Pearl Harbor, subtitled The War Against Japan, 1941 to 1945, is a strategic board wargame designed by John Prados and published by Game Designers' Workshop in 1977. Despite its title it simulates the whole Pacific theater of the Second World War for two to seven players, with one side commanding American and allied forces and the other the Japanese. It uses 840 counters, a large map and a turn of five segments that represents three months. Economic Resource Points bought from controlled cities pay for new units. The first edition's rules were so troubled that Marc Miller redeveloped them, and a much improved second edition appeared in 1979. Optional rules add Chinese guerrillas, Banzai attacks and the atomic bomb.
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Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Sport
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is a board wargame published by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) in 1977
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Pearl Harbor is a strategic-level board wargame for between two and seven players
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Pearl Harbor is a strategic-level board wargame for between two and seven players
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