(from Compass Games website:) Bring added realism to your submarine campaign with IJN, Imperial Japanese Navy, the first expansion pack for Compass Games’ award winning SILENT WAR. Every Japanese warship down through the large destroyer escorts and the major auxiliary cargo ships and tankers are provided in two full countersheets with 336 new playing...
Silent War and IJN, Deluxe 2nd Edition is an enhanced second edition of the original, award winning, game first published in 2005. Silent War is a solitaire simulation of the United States' Navy submarine war against Imperial Japan in World War Two. You serve as Commander of Submarines, US Pacific Fleet (ComSubPac). Your mission is to deploy your boats...
This is a promotional game for the shipping company Silja Line. The game board is a rough map of the Baltic sea and surrounding areas. Using Route/Ship and Place of Departure cards, the players must complete as many cruises as possible; the winner is the player who reaches Stockholm or Helsinki with the most completed cruises when the Route/Ship deck runs...
A simple sailboat racing game where the players race along a track around the board. Movement is governed by a spinner. Players may be confronted with trivia questions (regarding sailing) during the game - a correct answer moves a boat forward and an incorrect answer moves a boat backward. Additional cards are drawn during the game which provide further...
From the introduction: "S I N C is a game of strategy, devoid of any element of chance. It is a game in which two players match their strategic acumen by engaging two opposing fleets of symbolic warships. One fleet represents the Eastern Hemisphere and the other the Western Hemisphere." As the full name suggests, SINC is an obvious product of the Cold War...
Early variation of the battleship type game. ships noted are BB CA and DD's Each ship generates a different number of shots and when the ship is sunk the player reduces the number of shots he takes. Ship locations are noted on the pad and each turns shots are noted by turn. This creates a record of the game played. The game appears to be a promotional item...
This wargame simulates Operation Rheinubung where the German battleship Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen attempts a breakout into the Atlantic. This is a two player operational simulation of that historical event. The game retains the tactical ship to ship elements of the encounter. Each hex represents 75 nautical miles. A Damage Point Table and a 10-sided die...
Sink the Bismarck! is based upon the Battle of the Denmark Straits, May 1941." "The game is designed to be played by a team or 'Flag Staff' determining the actions of each ship in their force. The Flag Staff can consist of any number of players; though recommend not more than 8 - 10 per staff. The staff must have one Admiral in charge of the staff and...
From the designer's description: "Sink the Bismark" (sic) allows the player to recreate the actual historical conditions of the BISMARK foray, and includes advanced "what if" situations such as the original Operation Rheinubung as well as the delayed operation including the TIRPITZ. This game can be played in either a tactical or strategic atmosphere, or...
Shooting game. 6 targets, made of card. The targets are 'stood up' in wooden supports. A nice cannon is used to shoot at the targets. A player must knock over a ship to count as a 'success' and earn a point. You can decide before you start the winning conditions, first to score 5 successes wins, that sort of thing. Box - "A battling good game". I'm...