Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea
"Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea" is an air-navy-submarine wargame of World War 3 in the 1980's. It covers from Cuba and Florida in the West to the Kola peninsula in the East and the Mediterranean Sea as well.
Units are air squadrons, ship groups and submarines. The order of battle is as close as possible to the real combatants available in the three time periods of the game: 1983, 1985 and 1989.
There are a variety of scenarios and the main campaign game plays in about 8-10 hours.
The game is card driven, using an operations point system and events written on the cards.
The errata file, which is updated as we find them is here https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2264466/errata-thread
Vassal Module is available here http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Blue_Water_Navy
| Ages: | 0+ |
| NoOfPlayers: | 2-2 Players |
| PlayTime: | 60-960 Minutes |
| Playing Time : | Above 2 Hours |
| BGG Link: | BGG Link |
| Game Type: | Wargames |
| Game Categories: | Aviation / Flight | Modern Warfare | Nautical | Wargame |
| Game Mechanisms: | Action Points | Area Movement | Campaign / Battle Card Driven | Dice Rolling | Events | Secret Unit Deployment |
| Game Family: | History: Cold War | Players: Two Player Only Games | Region: Atlantic Ocean | Region: Mediterranean Sea | Theme: Alternate History | Theme: Submarines |
| Game Designer(s): | James Derek Harris | Stuart Tonge |
| Game Artist(s): | Stuart Tonge | Bruce Yearian |
| BGG Rank Overall: | 5314 |
| BGG Weight: | 4.16 |
| BGG Weight Filter: | 4 to 5 |
"Blue Water Navy: The War at Sea" is an air-navy-submarine wargame of World War 3 in the 1980's. It covers from Cuba and Florida in the West to the Kola peninsula in the East and the Mediterranean Sea as well.
Units are air squadrons, ship groups and submarines. The order of battle is as close as possible to the real combatants available in the three time periods of the game: 1983, 1985 and 1989.
There are a variety of scenarios and the main campaign game plays in about 8-10 hours.
The game is card driven, using an operations point system and events written on the cards.
The errata file, which is updated as we find them is here https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2264466/errata-thread
Vassal Module is available here http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Blue_Water_Navy
