Operation Goodtime: The Battle for the Treasury Islands October-November, 1943

Operation Goodtime is a moderate complexity level solitaire play game on the battle for the Treasury Islands. The player takes on the role of the commander of the New Zealand forces seeking to wrest control of key points of Mono and Stirling Islands. These islands were key to the Allied offensive in the Solomon Islands and isolating the Japanese fortress of Rabaul. Tasked with securing these islands was the 8th New Zealand Infantry Brigade. Their amphibious assault in late October 1943 was the first conducted by that nation’s military since the 1915 Gallipoli landings in WWI. The rules govern the actions and counterattacks taken by the Japanese defenders. As the New Zealand commander, you will be challenged in taking the islands as the Japanese forces fight in terrain well suited for the defense, and as possible reinforcements gather. Can you do as well or better? —description from the publisher