Turn 4 Day 2: MorningWell, quite a lot happened this morning. First off, the weather across the Mediterranean was lousy with squalls. This hampered ship movement and proved to be a fatal development for the Libyans. The Americans, with all-weather aircraft, were able to deal with the weather without …
Turn 3 was a night turn and basically saw the US carrier task force hitting Tripoli and Benghazi very hard. Turn 3 Day 1: NightThe Libyans put their MiG-23s up over Tripoli to fly CAP while the US activates its submarines and takes out the small Libyan patrol craft getting …
Turn 2 was quite interesting and offered its share of frustrations for both the Libyan and American sides. Turn 2 Day 1: Afternoon It started with the American subs trying to hunt down the Libyan subs. The USS Omaha struck at the damaged Libyan sub Fateh and destroyed it then …
When VG released Sixth Fleet in 1985, tensions between the US and Libya had grown substantial enough to warrant a scenario featuring a conflict between both powers as it may have happened at the time. In the sixth scenario of Sixth Fleet, players are invited to explore this potential conflict, …
Lock ‘n Load Publishing’s World at War series began a few years ago with their first product, World at War: Eisenbach Gap, which is a real gem of a game. It features platoon-level combat set in a ‘what if’ war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact in 1985. The game …
I reviewed the Sixth Fleet game recently and now I’d like to post a report of a solo play of the game. I hope you’ll see the appeal of the game system from reading about how it went. In this intermediate scenario, the Soviets have invaded the island of Lemnos …
Coming back with some stressed pilots from the previous Close Air Support mission, I was hoping that the next day would feature a nice milk run, but it was not to be. I managed to pull three target cards that were all secondaries, so I was left with pulling one …
Sixth Fleet by Victory Games Sixth Fleet is a modern naval wargame published by Victory Games way back in 1985. As a simulation, I’m not sure of it’s accuracy although a good deal of research and thought seem to have been put into it. Much of the rulebook contains descriptions …
Let’s run through the first mission in the great game by DVG, Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operations. For the first mission, we end up with “Close Air Support”. This is a tough mission because it’s so close to friendlies that ordnance misses place more stress on the pilots. It also looks …
