Review: South Pacific - Breaking the Bismark Line 1942-1943 - The Players' Aid

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This stand alone game comes in C3i issue 30, and is a small scenario from Mark Herman's Empire of the Sun system

[@chadvader974]

Ghost enters room at 6:20

[@belleisleguy]

Great review! Thank you for this. I ordered the issue of C3i that had this game based on your review.

[@wombat7366]

Great job as usual guys! There is definitely a place for “little brother” games, where Big Brother is difficult to bring the table for reasons of size, complexity or duration. Plan Orange fits in well also as a “what if” game in a period of battle line tactics.

[@ThePlayersAid]

I have Plan Orange but have, shamefully, not played it. South Pacific was nice, because it was a little smaller scaled so the fleets were a little more personal.

[@MrDsmalls]

I'm years late, but in these smaller scenarios you can play a 3 ops card to end Inter-Service Rivalry

[@joemyers85]

So ... we're just going to pretend like we DIDN'T see a ghost at 6:16 ??

[@johnsy4306]

If you guys want to play more EotS, I'd like to invite you to the Facebook group, EotS Mind Games

[@derMikester]

Nice review guys. Appreciate the insight. Does the loser get a finger taken off with that gaming implement sitting on the corner of the table...???? :P

[@Hakucho64]

Where is Alexander's accent from, if you don't mind me asking?

[@ThePlayersAid]

I'm from the south of England originally, but I've been in the States now for nearly seven years so my accent is all over the place.

[@Hakucho64]

Ah, makes sense now, thanks. My partner and I were betting on you being Bostonian, which is the same mechanism just over a longer timeframe, haha.

[@eugeniomariopazielli8478]

Hi, it is suitable for beginners?

[@ThePlayersAid]

It's still pretty steep to learn, but the tactical decision space is smaller than Empire of the Sun, which means it is a bit easier. Still quite complex though.

[@eugeniomariopazielli8478]

@@ThePlayersAid ok, to practice is it better to start with this scenario? what do you think about it

[@LeilaniSochaczyk-qo4jp]

@@eugeniomariopazielli8478 i recommend starting to learn EoTS system with Burma scenario from C3i issue #35. South Pacific uses more rules and is a bit more complicated tactically. I would recommend playing Burma then buy Empire of The Sun newest printing where GMT added south pacific scenario to full EoTS game. South Pacific from c3i is only worthy a buy if you preffer older style counters