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Strategist Pick
2nd Fleet: Expansion
Requires:2nd Fleet: Modern Naval Combat in the North Atlantic
Designed by Joseph M. Balkoski
Published by The Avalon Hill Game Co
Expansion
Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach
Country: France
Country: Soviet Union
Players
2-4
Play Time
Unknown
Complexity
3.0 / 5
Rating
7.3
Year
1988
Community Snapshot
Medium complexity
~0 min
7.3 on BGG (7)
Categories
A medium dice rolling game. Rated 7.3 on BGG.
How It Plays
Dice Rolling
You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
About This Game
At the start of a project, the first two questions a wargame designer asks himself are: what is the area I wish to in the game, and at what scale do I show it? 2nd FLEET, which is a follow-on game to the successful 6th FLEET, was irrevocably tied to the scale of its older cousin (roughly 50 miles per hex). The emphasis of the new game is on carrier operations in the Norwegian Sea; the two maps used in the game are centered on the North Atlantic, from Greenland to Norway (on an east-west axis) and from the Kola Peninsula to the northern tip of Ireland (on a south-north axis).…
Source: BoardGameGeek