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ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943)

ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943)

King's College · 2005
1150 min1.0/5 complexity8.5 BGGKidsCouplesStrategy
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This solitaire game depicts the struggle between Allied convoy ONS.5 and a large number of German U-boats in May 1943. This struggle is considered a turning point in the Battle of Atlantic.

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ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) box art
official art · King's College

This solitaire game depicts the struggle between Allied convoy ONS.5 and a large number of German U-boats in May 1943. This struggle is considered a turning point in the Battle of Atlantic.

The player tries to sink as many merchant ships as possible, the game system (rules and charts) governs the actions of the escort vessels.

Sequence of play (as taken from the rulebook): Unit Availability Phase, Weather Phase, Convoy and Escort Movement Phase, U-boat Movement Phase, Search Phase, Combat Phase, Turn Record Phase

The game is available at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/ws/consim.html

game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating8.5 / 10
Vibe
KidsCouplesStrategy
Play time
150 min
Players
1
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ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) is a nautical game, for 1 players, taking ~150 minutes, featuring hexagon grid. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) support?
ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) is played by 1 players.
Q5How long does a game of ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) take?
A game of ONS.5: Outward North Atlantic Slow Convoy Five (1943) takes about 150 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
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