Board Game
Operation Olympic: The Invasion of Japan 1 November 1945
Released 1974 / 1-2 players / 120-120 min / Ages 12+
Designer: Jim Dunnigan
Artist: Redmond A. Simonsen
Publisher: Decision Games (I), SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
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Description
Operation Olympic is a hypothetical simulation of the planned invasion of Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese Home Islands in November 1945. It was designed to secure a base of operations for the follow-up Operation Coronet, which was scheduled to be launched against the principal Home Island of Honshu in March 1946.
Units are regiments and brigades, hexes are 6.5 kilometers side to side, a game turn represents one week of real time. There are scenarios for solitaire and two-player games.
Published in Strategy & Tactics #45 (July-August 1974).
Units are regiments and brigades, hexes are 6.5 kilometers side to side, a game turn represents one week of real time. There are scenarios for solitaire and two-player games.
Published in Strategy & Tactics #45 (July-August 1974).
