Submarine is a two-player board wargame simulating submarine warfare during the Second World War. It was originally published by Battleline Publications in 1976, then acquired and republished by Avalon Hill in 1977 with expanded rules and new artwork. The game is a tactical simulation in which one player commands a submarine attempting to sink a target vessel while the opponent controls the target ship along with defensive anti-submarine forces such as destroyer escorts. The design focuses on the close, turn-by-turn maneuvering and detection mechanics that defined submarine combat of the era, rather than on strategic or campaign-level naval operations. Its move from a smaller publisher to Avalon Hill's larger catalogue in 1977 was part of a broader pattern in the period of Avalon Hill acquiring and reissuing well-regarded wargame designs from smaller companies with improved production values.
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Submarine is a board wargame published by Battleline Publications in 1976 that simulates submarine warfare during World War II.
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Originally published by Battleline Publications in 1976.
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Submarine is a board wargame published by Battleline Publications in 1976 that simulates submarine warfare during World War II. The following year, Avalon Hill bought the rights to the game, expanded the rules and republished it with new cover art. Submarine is a two-player board wargame in which one player controls a submarine trying to sink a target such as a freighter or aircraft carrier, while the other player controls the target and anti-submarine defenses such as destroyer escorts.
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