Games PC AXIS ALLIES PACIFIC User Manual

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GAMEPLAY MANUAL

AXIS AND ALLIES PACIFIC GAMEPLAY MANUAL

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PLAYERS: 2 to 3
AGES: 12 and up

CONTENTS

Gameboard Map
345 Plastic Playing Pieces
Industrial Production Certificates (IPCs)
3 National Reference Charts
National Control Markers
National Production Chart
Battle Board
Task Force Cards
12 Dice
Plastic Chips (red and gray)

Game Designers: Larry Harris,
Stephen Baker, Rob Daviau

Lead Playtester: Mark McLaughlin
Playtesters: Michael Sandy, Ray Irwin,

Aaron Chamberlain

WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT
AXIS & ALLIES PACIFIC?

Those of you who have played the classic version
of Axis & Allies should be familiar with the major­ity of rules in this game. A summary of the major
gameplay differences is listed below.

• Bombers conducting Strategic Bombing Raids
may be escorted by friendly fighters and attacked
by enemy fighters.

• Battleships and submarines have new
powers and abilities.

• There are three new types of combat
units – Destroyers, U.S. Marines and Artillery.

• IPCs gained are subject to attack in convoy routes
and convoy centers.

• There is no weapons development.

• Order of play is different.

• Fighter planes may be moved into a sea zone to
create Combat Air Patrols (CAPs).

• Naval bases have been added to key territories.
This benefits friendly naval units moving to other
naval bases.

• Air bases have been added to key
territories. This benefits friendly aircraft moving
to or from those key territories.

• Japan has a special first turn attack
advantage.

• Japan may launch Kamikaze attacks.

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STRATEGY – THE BIG PICTURE

Japan wins the game by expanding her territorial
gains, in particular the Dutch East Indies, and
then holding them long enough to accumulate
sufficient victory points to win. The British player
must defend both India and Australia while
simultaneously looking for opportunities to
threaten Japanese territories. The Allies can use
submarines to great effect by cutting the convoy
routes to the more valuable Dutch East Indies ter­ritories. The American player must act quickly to
counterattack. America has a strong economy but
must plan effectively. Naval units, air power and
land units will all be required to defeat Japan.

As you play, you’ll discover that you must be a
military strategist and a clever economist to win.
Some territories you capture will increase your
income. Keeping convoy routes open is vital to
maintaining your economic income. As the game
progresses your ability to attack and the intensity
of these attacks will be influenced by how you
have planned your purchases over previous turns.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Game Setup and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Industrial Production Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Gameboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Combat Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Object of the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What to Do on a Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Phase 1 Purchase Combat Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Phase 2 Combat Air Patrol Must Land . . . . . . . . . 10

Phase 3 Combat Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Phase 4 Resolve Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Amphibious Assaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Multi-Player Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Strategic Bombing Raids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Kamikaze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Phase 5 Place / Remove National Control Markers

and Adjust the National Production Chart . . . . . . 21

Convoy Routes and Convoy Centers . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Phase 6 Non-Combat Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Combat Air Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Phase 7 Place New Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Phase 8 Submerged Submarines Resurface

Damaged Battleships Uprighted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Phase 9 Collect Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Combat Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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GAME SETUP AND COMPONENTS

1. Pick a World Power.

There are three world powers in the game.

Japan

Great Britain controls two countries: India and

Australia.

The United States of America controls two coun­tries: USA and China.

Choose which world power(s) you will be based
on the number of players in the game:

3-player Game

Player 1: Japan
Player 2: Great Britain (India and Australia)
Player 3: United States (USA and China)

2-player Game

Player 1: Japan
Player 2: Great Britain (India and Australia) and
United States (USA and China)

Note: Throughout this manual, the terms "coun­try" and "countries" refer to individual
economies such as India, Australia,
China or USA.

2. Distribute National Reference Charts.

Players have their own reference chart. These
charts offer a quick reference for initial unit
setup, unit movement abilities, attack and
defense capabilities, and unit costs. Each chart
also gives a summary list of Phases that you fol­low during your turn. Land and naval combat
sequences are also shown.

3. Distribute National Control Markers (NCMs).

Carefully punch out the NCM’s from the card­board sheets. Each country has its own NCMs as
shown here.

NCMs are used as ownership tokens to show
which country controls which area. This is helpful
as areas change hands. NCMs are also used as
scoring disks on the National Production Chart to
keep track of each country’s income.

4. Set Up the National Production Chart.

Place one NCM on top of its matching space for
each power (except China) on the National
Production Chart. This indicates each country’s
starting income.

India

Australia USA

Japan

China

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Place the British Convoy Center marker on the
matching space.

British Convoy

Place a Japanese marker on the number "0"
space of the red Japanese Victory Point track and
another on the "6" space of the Kamikaze track.

