Eastern Solomons redux

 Too long ago I explained the  approach to a campaign using Flattop as an engine.  I found another game covering the same  campaign in a simpler format. .....

 

 

There was a classic Avalon Hill game of the Battle of Midway,  called the same.  There is a company that makes variations of different games,  and the Battle Midway has several. One of these is the Eastern Solomons,  the theater for the Coral Sea Battle,  the Guadalcanal campaign,  the Bougainville operations and the reduction of Rabual.

The 'gam' includes the search map and counter sheet....but no rules!  But with Flattop and a really good order of battle resource we should be up and running soon. 

  The publisher has printing rights (per their website) is called  Camelot Games (US) .  There is an unrelated company in Italy with the same name. 

The map pictured is the most significant areas of the Eastern Solomons.  The grid is the search board for the air sea search in the game. 

The game play is like 'Battle Ship' in the search phase but instead of hits you get to set up and attack on the battle board.  My stalwarts of Friday afternoons declared it a better option than pursuing Flattop. 

All this, and my Wildcats and Dauntless DB's are base coated and ready to fly!