Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur
BGG rank
BGG #20,436
BGG rating
6.2

Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur

1974

Rules assistance for Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur

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

  • 2 players
  • 60 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

Rules assistant for Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur

For 2 players

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Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur is a board game released in 1974 for 2 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Sid Sackson and Bob Champer and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Point to Point Movement, and Simulation.

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About the game

The game allows you to play in three of the famous General's important campaigns. The 3 scenarios are: Korean War, New Guinea, Bataan Retreat. The games consists of: Folding gameboard 16 company(trucks) and 40 US unit markers(red) 16 company(trucks) and 40 Jpn,N Korean markers(blue) Deck of 24 movement cards 5 red and 5 white dice Sheet of troop allocation grids You move units from town to town along roads. Each road is different. Solid roads=1 movement point,Dashed road=2 movement points, Dotted roads=3 movement points. Combat is resolved with dice. Sackson designed the game system and the Bataan scenario, Champer was responsible for the Korea and New Guinea scenarios. Also see: Major Battles and Campaigns of General George S. Patton

Publishers

  • Waddingtons
  • Research Games, Inc. / Athol / RGI / ARC

Questions and answers

Major Campaigns of General Douglas MacArthur 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.