Appoint one player to be scorekeeper. It will be
his job to adjust the markers on the National
Production Chart as areas change hands.

5. Industrial Production Certificates (money)

The scorekeeper should also serve as banker in
charge of IPCs (Industrial Production Certificates),
commonly known as money. IPCs fuel the war
effort for the countries. Separate the IPCs by
denomination.

Starting Income

At the beginning of the game, the banker dis­burses IPCs as shown on the National Production
Charts and below. The remaining money stays in
"the bank." IPC amounts change as territories are
captured or lost. The British player must keep the
IPCs for each of his two countries (India and
Australia) separate.

British Convoys

The British player also collects income for the
three British Convoy centers located in sea zones
15, 49 and 52. These twelve IPCs must now be
given to India or Australia, or divided between
the two countries in any manner the British play­er wishes. They may not be kept separate.

Note: Place your IPCs next to your National
Reference Chart.

Country Starting

Income

United States 75

India 15

Australia 20

Japan 19

British Convoys 12

China does not collect IPCs. See page 10 for details.

6. The Gameboard

The gameboard depicts the Pacific theater as of
December 7, 1941. Five major economic centers
are identified with national symbols representing
Japan, India, Australia, USA and China.

Color Coding

The following countries and territories are color­coded on the gameboard map:

• China is sand-colored.

• Japan is brown.

• Chinese territories under the control
of Japan at the start of the game are brown
with a faded Chinese icon.

• India is dark green.

• Australia is light green.

• Dutch East Indies are purple and are
considered part of Australia.

• United States is blue.

The gameboard map is divided into sea zones
and territories.

Sea Zones

Each sea zone is identified with a different num­ber. A white line separates each zone. A sea zone
may hold as many units as a player wants to put
in it.

Convoy Routes: Thirteen sea zones contain con­voy routes – each indicated by a faded Japanese,
Indian or US control marker icon, as well as the
name of an adjacent territory. Convoy routes are
explained in detail on page 23.

Convoy Centers: There are also five sea zones that
contain convoy centers – each indicated by a rec­tangular area, as well as a USA or British convoy
icon. The white number that appears with each
convoy center represents its IPC value. Convoy
centers represent the many supply convoys head­ing into the Pacific from around the world. All
are subject to attack by Japanese submarines and
warships, as explained on page 22.

Territories

Territories include land territories, islands and
island groups. The white number that appears in
many territories represents the IPC value of the
area.

Land Territories: Boundaries between land territo­ries are marked with a white line. A land territory
may hold as many land and air units as a player
wants to put on it.

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Soviet Union and Himalayas: There are two beige ter­ritories on the gameboard (Soviet Union and
Himalayas). Players may not move units into nor fly
over either of these territories.

China: Allied forces may move freely into and
through Chinese controlled territories.

Islands and Island Groups: Islands vary considerably
in size. Borneo and Wake Island are both islands.
Some sea zones contain more than one island. Each
island or island group that’s considered a separate
territory has a white line surrounding it as well as a
white name. Each island or island group may hold
as many land and air units as a player wants to put
on it.

Example: Sea zone 25 has an island group, the Mariana
Islands, and the island of Guam. Each of these is a separate
land territory, and both are separate from the sea zone in which
they are situated.

Note: Throughout the rules, territories and sea
zones are sometimes referred to generically as
"spaces." When you or an ally control these spaces,
they are sometimes referred to as "friendly."

Naval Bases and Air Bases

Some territories contain Naval and/or Air bases.
These bases provide movement advantages to
friendly units. Air bases are explained on page 12.
Naval bases are explained on page 24.

Diagram 1. Key Board Definitions

7. The Combat Units.
Color: Each country has combat units with a dif-

ferent color.

• Great Britain uses the tan units.

• USA uses the green units, along with the dark
green Infantry (US Marines).

• China uses the brown units.

• Japan uses the red units.

Note: Antiaircraft guns and Industrial Complexes
are all gray. All players share them.

Type: There are three different types of units.

• Land Units (infantry, U.S. Marines, tanks, AA
guns and artillery)

• Air Units (fighters and bombers)

• Naval Units (destroyers, battleships, aircraft
carriers, submarines and transports)

A detailed profile of each combat unit – how it
moves, how it attacks, how it defends, how it
interacts with other combat units, and how much
it costs – is provided in the Combat Units section
on page 25.

