After my encounter with WW2 veteran Bill from the USS RASHER last week (see
here), I was inspired and pre-oredred SILENT VICTORY from Consim Press. This is their second in their solitaire submarine warfare games and successor to THE HUNTERS. In this game you trade in your U-boat in the Atlantic to drive an array of US Navy submarines in the Pacific. It looks very good and this page (
http://www.consimpress.com/silent-victory/) below describes some of the differences between the two games - its not just different graphics on the maps and counters.
You can preorder SILENT VICTORY through GMT Games for $36 here:
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-474-silent-victory.aspx
Separately, if you are into THE HUNTERS or just want to see what the play is like, there is a detailed series of videos on YouTube by the designer showing you hows it goes:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfGT7XoA4w2iKcoQ6wCWpCQFNdD-zhlx9
And finally, if you are REALLY into your U-Booat gaming, you can read some translated War Diaries (Kriegstagebuch) here for inspiration:
http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTBList.htm
Solitaire?
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting. I would apreciate a short review or game report very much.
Cheers
Stefan
Will do! Its scheduled for shipping in the Fall
DeleteYes indeed, solitaire. If this interests you, check out the first game, The Hunters.
A second printing is underway
https://www.gmtgames.com/p-471-the-hunters-2nd-printing.aspx
Curse you Paul. I have my preorder for the Hunters reprint it, I had better go place one for Silent Victory now as well. Ever since I first saw Run Silent, Run Deep I've been a fan of the US sub war in the Pacific.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the plug.
Michael
My pleasure Michael, I'm sure you'll get your own back one day :-)
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