Panzerschreck Magazine #4. From the rules: Battle of the Atlantic is a solitaire game based on this important World War II naval campaign. It covers the decisive part of the campaign, August 1942 to May 1943. The player, assuming the role of Admiral Karl Dönitz, controls the German Kriegsmarine and tries to achieve victory against the Allies, controlled by...
“War at Sea 1939 – 1943. German High Seas Fleet vs the British Royal Navy. Victory: Be the first to win 3 hands. There are 3 card types: Tactics, Tonnage, and Technology. Each card has an individual point value.” The winner of a hand is determined by the point values of the cards played by each player. The game lasts five turns, corresponding to the years...
“It is summer in the North Atlantic, 1942. Admiral Dönitz’s German U-boats are prowling the east coast of North America and the mid Atlantic shipping lanes, inflicting heavy losses on the Allied merchant fleet carrying desperately need supplies to Europe.” “Each Convoy player has at least one US or British destroyer and two merchants in their charge. On...
The game is a simulation of the World War II Battle of the Atlantic between Germany against Britain and the US. The game scale covers the entire Atlantic ocean from England to the US East Coast and from Greenland to South America. The game is strategic in nature but it includes U-boats, surface raiders and aircraft on an individual ship scale. The campaign...
Battle of the Coral Sea May, 1942. Only five months earlier, the Kido Butai launched an overwhelming attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese sunk four battleships, damaged four, destroyed 188 aircraft, and killed 2000 sailors and a hundred Marines. Since then, the Empire of the Rising Sun has expanded almost without resistance. Now, intelligence intercepts...
May, 1942. Only five minutes earlier, the Kido Butai launched an overwhelming attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese sunk four battleships, damaged four, destroyed 188 aircraft, killed 2000 sailors and a hundred Marines. Not to mention the numerous other ships and aircraft damaged. Since then, the Empire of the Rising Sun has expanded almost without...
The Battle of the Denmark Strait is played for as many turns as it takes one side to win. Each turn is divided into the following four phases: Movement Phase: British first then German. Shooting Phase: German shoots first then British. However shooting are considered to be simultaneous. Damage Control Phase: damage ships attempt to repair. Morale Phase:...
The Battle of the Nile - 1st and 2nd August, 1798 There are four different Scenarios that can be played, namely the Historical Scenario ( which simulates what actually happened in the Battle of the Nile ) and three other Scenarios called Scenario A, Scenario B and Scenario C. The Board is a grid of flat up hexagonal zones, measuring 52 rows by 44 columns....