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Rules assistance for Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
Rules assistant for Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker
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Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker is an expansion for Victory at Sea: Battle for the Pacific released in 2020 for 2 players. Its main mechanics are Simulation.
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About the game
The oil these tankers provided proved to be the life blood for nations and their armed forces, and often represented the single most important ships within convoys. Length: 500 feet Displacement: 7250 tons Speed: 16 knots Crew: 50 Commissioned: 1939 -description from the publisher's product info card
Mechanics
Publishers
- Warlord Games
Questions and answers
Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker supports 2 players 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.
Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Nautical. Its main mechanics are Simulation. 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 catalogue lists Victory at Sea: German Altmark Tanker as an expansion for Victory at Sea: Battle for the Pacific. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Victory at Sea: Battle for the Pacific to use it. Check that your edition of Victory at Sea: Battle for the Pacific is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.