History TabletopGame / VictoryInThePacific

The Allied forces are dominated by the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States armed forces]], but also include a sizable [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British contingent]] and associated [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Commonwealth]][[UsefulNotes/KiwisWithCarbines units]], plus one lone single [[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Dutch light cruiser]] - the opposing forces all belong to the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Empire of Japan]]. Scoring is by "Points of Control" (POC), which are just Victory Points by another name, with a simple aggregate determining the winner at the end (except that nobody can lead by more than 29 at the end of a turn). Generally Japan runs up a large lead early but then the tide of American reinforcements turns it back over the last few turns. Scoring points means having the last surviving land-based air unit, or patrolling ship, in a sea zone at the end of a battle. Said patrolling ships must be committed at the beginning of the turn. Ships can also raid instead of patrol, allowing them to be committed later in the turn after seeing more of the enemy's deployment, but those raiding ships do not score any POC after a battle.

The Allied forces are dominated by the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States armed forces]], but also include a sizable [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British contingent]] and associated [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Commonwealth units]], plus one lone single [[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Dutch light cruiser]] - the opposing forces all belong to the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Empire of Japan]]. Scoring is by "Points of Control" (POC), which are just Victory Points by another name, with a simple aggregate determining the winner at the end (except that nobody can lead by more than 29 at the end of a turn). Generally Japan runs up a large lead early but then the tide of American reinforcements turns it back over the last few turns. Scoring points means having the last surviving land-based air unit, or patrolling ship, in a sea zone at the end of a battle. Said patrolling ships must be committed at the beginning of the turn. Ships can also raid instead of patrol, allowing them to be committed later in the turn after seeing more of the enemy's deployment, but those raiding ships do not score any POC after a battle.

* MightyGlacier: Many of the battleships in the game - generally having better gunnery and armor than other ships but much less speed - are this, especially for the Americans, as their early-game battleships are even slower than Japan's.

* GlassCannon: Many of the aircraft carrier, especially the ''Hiryu'', the only carrier with 3 or more airstrike factors and less than 2 armor.

* LightningBruiser: The ''Iowa''-class battleships for sure.

A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{{Wargaming}} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity published by Creator/AvalonHill, set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and pitting [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Japan against the Allies]] in the Pacific Ocean. A {{sequel}} of sorts to the shorter and simpler War at Sea. The game divides the ocean into 13 sea areas and includes 22 bases (8 of which are major ports) which can change hands during the game due to isolation or invasions. All the major heavy cruisers (plus 3 of the light cruisers), battleships, and carriers that fought in the Pacific Theater from December 1941 through October 1944 are included, and each side gets land-based air wings, amphibious forces, and a submarine to play with as well. Along with TabletopGame/AdvancedSquadLeader, it's one of the last few Avalon Hill wargames to still support nationally-attended face to to face tournaments.

The Allied forces are dominated by the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States armed forces]], but also include a sizable [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British contingent]] and associated [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Commonwealth units]], plus one lone single [[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Dutch light cruiser]] - the opposing forces all belong to the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Empire of Japan]]. Scoring is by "Points of Control", which are just Victory Points by another name, with a simple aggregate determining the winner at the end (except that nobody can lead by more than 29 at the end of a turn). Generally Japan runs up a large lead early but then the tide of American reinforcements turns it back over the last few turns. Scoring points means having the last surviving land-based air unit, or patrolling ship, in a sea zone at the end of a battle. Said patrolling ships must be committed at the beginning of the turn. Ships can also raid instead of patrol, allowing them to be committed later in the turn after seeing more of the enemy's deployment, but those raiding ships do not score any Points of Control after a battle.

* FinalBattle: A well-played game between approximately equal opponents has a good chance of coming down to a giant battle in the Sea of Japan with the game at stake.
* FogOfWar: Mostly averted, both players can see the whole map and the locations of all enemy forces. A couple of fog mechanics do exist though - the Allies have restrictions on Turn 1 due to "not knowing" when and where the Japanese are planning to attack; and all game long, since the Japanese code was broken in real life, the Japanese player has to perform each step before his opponent does, depriving him of the information of his enemy's choices.
* GlassCannon: Many of the aircraft carriers, especially the ''Hiryu''.

* WeHaveReserves: Averted for ships of both sides despite the large amounts of American reinforcements, as both sides have to carefully watch how much attrition their navy suffers. Played straight with land-based air units, which when destroyed, sit out the rest of that turn plus the entire following turn, and then re-form and return to the game good as new - the idea being that a sunk ship is clearly gone for good, but a destroyed air unit isn't completely gone, and the surviving planes and pilots can regroup and gain replacements and then start fighting again after a time.

The Allied forces are dominated by the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States armed forces]], but also include a sizable [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British contingent]] and associated [[UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Commonwealth units]], plus one lone single [[UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers Dutch light cruiser]] - the opposing forces all belong to the [[UsefulNotes/KatanasOfTheRisingSun Empire of Japan]]. Scoring is by "Points of Control", which are just Victory Points by another name, with a simple aggregate determining the winner at the end (except that nobody can lead by more than 29 at the end of a turn). Generally Japan runs up a large lead early but then the tide of American reinforcements turns it back over the last few turns. Scoring points means having the last surviving land-based air unit, or patrolling ship, in a sea zone at the end of a battle. Said patrolling ships must be committed at the beginning of the turn. Ships can raid instead of patrol, and be committed later in the turn, but those raiding ships do not score any Points of Control after a battle.

