World at War #59: The Luzon Campaign, 1945

World at War #59: The Luzon Campaign, 1945 is a magazine-format issue from Strategy & Tactics Press / Decision Games covering the U.S. campaign to liberate Luzon in the Philippines in early 1945.

Product Type: Magazine-format issue with included solitaire wargame.

The included game, The Luzon Campaign, 1945, is purpose-designed for solitaire play. The player commands U.S. Sixth Army under Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger, while the game system controls Japanese deployment and resistance. Victory depends on seizing key areas quickly enough to satisfy the campaign’s tight time pressure before major aero-naval assets are needed for Iwo Jima and Okinawa.

Each hex represents 6.75 miles / 11 km. The first turn represents one week, and each later turn represents half a month.

Components include: one 22×34 inch map and 228 die-cut counters.