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U-Boat Captain: Solitaire WW2 Wargame – Advanced Edition

U-Boat Captain: Solitaire WW2 Wargame – Advanced Edition

2023·Gary Graber

1 players
0 min

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U-BOAT CAPTAIN, Advanced Edition is a solitaire, tactical-operational level game covering individual German World War 2 U-Boat patrols and combat encounters, 1939-1942. This edition (44 pages) comes with full rules, optional and advanced rules, eight U-Boat Displays, map, logsheet, 37 counters, and Reference Cards, along with with several historical scenarios and campaign games (of various lengths), extensive examples of play, historically rated U-Boat "aces", and Designer's Notes. The game has the feel of a miniatures rule set, but with boardgame format. Utilize various historical German U-Boat Types (Type VIIA, VIIB, VIIC, IXA, IXB, IXC, IIB, and IID), each rated for fuel capacity and consumption, number of torpedoes carried, deck gun characteristics, and durability/survivability. Conduct monthly partrols to various locations (North Atlantic, Norway, the Arctic, Spain, West Africa, etc.) from 1939 through 1942 and try and achieve the most tonnage sunk you can, without being sunk yourself. In each patrol, you wiill sail to your area of operation... conduct daily patrols/searches... if you have an encounter, decide when/if to attack (watch out for escorts)... if you attack, perform the attack sequence and launch torpedoes, or use your deck gun. When fuel starts to run low, or your boat has accumulated too much damage, you can sail back to port for refit and rest, before beginning your next patrol. Sink at least 100,000 tons of allied shipping in your career and earn for yourself the coveted Knight's Cross. This Minden Battlegame book (Volume 11) emphasizes high playability combined with authentic historicity to produce a game that plays quickly but retains a strong historical and authentic narrative. As such, U-Boat Captain aims to be your "go to" game for highly playable WW2 submarine action covering the Battle of the Atlantic. The game system often reflects the "risk versus reward" nature of the theater, as it places you in the role of a U-Boat commander, working with your crew to employ good tactics in an effort to sink allied shipping, while avoiding being sunk yourself. This Advanced Edition retains the game system as published in Panzerschreck #19, and is fully compatible with it, but it adds new U-Boat types and additional optional rules, providing players with a comprehensive game that covers the war years from 1939 through 1942, the pivotal period of the Battle of the Atlantic. Can you be a successful U-Boat Captain? -description from the publisher

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About U-Boat Captain: Solitaire WW2 Wargame – Advanced Edition

From BoardGameGeek:

U-BOAT CAPTAIN, Advanced Edition is a solitaire, tactical-operational level game covering individual German World War 2 U-Boat patrols and combat encounters, 1939-1942. This edition (44 pages) comes with full rules, optional and advanced rules, eight U-Boat Displays, map, logsheet, 37 counters, and Reference Cards, along with with several historical scenarios and campaign games (of various lengths), extensive examples of play, historically rated U-Boat "aces", and Designer's Notes. The game has the feel of a miniatures rule set, but with boardgame format. Utilize various historical German U-Boat Types (Type VIIA, VIIB, VIIC, IXA, IXB, IXC, IIB, and IID), each rated for fuel capacity and consumption, number of torpedoes carried, deck gun characteristics, and durability/survivability. Conduct monthly partrols to various locations (North Atlantic, Norway, the Arctic, Spain, West Africa, etc.) from 1939 through 1942 and try and achieve the most tonnage sunk you can, without being sunk yourself. In each patrol, you wiill sail to your area of operation... conduct daily patrols/searches... if you have an encounter, decide when/if to attack (watch out for escorts)... if you attack, perform the attack sequence and launch torpedoes, or use your deck gun. When fuel starts to run low, or your boat has accumulated too much damage, you can sail back to port for refit and rest, before beginning your next patrol. Sink at least 100,000 tons of allied shipping in your career and earn for yourself the coveted Knight's Cross. This Minden Battlegame book (Volume 11) emphasizes high playability combined with authentic historicity to produce a game that plays quickly but retains a strong historical and authentic narrative. As such, U-Boat Captain aims to be your "go to" game for highly playable WW2 submarine action covering the Battle of the Atlantic. The game system often reflects the "risk versus reward" nature of the theater, as it places you in the role of a U-Boat commander, working with your crew to employ good tactics in an effort to sink allied shipping, while avoiding being sunk yourself. This Advanced Edition retains the game system as published in Panzerschreck #19, and is fully compatible with it, but it adds new U-Boat types and additional optional rules, providing players with a comprehensive game that covers the war years from 1939 through 1942, the pivotal period of the Battle of the Atlantic. Can you be a successful U-Boat Captain? -description from the publisher

Designer

Gary Graber

Publisher

Minden Games

Categories

NauticalWargameWorld War II

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Dice RollingSolo / Solitaire Game
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