Fire in the Sky is a two-player game of strategic rivalry and tactical responsiveness set during the Pacific War, stretching from the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 to the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the atomic hellfire in August 1945. During the 16 phase-based turns, players attempt to conduct successful attacks on their opponents units, break loose from the sea siege, or simply outsmart their enemy so craftily that their willingness to carry on would be crushed.