Battle of the Atlantic (board game)
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| Publishers | Taurus Games |
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| Publication | 1975 |
| Genres | World War II naval combat |
Battle of the Atlantic, subtitled "The Epic Struggle of the Wolf Pack vs Convoy", is a board wargame published by Taurus Games in 1975 that simulates the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.
Gameplay
Battle of the Atlantic is a two-player wargame in which one player controls Axis naval forces while the other player controls Allied naval forces and merchant convoys. The game comes with two 21" x 24" hex grid maps (one for each player), 250 die-cut counters, some information sheets and tables, and a 62-page rule book.[1]
The two players plan each turn secretly, deploying their forces on separate maps. If contact is made (forces enter the same hex on the same turn) then combat is resolved abstractly using a table.[1] Each turn represents one week.
There are a number of scenarios included with the game. In all of them, the Allied player receives victory points for supplies arriving in the UK in excess of the required amount, as well as for sinking German submarines; the Axis player earns victory points for sinking merchant ships.[1] The scenarios are not independent of each other — the only initial set-up given is for the first scenario. In each subsequent scenario, the players use the forces that survived the previous scenario.[1]