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Nightmare Island: The Battle for Biak Island, May-August 1944
Head-to-Head Duel

Nightmare Island: The Battle for Biak Island, May-August 1944

Designed by Paul Rohrbaugh

Published by High Flying Dice Games

Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach

Players

1-2

Play Time

150-210 min

Complexity

3.0 / 5

Rating

7.0

Year

2020

Community Snapshot

Best with 2
Medium complexity
150–210 min
7.0 on BGG (6)

Categories

Wargame
Simulate warfare — military strategy, tactics, and historical battles.
World War II
Set during the Second World War — from D-Day to the Pacific theater.

A medium hexagon grid and open drafting game, best enjoyed with 2 players. Rated 0.0 on BGG.

How It Plays

Hexagon Grid

The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.

About This Game

“Artillery, machine gun fire, and mortars plastered our troops. ” –Colonel Riegelman of the US 162nd Infantry Regiment account of the first day’s fighting on Biak. The invasion of Biak island was the culmination of General MacArthur’s New Guinea campaign that began nearly a year earlier with Operation Cartwheel and the reduction and bypassing of the Japanese fortifications at Rabaul and Truk.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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