East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945
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East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945

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Rules assistance for East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 360 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 3.4/5

Rules assistant for East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945

For 2 players

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East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945 is a board game released in 1984 for 2 players, 360 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Mark McLaughlin and Chris Vorder Bruegge and its main mechanics are Secret Unit Deployment.

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About the game

East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945 A true strategic simulation of the Pacific War, East Wind Rain allows players to command the war economies of the U.S., Japan, Great Britain, China and Australia and build what they think will be the best mix of air, sea and land forces. For 16 quarterly turns, these forces must battle across a unique map that combines area and hex movement to represent the theater of war from Pearl Harbor to India. Naval forces are organized into Task Forces, and are then moved with hidden composition to conduct such naval missions as; shore bombardment,amphibious assaults, carrier strikes and more. Four different types of aircraft (army air, naval air, bombers, and super bombers) are operated from either Army air bases or Naval Task forces. Ground units range from airborne brigades to Chinese Armies. Despite its scope, East Wind Rain is an easily playable game that will appeal to both the wargamer and naval enthusiast alike. A simple one turn Midway scenario provides an easy to handle intro to the rules and game system. Midway, Solomons, and Marshall campaigns introduce players to the economics and planning of operations. There is also a campaign game in which players may plan and fight the great campaign that decided the mastery of the Pacific. (from the back box)

Editions

  • East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945enTask Force Games1985
  • East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945en3W (World Wide Wargames)1984

Publishers

  • 3W (World Wide Wargames)
  • Task Force Games

Questions and answers

East Wind Rain: The War in the Pacific 1941-1945 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.