From the Introduction Between 1837 and 1901, Great Britain found itself in a virtual state of constant warfare. Military expeditions undertaken to protect and expand the Empire became an accepted facet of Victorian life. When compared to great military encounters such as the Seven Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the unprecedented World Wars of the...
From the Introduction Between 1837 and 1901, Great Britain found itself in a virtual state of constant warfare. Military expeditions undertaken to protect and expand the Empire became an accepted facet of Victorian life. When compared to great military encounters such as the Seven Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the unprecedented World Wars of the...
Victory at Midway simulates the historical World War 2 naval battle between Japan and the United States of America. Players take up the roles of the naval commanders and make their plans on their own maps in a "double-blind" turn-based system. Without knowledge of their opponent's fleet position, they move their ships, conduct aerial reconnaissance...
Victory at Sea is a set of privately published miniatures rules from 1971. The rules simulate ship-to-ship tactical combat from 1898 to about 1970. Compared to more recent rules sets, these rules are almost just an outline. The heart of the rules are several sets of charts for gunnery, torpedoes and movement. The to-hit system uses a 2D6 roll compared to a...
From the publisher's website: The Second World War saw naval warfare evolve from the clash of mighty dreadnoughts, which had been the preoccupation of navies for half a century, to a conflict dominated by the aircraft carrier and submarine. The Battle of the Atlantic saw German U-boats attempt to strangle the economy of the United Kingdom, with fast...
Mongoose Publishing's Victory at Sea WWII naval combat game (Victory at Sea original design by Matthew Sprange) is expanded in this 120+ page supplement. New rules and fleet lists increase historical accuracy and give players new options for historical and "build your own" fleets. Contents include: New Rules (shore batteries, night battles, terrain...
Publisher Blurb: Far Flung Seas is a supplement for Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnoughts WWI naval miniatures rules. Comprising additional fleet lists, Far Flung Seas rounds out the major protagonists of the Great War. In the Mediterranean, new lists cover the Italian, Austrian and French fleets. Further afield, the US Navy list in Age of Dreadnoughts is...
Based on the Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game WWII game (core game design by Matthew Sprange) Age of Dreadnoughts is an all new set of rules and fleet lists for pre-dreadnought and WWI naval combat. Besides basic fire and movement rules formation fighting, destroyer flotillas, and even poor compartmentalization are detailed as well as other...
Victory at Sea is the game of naval combat during the Second World War. Throughout 1939–45, the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologies. Now you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn...
The Deutschland-class of warships were relatively small, by battleship standards, but were well armoured and carried the type of armament traditionally seen only on battleships. This led to them being nicknamed ‘pocket battleships’. Superb commerce raiders, the Admiral Scheer successfully plied the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, disrupting merchant shipping...
Two Bismarck-class battleships were built for the Kriegsmarine. Bismarck was the first, named for the Chancellor (Otto von Bismarck). The battleship was laid down in July 1936 and launched February 1939. She and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were two of the largest battleships built by any European power, and certainly the largest built by Germany. Whilst the...
Designed in 1939, some 175 Fletcher-class destroyers were commissioned between 1942 and 1944, more than any other class of destroyer. They performed every task expected of a destroyer, including anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and more traditional surface-based actions. They served almost exclusively in the Pacific during World War II, capable of covering...