Designed by Vernon Jay Stribling
Published by The Third Millenia, Inc., 1973
Players 2 or more
Playing time variable
Scale strategic, tactical battle board
Era WW2 naval
Turns 20 per game (time unknown)
Units Individual ships
Map unidentified

Components

2 unmounted one-color maps 14"x25" covering the South Atlantic between South America and Africa
1 5½"x11" 4-page rules folder with one sheet of addenda
1 unmounted one-color chart 14"x25" containing battle board, turn scale and ship data
119 die-cut single-sided two-color counters
1 8½"x12" two-color cover sheet
1 9"x12" manila envelope

Counter Manifest

British (black on dark green)

20 Ships (York; Ajax; Achilles; Dunkerque; Shropshire; Cumberland; Cornwall; Renown; Exeter; Strasbourg; Hermes; Dorsetshire; Glorious; Ark Royal; Malaya; Eagle; Neptune; Berwick; Sussex; Bearn)
20 Search
8 ?
14 Markers (A to N)
3 Supply
3 French Cruisers
3 Hit markers
13 Blanks

German (black on red)

1 Ship (Graf Spee)
11 Supply
2 Search
21 Blanks

This very simple little game of naval warfare was one of a number of games that was published in various issues of the magazine Battleflag in the early 1970’s. The growing popularity of SPI’s

Strategy & Tactics magazine, with a game in every issue, spawned many imitators but produced no competitors. Enthusiasm has never been an adequate substitute for sufficient capitalization except in Hollywood.

Collector’s Value

Boone lists low, high and average costs of 4/8/6.00 at auction and 9/25/17.00 for sale.

Other Games by This Designer

D.E.; Operation Market Garden; Operation Sea Lion; PBI; Salerno; Second Galactic War; and Shiloh (all the Third Millenia)

Other Games of This Type

Bismarck Graf Spee variant (Avalon Hill); Graf Spee (Jagdpanther); Battle with the Graf Spee (Southern Pacific); Battle of the River Plate (Bruce Moore).