Operation Tidal Wave: The Raid on the Ploesti Oil Refineries August 1, 1943

2025
Paul Rohrbaugh
BGG Average Rating
9.5
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Players
1-1
Weight
N/A
Playtime
180 min
Age
12+

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Area-Impulse Dice Rolling Solo / Solitaire Game

📂 Categories

World War II Wargame Aviation / Flight

🎨 Artists

David Gómez

🏢 Publishers

High Flying Dice Games

📖 About This Game

Operation Tidal Wave is a solitaire play simulation game on the US Eighth (44th and 93rd Bomber Groups) and Ninth Air Forces’ (98th, 376th and 389th Bomber Groups) raid on the Romanian oil refineries on August 1, 1943. In the game the active player takes on the role of the American airstrike commanders who must defeat the Romanian and German air defenses and inflict as much damage on the oil complexes as possible. —description from the publisher