Turn 6 Day 2: NightThis is the last turn of the game and things are going fairly well for the Americans. The Libyans start off with attacks by the submarines on the US carrier task force. One of the subs sinks the destroyer, USS Cushing. The Americans, however, focus their …
Turn 5 Day 2: AfternoonThe US started off by trying to clear away the Libyan submarines that were skulking around the American task force. Unfortunately, the results of their efforts were for naught. Those pesky subs were still there after ASW efforts. The submarine USS Omaha had better luck, destroying …
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 …
