Two fleets fight for Midway, the japanese try to disembark on Midway and the US player avoiding it. The map is divided in squares for movement with Midway in the middle. The counters are plastic miniatures. Each unit has different movement and firepower. First move and combat the japanese player (using a table and the dice), but with only one unit each turn, then the US player do the same. A player win the game if complete one of the three ways: invading the midway island, sinking the two transports or losing all units except the last one.