SWWAS : Ironbottom Sound . A South Pacific Story + Solomons Naval Campaign

The Solomons Campaign of 1942 saw the American and Japanese navies engage in the most intense naval combat of World War II. For months the two sides fought over Guadalcanal, a miserable jungle-covered island with a vital airbase.

Ironbottom Sound: A South Pacific Story continues the tale that we began in Second World War at Sea: South Pacific. Thirty-two new scenarios start with the possibilities of a Japanese-held airfield on Guadalcanal, then move through the first three chapters of South Pacific, adding analysis and more scenarios to each. Plus two new chapters, based on the proposed Japanese Operation FS and the November 1942 Battle of Tassafaronga.

South Pacific is a rich mixture of game play and history, but there is more to the story than we could fit in the game (which is already our largest). The U.S. Navy wrote its most glorious chapter in the Solomons, and it’s a story that deserves the attention we give it in Ironbottom Sound.