Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific

About this board game

Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific is a World War II naval wargame for 1–2 players, with play sessions lasting about 300 minutes. Set in the Pacific theatre, it focuses on Japanese naval engagements and is designed to welcome players ranging from complete beginners to those with intermediate or greater wargaming experience.

The game includes ten scenarios, with the scenarios progressively increasing in difficulty. The opening scenario, Attack on Pearl Harbor, introduces the essential rules for new players, while the later scenarios are intended to provide a greater challenge for intermediate players. Beginners can reach these advanced scenarios by progressing through the earlier games in sequence.

The scenario lineup includes major World War II naval engagements and matchups such as Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse, the Battle of the Java Sea, Carrier vs Carrier, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, and Combined Fleet vs Pacific Fleet.

• Four mounted map sheets for Pacific naval operations
• 180 rectangular counters and 408 square counters
• Two cardboard player aid charts
• Two cardboard fleet formation sheets
• One airbase sheet and one turn track
• Rulebook, scenario book, and two six-sided dice

With introductory and more demanding scenarios in the same box, Task Force offers a structured way to learn its rules while revisiting important Japanese naval engagements of the Pacific War. Its substantial component set supports the game’s detailed tabletop presentation.