Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940

Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940
Designer(s) Larry Harris
Publisher(s) Avalon Hill
Publication date 2010
Players 2–5
Age range 12 and up
Setup time 15 minutes
Playing time 2-8 hours
Random chance medium
Skill(s) required strategy
Website http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/prod/Pacific

Axis & Allies Pacific 1940 is a board game created by Larry Harris and published by Avalon Hill as part of the Axis & Allies family of games. It is considered to be a revision (or "deluxe edition", according to Avalon Hill's press releases) of Harris' earlier game, Axis & Allies: Pacific. Among the major changes from Pacific was the incorporation of newer rules from newer Axis & Allies revisions, as well as features exclusive to this game.

Unlike its predecessor, Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940 may be combined with Axis & Allies: Europe 1940 to form one game, played with the combined board of both games and using the pieces found in both games. However, the rules for the combined game, said to be the "largest Axis & Allies ever", are only available as part of the Europe 1940 rules.

Gameplay

Gameplay of Pacific 1940 is in the style of the latest edition of Axis & Allies: players take on either Japan or one of three Allied powers - the United Kingdom, the United States, or ANZAC forces. China is considered another major power in Pacific 1940, though they are commanded by one of the other Allied powers (or by all Allied players as a committee). The objective of Japan is to capture six victory cities, while the Allied nations must capture Japan to win the game. All powers may also play to achieve a smaller number of "national objectives", which grant one-time or persistent advantages.

The board is designed with combining with Europe 1940 in mind, and Pacific 1940 itself uses only part of the board: for example, there are a number of Soviet Union territories on the board, which are only used in the combined game and considered impassible in Pacific 1940. Other specific combined game provisions include territories that start the game as French, Dutch, or Canadian, none of which are represented in Pacific 1940 but are present in Europe 1940. The initial setup of the British, American, ANZAC, Chinese, and Japanese forces for Pacific 1940 half of the combined game is also used for Pacific 1940 itself, so as to consolidate all the setup of the combined game into the Europe 1940 rulebook.

New features in Pacific 1940 to the Axis & Allies series are the following:

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