australian forces back on their base at Singapore. What is different about this game is that it allows the British player to request the 7th Australian Infantry Division and 7th Armored Brigade, historically at sea during the battle and considered as a possible remedy. These two powerful formations might just turn the tide and defeat the Japanese. Can the British player hold on long and well enough to convince General Wavell that the situation can be restored? Can the Japanese player out-manuever and outfight the British forces defending Johore province and gain a toehold on the island before resistance stiffens or reinforcements arrive? One full-sized map, 420 game pieces. Red Beach One: Tarawa (1991) Decision GamesSolitaire game of the amphibious assault on Betio Island by the US Marines, 1943. A solitaire game of the amphibious assault on Betio Island by the U.S. 2nd Marine Division on November 20, 1943. Published as a magazine game in Strategy & Tactics issue #142, May 1991.

Price: 119 USD

Location: Dublin, Ohio

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