Port Arthur is a strategic simulating the land campaign in Manchuria fought between Russia and Japan, 1904-05. Individual counters representing infantry divisions,and cavalry and artillery at lower levels, maneuver on a map depicting the lay of the and in Manchuria, with units engaging in combat while seeking national objectives.
Port Arthur is a companion game to Tsushima, which covers the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War in similar detail. Both games were available in a single package, The Russo-Japanese War, which contained the combined game rules.