Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: War in Asia and the Pacific

About this board game

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: War in Asia and the Pacific is a strategic-level game for two players, with an approximately 90-minute play time, covering the Pacific War from 1939 through 1944.

The conflict does not necessarily begin in December 1941. Instead, the game presents the war across one-year turns, allowing the Pacific War to unfold over a broader historical period before reaching its conclusion in 1944.

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere is available in editions associated with both Bonsai Games and Special Ops magazine. The Japanese first edition from Bonsai Games includes a compact boxed format, a mounted mapboard, bilingual playing charts, and full-color bilingual mini-cards.

• Strategic-level coverage of the Pacific War
• One-year turns beginning in 1939
• A game end in 1944
• Designed for two players
• Approximately 90 minutes of play time

The Bonsai Games edition includes a mounted 16.5 by 11.5 inch mapboard, two bilingual playing charts, and 24 full-color bilingual mini-cards. Quarterdeck International added a concise, 12-page, full-color English-language rulebook to that edition.

The English first edition, published through Special Ops magazine, contains one map, 50 large counters, 24 cards, an eight-page English rulebook, and one player aid. With its compact scope, annual turns, and early-war starting point, the game offers a focused strategic treatment of the Pacific War.