The title of the - "War of the Suns", refers to the flags of Kuomintang China and Imperial Japan. The game itself covers the period from July 1937 to August 1945. The roughly 1:3,000,000 map covers most of China proper, Burma, Assam area of India, and parts of Thailand and Indochina.

There is a campaign game as well as 5 separate scenarios, and the game can be played as a 1-4 players' game-with players taking the roles of Japanese, KMT, CCP, and British Commonwealth. In the game, politics will play as vital a role in how the game progresses as the units presented on the map.

War of the Suns Scale:

* Game Turn: 3 months
* Counters: Army [marked as Corps on counters]/Division for the Chinese; Division/Brigade for the Japanese and British [/Western Allies]

Game Details:

* Players: 1-4
* Scenarios: 5
* Complexity: Medium to Hard
* Playing Time: 5 to 34 hours

War of the Sun Components:

* 3 22"x32" mapsheets
* 1 8-1/2"x11" map overlay
* 10 countersheets (176 counters on each countersheet)
* 36 page rulebook
* 56 page playbook
* 8 player aid cards
* 4 six-sided dice