Pacific Island Campaign - Iwo Jima

From Grognard Simulations:

Pacific Islands Campaign (PIC) - Iwo Jima is our third offering of the campaign in the Pacific War. The game is a blend of operational/tactical level combat and maneuver during the retaking of the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese during the Second World War. The game is played in turns, each one divided into phases for amphibious landing, maneuver, and combat. The game system uses many of the seven Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS) to simulate actual combat and maneuver that both the US and Japanese players must use to fight the battle. Of the seven BOS's, this simulation concentrates on Maneuver, Fire Support, Mobility and Survivability, Air Defense, and Command and Control. The Japanese defenses are sophisticated and well manned with fanatical soldiers willing to die for their emperor. This battle is the most expensive in terms of US casualties for the amount of time spent in combat (32 days) and the area taken (6 square kilometers).  The fight is bloody and sharp.

• (4) 11" x 17" game maps of Iwo Jima
• (4) Full Color Order of Battle Charts
• Air and Naval Support, Casualty, and Replacement Charts
• Rules Written as Battlefield Operating System (BOS) Representations (level of fidelity)
• Maneuver (Medium)
• Fire Support (Medium)
• Air Defense (Low)
• Mobility and Survivability (Medium)
• Combat Service Support (Low)
• Intelligence (Low)
• Command and Control (Medium)
• Approximately 900 Die Cut Unit Counters and Markers
• Unit breakdowns (virtually all of them)
• Easy to learn and play
• Excellent for Solitaire Play

Reference (Gamers HQ):

Grognard Simulations is known for their detailed and fantastic rulesets and their attention to detail concerning the gaming material, but because of the way they produce their games, You can´t compare the quality of the boxes with it from big companies like GMT or Compass Games: They are only for holding the huge amount of material, but not as a piece of art by itself (they are made from thin cardboard). This games are, like the name of the company indicates, for "real Grognards !"