LAND UNITS

INFANTRY

MARINES

ARTILLERY

Allied 105mm Howitzer
Japanese Model 92 (1932)
70mm Howitzer

ARMOR

Allied Sherman
Japanese Type 95 "Kyugo"
Light Tank

ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN

NAVAL UNITS

AIRCRAFT CARRIER

USA Wasp Class
British Illustrious Class
Japanese Fabuki Class

BATTLESHIP

USA Iowa Class
British Royal Oak Class
Japanese Yamoto Class

DESTROYER

Allied Johnston Class
Japanese Fubuki Class

SUBMARINE

Allied Ray Class
Japanese I Class

TRANSPORT

Allied Liberty Ship
Japanese Hakusan Maru Class

AIR UNITS

BOMBER

USA B-17
British Halifax
Japanese Mitsubishi G4M2E

Model 24J "Betty"

FIGHTER

USA P-38 Lightning & Navy Hellcat
British Spitfire
JapaneseA6M2 Zero-Sen "Zero"

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

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COMBAT UNITS

MARINE

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8. Plastic Chips

Plastic chips are used as substitutes for combat
units to save space in overcrowded territories and
sea zones. One gray chip represents one unit and
one red chip represents five units.
Important: Stacked chips must always be topped
off with the identifying combat unit piece.

Example: To place seven infantry units on a territory,
stack up one red chip, one gray chip, and top it off with
one plastic infantry piece.

Diagram 2. Using Chips

9. Task Force Markers and Cards

If you have a large fleet in a sea zone, you may
choose to place a single plastic task force marker
in the sea zone to reduce overcrowding. One of
your NCMs is then placed on top of the task force
marker, and the actual units are placed on the
corresponding task force card alongside the
board. The task force marker must be removed
from the board if all the units in the task force
have been destroyed.

Diagram 3. Task Force Markers

• To reduce crowding in sea zone, use task force
marker.

• Place your NCM on top of task force marker.

• Place your units on task force card.

10. Place Starting Units on the Gameboard.

Look at your National Reference Chart. It lists the
number and type of combat units to be placed in
your territories. See the example of the British
player’s setup for India on page 9. All players
place their units (color-coded by player) in their
territories now. Use chips as combat unit substi­tutes, wherever you can, to save space.

7 Infantry Units

Infantry Unit

Red Chip

Gray Chip

= 1 unit

= 5 units

= 1 unit

Task Force
Marker

=

National Control
Marker

Task Force Card
with Actual Units

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Diagram 4. The Setup Chart

11. Battle Board

The battle board helps you keep track of units
engaged in combat, as well as the dice rolls need­ed to attack and defend successfully. Place this to
one side within easy reach of all the players.

Diagram 5. Battleboard

PLAYING THE GAME

Object of the Game

The Allied powers and Japan each have different
objectives:

• If you are Japan, you win in one of two ways:

1. Occupy one of the following Allied capitals

(India, New South Wales or USA) until the start of
your next turn. You must also control Japan.
OR

2. Accumulate 22 victory points (VPs). Japan

scores one point for each 10 IPCs collected at the
end of its turn.

Example: If Japan collects 12 IPCs then 1 VP would
be scored, if Japan collected 29 IPCs then 2 VPs would
be scored.

• If you are one of the Allied powers (Great

Britain or United States), you win in one of two
ways:

1. Occupy Japan and hold it until the start of your

next turn. You must also control your home coun­try. (The Great Britain player must retain control
of both India and the Australian capital, New
South Wales). The Allies win as a team, not just
the player who occupies Japan.
OR

2. Prevent Japan from collecting any victory

points (VPs) on the Japanese player’s turn. For
this to occur Japan’s IPC income would need to be
reduced to 9 or less.

*Increase each matching infantry/marine roll by 1

TYPE OF UNIT COST MOVEMENT ATTACK DEFENSE

ROLL ROLL

INFANTRY 3 1 1 2

ARTILLERY 4 1 2* 2

ARMOR 5 2 3 2

ANTIAIRCRAFT GUN 5 1 0 1

FIGHTER 12 4 3 4

BOMBER 15 6 4 1

BATTLESHIP 24 2 4 4

AIRCRAFT CARRIER 18 2 1 3

DESTROYER 12 2 3 3

TRANSPORT 8 2 0 1

SUBMARINE 8 2 2 2

INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX n/a 0 0 0

INDIA

BORNEO

BURMA

SHAN STATE

HONG KONG

MALAYA

QUEENSLAND

NEW SOUTH WALES

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY

NEW ZEALAND

PAPUA

NEW BRITAIN

CELEBES

JAVA

SUMATRA

SEA ZONE 13

SEA ZONE 27

SEA ZONE 29

SEA ZONE 30

SEA ZONE 43

SEA ZONE 46

SEA ZONE 50

SEA ZONE 54

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12 2 1

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What to do on a Turn

On your turn, follow the nine Phases as outlined
below. When you’ve completed the entire Phase
sequence, your turn is over. Play continues to the
next designated player who then completes the
entire sequence. When every player has complet­ed an entire sequence, a round of play is over. It
will take more than one round of play to deter­mine a winning side.

Order of Play

1. The Japanese player goes first.

2. The British player goes second. (India and
Australia move on the same turn.)

3. The American player goes third. (USA and
China move on the same turn.)

This order is repeated throughout the game.

