Guadalcanal nasty bite. These centipedes were well known to the American Marines during the Second World War as "the stinging insects". The HBO mini-series, "The Pacific" (2010), executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, depicted American soldiers stricken by malaria during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (indigenous name: "Isatabu") is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous interior. Guadalcanal's discovery by westerners was under the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Mendaña in 1568. The
Guadalcanal (1992 game) for confusion of friendly and opposing forces exist. The umpire serves to mediate all exchange of information and conduct all dice rolls in such games. Avalon Hill's magazine "The General" published official expansion scenarios for "Guadalcanal" and "Midway" in Volume 28 Issue 5. "What-if" scenarios are posited for a 1941 carrier engagement off Wake Island and a Japanese assault on the Panama Canal. Both games, plus a counter insert sheet and search board set in the magazine, are required for play. Guadalcanal (1992 game) Guadalcanal is a board wargame published by Avalon Hill as part of the "Smithsonian American History