MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944
BGG rank
BGG #19,855
BGG rating
6.6

MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944

1994

Rules assistance for MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944

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

  • 2 players
  • 180 min
  • 14+
  • Complexity 3.0/5

Rules assistant for MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944

For 2 players

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MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944 is a board game released in 1994 for 2 players, 180 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Brian L. Knipple and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation.

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About the game

This game simulates the October 20, 1944 to February 3, 1945 U.S. Sixth Army campaign to secure the Philippine Island of Leyte. The game includes 5 scenarios allowing players to simulate all or part of the campaign. Players are placed in the positions of the American and Japanese commanders. (10 pages of rules and a few pages of scenarios.) Contents : Rulebook and player aids one 22" x 34" map 720 counters, battalions or companies Scale : 2 miles per hex two days impulse turn

Publishers

  • Kokusai-Tsushin Co., Ltd. (国際通信社)
  • Avalanche Press Ltd.

Questions and answers

MacArthur's Return: Leyte 1944 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.