* WeHaveReserves: Averted for ships of both sides despite the large amounts of American reinforcements, but played straight with land-based air units, which when destroyed, sit out the rest of that turn plus the entire following turn, and then re-form and return to the game good as new.

* RandomNumberGod: The lone Dutch ship the Allies possess (the light cruiser ''De Ruyter'') is also one of the weakest ships in the game - and often considered the luckiest. One tournament match back in the mid 2000s was even known as the "De Ruyter Game", as a mid-level player (Mike Knautz) managed to upset one of the top players (Jim Eliason) - and in several battles over the course of several turns, the De Ruyter was the last surviving Allied patrolling ship, and sinking multiple enemy ships along the way.

* RandomNumberGod: The lone Dutch ship the Allies possess (the light cruiser ''De Ruyter'') is also one of the weakest ships in the game - and often considered the luckiest. One tournament match back in the mid 2000s was even known as the "De Ruyter Game", as a mid-level (Mike Knautz) managed to upset one of the top players (Jim Eliason) with the De Ruyter in several battles being the last surviving Allied patrolling ship, and sinking multiple enemy ships along the way.

A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{{Wargaming}} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity published by Creator/AvalonHill, set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and pitting [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Japan against the Allies]] in the Pacific Ocean. A {{sequel}} of sorts to the shorter and simpler War at Sea. The game divides the ocean into 13 sea areas and includes 22 bases (8 of which are major ports) which can change hands during the game due to isolation or invasions. All the major heavy cruisers (plus 3 of the light cruisers), battleships, and carriers that fought in the Pacific Theater from December 1941 through October 1944 are included, and each side gets land-based air wings, amphibious forces, and a submarine to play with as well.

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* BritsWithBattleships: Present, but have a hard time affecting the game much due to their limited range of action (Japanese & American ships can move 3 sea areas away from their base if "raiding", but British ships never can) and generally being stuck anchoring in Ceylon which is out on the far edge of the map. But if the Allies can hold on to the port of Singapore then the British fleet becomes a serious threat.

* DutchmenWithDestroyers: The Dutch fleet has exactly 1 ship counter, a rather weak one, consequently known to be one of the [[RandomNumberGod luckiest]] ships in the game.

* KatanasOfTheRisingSun: Naturally, since Imperial Japan began the war in the first place.

%%* MightyGlacier: Many of the battleships in the game are this, especially for the Americans, as their early-game battleships are slower than Japan's, plus they have no central port to base them at which limits the number of sea areas they can reach reliably.

* FogOfWar: Mostly averted, both players can see the whole map and the locations of all enemy forces. A couple of fog mechanics do exist though - the Allies have restrictions on Turn 1 due to "not knowing" when and where the Japanese are planning to attack, and since their code was broken the Japanese player has to perform each step before his opponent does, depriving him of the information of his enemy's choices.

* BritsWithBattleships: Present, but have a hard time affecting the game much due to their limited range of action (Japanese & American ships can move 3 sea areas away from their base if "raiding", but British ships never can) and generally being stuck anchoring in Ceylon which is out on the far edge of the map. But if the Allies can hold onto the port of Singapore then the British fleet becomes a serious threat.

* MightyGlacier: Many of the battleships in the game are this, especially for the Americans, as their early-game battleships are slower than Japan's, plus they have no central port to base them at which limits the number of sea areas they can reach reliably.

A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{{Wargaming}} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity published by Creator/AvalonHill, set in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and pitting [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Japan against the Allies]] in the Pacific Ocean. A {{sequel}} of sorts to the shorter and simpler War at Sea. The game divides the ocean in 13 sea areas and includes 22 bases (8 of which are major ports). All the major cruisers, battleships, and carriers that fought in the Pacific Theater from December 1941 through October 1944 are included, and each side gets land-base air wings and amphibious forces to play with as well.

A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{{Wargaming}} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity published by Avalon Hill, set in WW2 and pitting [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Japan against the Allies]] in the Pacific Ocean. A {{sequel}} of sorts to the shorter and simpler War at Sea. The game divides the ocean in 13 sea areas and includes 22 bases (8 of which are major ports). All the major cruisers, battleships, and carriers that fought in the Pacific Theater from December 1941 through October 1944 are included, and each side gets land-base air wings and amphibious forces to play with as well.

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A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{{Wargaming}} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity published by Avalon Hill, set in WW2 and pitting Japan against the Allies in the Pacific Ocean. A {{sequel}} of sorts to the shorter and simpler War at Sea. The game divides the ocean in 13 sea areas and includes 22 bases (8 of which are major ports). All the major cruisers, battleships, and carriers that fought in the Pacific Theater from December 1941 through October 1944 are included, and each side gets land-base air wings and amphibious forces to play with as well.

* BritsWithBattleships: Present, but have a hard time affecting the game much due to their limited radius and generally being stuck in Ceylon, on the far edge of the map. But if the Allies can hold onto Singapore than the British fleet becomes a serious threat.

A 1977 [[TabletopGames tabletop]] historical naval [[{Wargaming} wargame]] of low to moderate complexity, set in WW2 and pitting Japan against the Allies in the Pacific Ocean.

* MightyGlacier: Many of the battleships in the game are this, especially for the Americans, as their early-game battleships are slower than Japan's, plus they have no central port to base them at, limiting the range of sea areas they can reach reliably.