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USS Seawolf
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Torplexed
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Beery
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| I wish there was a boardgame sub simulation for a single sub. I'd like to see a German U-boat board game. |
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Neal Stevens
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| Compass sent us a copy, it is next on the review list. Look for an article in around 10 days. |
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Torplexed
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| Beery wrote: | | I wish there was a boardgame sub simulation for a single sub. I'd like to see a German U-boat board game. |
There was such a game long ago. Avalon Hill's Submarine was a tactical board game that allowed you to control a submarine of one of the major powers of World War II. One player assumed the role of a submarine captain while other was an escort and/or convoy commander. The submarine location was kept secret and the sub player used written plots for movement and firing (torpedoes). The escort/convoy players also plotted their ships on the board. The game included rules for multiple players, various anti-submarine warfare systems, historical scenarios, night-fighting, and an abstract campaign game.
Still remember a hypothetical design-your-own scenario I created where a Allied convoy was attacked by a wolfpack consisting of U-Boats, Italian and Japanese subs. Good times. 
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Beery
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| Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I had an Avalon Hill game of submarine warfare (I might still have it somewhere in fact), but it was a modern sub warfare game called Attack Sub. It was pretty good, and I wrote a 'Hunt for Red October' scenario for it. |
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Safe-Keeper
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| Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| I once saw this old submarine strategy game in a store in the States. It had a paper board with a hex grid, and cut-out cardboard pieces, like Firefightand TacAir (or did TacAir have wooden pieces?). Anyone know the name of it? |
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