Steel Wolves and German Fleet Boats: Deluxe Edition

Steel Wolves is a solitaire simulation of the German submarine war against British and Allied shipping, the follow-on title to Silent War. Volume I covers the period from the start of the War in 1939 to the early months of 1943. You serve as the Supreme Commander of Uboats, Kreigsmarine. Your mission is to deploy your forces with maximum effect to destroy British and Allied shipping while limiting your submarine losses.

Featured scenarios cover actions ranging from famous short single sub patrols through short campaigns, ending with the full campaign covering 1939 to 1943. The game map breaks the Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Atlantic, and Western Indian Ocean into historical Operations Areas through which subs patrol in search of shipping. Special rules feature historical events such as the invasion of Norway and Torch; b-dienst, ULTRA, and the intelligence war; torpedo improvements, German wolfpack tactics, Super-Skippers, large vs. small U-boat philosophy, appeals to Berlin for resources, and many others. Every German sub deployed between 1939 and 1943 (as well as some what-if classes) is represented.

Steel Wolves Expansion 1: German Fleet Boats assumes that Germany never entered into the 1935 Naval agreement. German Fleet Boats assumes significant changes to the historic design strategy. It assumes that early Type I, II, and VII submarines are built as historically occurred, but prior to starting a more extensive building program, OKM decides to build cruiser/fleet type submarines starting with more Type Is and four of the even larger (projected) Type III, the designs for which were based on the IA, then followed by the VIII, XI, and XII.

German Fleet Boats alters the opening of the campaign, allowing players to play through to the end of the England Imperiled scenario, which ends at the start of Operation Barbarossa. Modifications include changes to allied task forces and the availability of additional allied units. Also included are three additional Italian Cagni class submarines.

This new edition features a mounted game board, an updated full-color rule book incorporating all changes and improvements, and an updated map and charts/tables. Steel Wolves and German Fleet Boats, Deluxe Edition, is the definitive game of the German submarine war against British and Allied shipping.

Product Information Complexity: Medium Playing Time: 1 hour (scenarios), 125 hours (full campaign) Solitaire Suitability: Perfect (designed for solitaire play)