Guadalcanal: The Pacific 1942 - Conflict of Heroes

Dec 7, 1941 - War explodes across the Pacific when the Japanese attack the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. By May 1942, Japan has spread across the Pacific and is threatening America’s supply lines to Australia after building an airfield on the island of Guadalcanal.

The United States counters with an ill-prepared occupation of Guadalcanal’s airfield with the 1st Marine Division. The Japanese retaliate with vengeance, cutting off the Marines by sea and pouring in thousands of Japanese reinforcements. A desperate struggle ensues, as the Americans try to hold on to their tiny foothold against the might of the Japanese Empire.

Guadalcanal continues the multi-award winning Conflict of Heroes series. In this game, players command platoons and companies of individual squads and tanks to resolve the same tactical dilemmas that commanders faced during some of the most ferocious engagements of WWII.

In Guadalcanal, the Americans track VPs, but the Japanese track Bushido. If a Japanese commander ‘loses face’ during battle, his command and men’s morale can crumble. This is a groundbreaking new concept that forces players to think like their 1942 counterparts.

Conflict of Heroes - Guadalcanal continues the award winning series with a new unique pacific battlefield to fight in and two new asymmetric nations to command! Take control of the fanatical Japanese or the resourceful Marines and lead your squads in the most important battles of the Guadalcanal campaign. Overwhelm the Marines with Banzai charges across rivers, lead challenging sea raids on Japanese supply dumps, launch ambushes out of the dark of night, and decimate your enemy with artillery in firefights that include:

• -The Battles of Alligator Creek
• -Bloody Ridge
• -The Battle of Henderson Field
• -And 9 more thrilling engagements

The Japanese offer new tactics to Conflict of Heroes. The game features a unique bushido system that the Japanese commander can use to compel his soldiers to perform heroic acts. Fail to follow the bushido code though and risk losing the confidence of your soldiers and your commanders.

The Marines defending Henderson Field on Guadalcanal must rely on their veteran Commanding Officers if they hope to survive the unrelenting assaults of the Japanese. Assign the new Capability Cards to specialized Marine troops, including the Raiders and Paramarines, and gain access to unique actions and abilities.

Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal uses the same easy to learn but hard to master streamlined tactical system as “Awakening the Bear” and “Storms of Steel”. Players will be challenged with hard tactical choices and a variety of interesting battlefield situations.

Game Components:

• -4 large mounted geomorphic game maps that include beautifully rendered beaches, jungles, and ridges.
• -1 sheet of thick overlays that add rivers, villages, and hills to any map.
• -40 LARGE and thick 1" die cut Marine counters depicting Stuart tanks, antitank guns, 1st Raiders, Mortars, and more!
• -40 Japanese 1" die cut unit counters that include grenade dischargers, snipers, Chi-Ha tanks and more.
• -20 unique Japanese hit counters that add the uncertainty of no-effect hits!
• -20 American hit counters.
• -10 Vehicle hit counters
• -A Firefight book that includes the campaign summary and maps, historical context and 16 firefights for 2 - 4 players.
• -A Programmed learning rulebook that teaches the rules in tiny fast and easy to learn steps.