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Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal
2015
Rules assistance for Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 120–180 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
Rules assistant for Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal
For 2 players
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Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal is a board game released in 2015 for 2 players and 120–180 minutes per game. It was designed by Ken Dunn and Brian Youse and its main mechanics are Area Movement and Area-Impulse.
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About the game
Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge is a tactical level Area-Impulse Game. The game covers the battle of Edson's Ridge, also known as Bloody Ridge, in September 1942 during the Guadalcanal campaign in 1942-43. The Japanese, as part of a complicated multi-pronged attack, sent three battalions, nearly 3000 men, charging towards the ridge protecting the airfield. Almost 800 Paramarines and Raiders defended the ridge with amazing courage and, despite suffering horrible casualties, kept from being overrun and saved both the airfield and possibly the Marine presence on Guadalcanal. The Japanese are often cited as having lost nearly 80% of their men attacking the ridge. Banzai charges, important leaders, gas attacks, even hastily assembled riggers, are represented in Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge. Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge is five turns long, each turn is a variable length of alternating impulses. The game length between experienced gamers is 2.5 to 3 hours. Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge contains: 22"x34" full-color mapsheet 2 sheets of 5/8" counters full-color rulebook with examples 4 six-sided dice
Editions
- Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for GuadalcanalenMulti-Man Publishing2015
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- Multi-Man Publishing
Questions and answers
Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal 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.
The listed playing time for Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal is 120–180 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal belongs to these categories: Wargame and World War II. Its main mechanics are Area Movement and Area-Impulse. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal are: Ken Dunn and Brian Youse. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Kawaguchi's Gamble: Edson's Ridge – The Battle for Guadalcanal as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.