Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game
BGG rank
BGG #12,472
BGG rating
6.9

Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game

2006

Rules assistance for Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2 players
  • 360 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.5/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game

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Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game is a board game released in 2006 for 2 players, 360 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Matthew Sprange and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Simulation, and Measurement Movement.

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About the game

From the publisher's website: The Second World War saw naval warfare evolve from the clash of mighty dreadnoughts, which had been the preoccupation of navies for half a century, to a conflict dominated by the aircraft carrier and submarine. The Battle of the Atlantic saw German U-boats attempt to strangle the economy of the United Kingdom, with fast commerce raiders such as the pocket battleships and the mighty Bismarck attempting to slip into the Atlantic to wreak devastation upon the allied convoys. In the Mediterranean the Italian and British fleets squared off as each side attempted to settle the fate of Egypt and North Africa, as both sides attempted to strangle the other’s supply routes. In the east mighty carrier fleets clashed as the Imperial Japanese Navy tried to hold on to the rapid conquests of 1942, whilst all the while American submariners strove to paralyze Japan’s industrial might via attacks on her merchant fleet. It was here that mighty battleships clashed in ferocious night battles amongst the Pacific islands. Victory at Sea brings these conflicts to life allowing budding admirals to re-fight the epic battles of this conflict, or to create their own fleets based upon the ships of the day and fight entire campaigns. Over seventy different ship classes are detailed, allowing a wide array of different battles to be fought with eighteen scenarios included. Based upon the award winning A Call to Arms games system, Victory at Sea is a fast flowing game that will allow novices and veteran gamers alike to enjoy recreating the epic struggles between the mighty fleets of the era. Victory at Sea includes counters to use with every class of ship featured in the game. Expanded by: Order of Battle: A Supplement for Victory at Sea Re-implemented by: Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnoughts

Questions and answers

Victory at Sea: World War II Naval Combat Game 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.