Box Cover 91K	SERIES Operational Series PUBLISHED 1990 DESIGNER Gene Billingsley ART DIRECTOR Rodger B. MacGowan MAP & COUNTER ART Brent Mercer RESEARCH & RULES Gene Billingsley COVER ART Rodger B. MacGowan AWARDS CSR: Best WWII Game 1990 ERRATA DESIGNER'S AMAZON.COM PICK Guadalcanal by Richard Frank

"We struck at Guadalcanal to halt the advance of the Japanese. We did not know how strong he was, nor did we know his plans. We knew only that he was moving down the island chain and that he had to be stopped ... From that moment in 1942, the tide turned, and the Japanese never again advanced."

-- Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC
Commanding General, 1st Marine Corp

On the morning of August 7, 1942, the U.S. Marines landed on the beaches of Guadalcanal, marking the first American offensive against Japan in the Pacific in World War II. The bitter and protracted struggle that followed involved major elements of the navies and air forces of both sides.

Guadalcanal was the operation that started the Allies on the road to Tokyo. From here the U.S. Marines would later launch the invasions of the Palau Islands, Bougainville and Guam. Operation Shoestring is a company-level game focusing on that dramatic first conflict.

Game Components

COUNTERS	600 full-color two-sided counters.
MAPS	One 22x34" full-color mapsheets
OTHER	One 10-sided die 24-page Rule & Scenario Book Player Aid Cards: U.S. Naval Display Card, Japanese Naval Display Card, Japanese Hidden Units Card, Air-to-Air/Air-to-Surface Combat Flow Chart, Game Charts Card, Automatic Victory Conditions Card

Game Features

Innovative combat resolution, integrating maneuver combat, close assault, artillery bombardment, shore bombardment, air support, and even Banzai charges into one easy-to-use system Full-featured naval and air game that integrates with the island fighting Engineers to rebuild airfields and construct improved positions Japanese hidden units and limited U.S. intelligence Scenarios, campaign game and variants Automatic Victory conditions that make each game different from the last