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Expansion for Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43
Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats
2013
Rules assistance for Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 2500 min
- 12+
- Complexity 3.5/5
Rules assistant for Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats
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Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats is an expansion for Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43 released in 2013 for 1 player, 2,500 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Stephen C. Jackson and Brien J. Miller and its main mechanics are Area Movement.
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About the game
German Fleet Boats is an expansion game for Compass Game's Steel Wolves - the German Submarine Campaign against Allied Shipping 1939-1943. German Fleet Boats assumes that Germany never entered into the 1935 agreement, instead following OKM’s original view that aircraft and hydrophone technology will dramatically impact concentrated submarine operations around the British Isles and that the fleet boat concept of long range submarines are needed to operate outside areas of dense ASW coverage. German Fleet Boats postulates a change in Uboat design strategy: instead of focusing on medium Type VII boats, the Germans turn to the larger U-cruiser with which they experimented with in World War I. German Fleet Boats assumes that early Type I, II, and VII submarines are built as historically occurred, but prior to starting a more extensive building program, OKM makes the decision to build cruiser/fleet type submarines starting with more Type Is and four of the even larger (projected) Type III, the designs for which were based on the IA. German Fleet Boats contains a new opening campaign and introduces four additional types of U-cruisers, The Type III, VIII, XI, and XII. German Fleet Boats requires Steel Wolves to play.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Compass Games
Questions and answers
Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats is 2,500 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats has a complexity rating of 3.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats belongs to these categories: Wargame, Nautical, and World War II. Its main mechanics are Area Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats are: Stephen C. Jackson and Brien J. Miller. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Steel Wolves: German Fleet Boats as an expansion for Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43 to use it. Check that your edition of Steel Wolves: Germany's Submarine Campaign Against British & Allied Shipping – Vol 1 1939-43 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.