Coast Watchers

Edición en inglés.

1–2 Players
60–120 Min

Allied Field Intelligence in the South Pacific, 1942-1943

The Game: Coast Watchers takes you into this struggle between Allied intelligence teams and Japanese hunters. Standup blocks hide coastwatching stations, guerrillas, refugees, and stranded Allied crew. Gameboard recesses hold the blocks snug. Facedown counters hide the buildup of Japanese forces, which the coastwatchers seek to observe and report to headquarters. Other counters show where Japanese patrols are searching for coastwatchers or go into and get drawn from a cup to run Japanese searches and Allied delivery missions.

Each side has Mission cards. Allied Missions assign side tasks to the coastwatchers. Japanese Missions lay out secret military objectives for victory points, including air and sea operations against which the coastwatchers are to warn Allied forces. By hunting coastwatchers while building up military readiness and guiding operations, the Japanese player seeks to slip through the enemy intelligence net.

Players also draw Asset cards: special abilities to augment actions and perhaps add victory points.

Coast Watchers offers 15 standalone “Situations” plus 4 campaigns to tie them together. The Situations span the early-1942 Japanese incursion into the South Pacific to the neutralization of their great base at Rabaul by the end of 1943.

COMPONENTS
    One 22” x 17” Mounted Game Board with recesses
    Two 5” x 7” Patrol and Delivery Chit Mats
    64 Illustrated Blocks
    15 Pawns
    90 Playing Cards
    Eight 8.5” x 11” 2-sided Situation Sheets
    Two 11” x 17” 2-sided Player Aid Foldouts
    One 11” x 17” 2-sided Solitaire Play Foldout
    Two Sheets of 2-sided 5/8-inch Rounded Counters
    Scoring Sheets
    One Rulebook
    One Playbook