Operation Olympic: The Invasion of Japan 1 November 1945

1974

Jim Dunnigan

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5.5

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6.2

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#14585

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Players

1-2

Weight

2.44/5.00

Playtime

120 min

Age

12+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Events Grid Movement Simulation Dice Rolling Zone of Control Solo / Solitaire Game Hexagon Grid Secret Unit Deployment Movement Points

📂 Categories

World War II Wargame

🎨 Artists

Redmond A. Simonsen

🏢 Publishers

Decision Games (I)

📖 About This Game

Operation Olympic is a hypothetical simulation of the planned invasion of Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese Home Islands in November 1945. It was designed to secure a base of operations for the follow-up Operation Coronet, which was scheduled to be launched against the principal Home Island of Honshu in March 1946. Units are regiments and brigades, hexes are 6.5 kilometers side to side, a game turn represents one week of real time. There are scenarios for solitaire and two-player games. Published in Strategy & Tactics #45 (July-August 1974).