Phases

During a turn, a player performs some or all of
the nine Phases in the following order:

Phase 1 Purchase Combat Units

Phase 2 Land Fighters on Combat Air

Patrol

Phase 3 Combat Movement

Phase 4 Resolve Combat

Phase 5 Place/Remove National Control

Markers and Adjust the National
Production Chart

Phase 6 Non-Combat Movement

Phase 7 Place New Units

Phase 8 Submerged Submarines Resurface

Damaged Battleships Uprighted

Phase 9 Collect Income

Players will not always want (or be able) to com­plete all of the Phases. Each of these Phases is
explained in detail below.

PHASE 1. PURCHASE COMBAT UNITS

You may now buy new combat units using IPCs
you have on hand. These should be placed on
your National Reference Chart. New units are not
placed on the gameboard until Phase 7. Unit
prices are shown on the National Reference
Charts under COST. For example, a fighter plane
costs 12 IPCs.

You do not have to buy combat units on your turn.
Some or all IPCs may be kept and used (in addition
to any other income collected) on a later turn.
Purchased units for each country should be
placed alongside the player’s National Reference
Chart.

Only the U.S. may purchase Marines and Industrial
Complexes.

Note: If you run out of a type of playing piece,
you may still buy that unit. Simply use a piece of
paper with the type of unit written on it.

Countries

Great Britain: Great Britain controls both India
and Australia. The purple Dutch East Indies are
part of the Australian income. These countries
move and fight together. However, they buy and
place units separately.

China: The United States controls all Chinese
units. China is different from all other countries
as follows:

• Payment: China does not collect IPCs but
receives one infantry unit for each territory
(with an IPC value) controlled by China at the
start of its turn. China also receives one addi­tional infantry unit if the Burma Road is open
at the start of its turn. (See below.) New
Chinese infantry units must always be placed
in Szechwan.

• The Burma Road: This road is considered
open as long as none of the following territo­ries are under Japanese control: India, Burma,
Yunnan and Szechwan.

• Infantry Units: Chinese infantry units operate
just like any other infantry units in the game
except they may not be loaded onto Allied
transports.

Note: The American player needs to check the
gameboard at this point on his turn to determine
how many Chinese infantry units to collect.
Earned infantry units are then put aside and
placed on the gameboard during Phase 7.

PHASE 2. COMBAT AIR CONTROL (CAP) FIGHTERS
MUST LAND

Combat Air Patrol is a special feature of this
game that involves fighter planes. CAP fighters
"take to the air" during Phase 6 of your turn and
must land in Phase 2 of your next turn. Fighters

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on CAP may land on any friendly land territory
that is adjacent to the sea zone OR any friendly
aircraft carrier, island or island group that is with­in the sea zone. If a CAP fighter cannot land
because there is no friendly landing area, then
the fighter is lost and removed from play. Having
landed, the fighter may then move as normal.
CAP is explained in detail on page 24.

PHASE 3. COMBAT MOVEMENT

You may now move units you already have on the
gameboard as long as they move into, or out of,
a territory that is occupied or controlled by the
enemy.

Controlling Territories and Sea Zones

Territories

You may control land territories, islands and
island groups (either your own, or by occupying
an enemy territory). If you are the last player to
have land units present in the territory at the end
of your turn, you control the territory. That terri­tory is marked with one of your NCMs. (This is not
necessary if the territory was originally one of
yours.) A player may still control a territory even
if all units are removed from the space.

Sea Zones

Sea zones themselves are not captured, con­trolled or affected by the outcome of a battle.
However, convoy routes and convoy centers, that
are part of a sea zone, can be successfully held by
a defender or captured by an attacker. Convoy
centers supply additional income to the British
and American players. Convoy centers and convoy
routes are explained in detail on page 22.

Moving units to an enemy occupied space creates
a combat situation. You may move into as many
combat situations as you wish during this Phase.
However, each attacking unit may only be
involved in one battle per turn. At no time may
an Allied power attack another Allied power.

Important: All combat movement must be com-
pleted before combat situations are resolved.

Movement on the Gameboard

• Movement occurs during the Combat
Movement and Non-Combat Movement por-

tion of a turn.

• Some units may move just one adjacent space
per turn, while others may move up to six
spaces. Each unit’s movement ability is listed
on the National Reference Charts.

• Land units may only move between land ter­ritories unless being convoyed by naval trans­ports. Naval units may only move between
sea zones.

• Air units may move through land territories
and sea zones.

• Moving a unit to one land territory, island,
island group or sea zone from an adjacent
land territory, island, island group or sea
zone counts as moving one space.

• Moving an aircraft from a sea zone to an
island or island group within that sea zone
also counts as moving one space.

Example: Marching from Burma to Shan State
is one land movement.

Diagram 6. Land Movement

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