“Historical simulation of the WWII battle of Midway. Two player set piece Dice game. One player is the Japanese, the other is the Americans. Flowcharts are used instead of Maps.”
Each player controls squadrons of aircraft which are moved on the player’s flowchart. Spaces on the flowchart represent different activities and locations: Carrier, Takeoff, Patrol, Search, Second Search, Attack, and Return. A separate Carrier Box flowchart has spaces related to carrier activities and locations: On Deck, Takeoff, and Refuel/Rearm.
The game portrays the following types of US and Japanese aircraft: Wildcat, Devastator, Dauntless, Avenger, Buffalo, Marauder, Vindicator, Catalina, Flying Fortress, Zero, Kate, Val, and Judy.
The object of the game is to destroy all of the opponent’s carriers.