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A Soviet submarine-the most powerful vessel ever to put to sea-has disap-

peared. Captain Marko Ramius has made a fateful decision: Red October is
heading westl But with the entire Soviet Navy, with orders to destroy on con-
tact, in pursuit, can Ramius make it to the safety of a U.S. port?
This scenario, based on Tom Clancy's bestselling novel, The Hunt For Red
October, is just one of the many tense situations you can create with this
game.
The navies of the Soviet Union and the United States, together with its
NAf,O allies, are the most powerful seagoing forces ever assembled. If war
between these superpowers ever arises, the North Atlantic Ocean will cer-
tainly be a decisive battleground.
lnthe Hunt For Red October game, you command naval task forces and air
squadrons. As the attacker, you must maneuver your ships and airplanes to
find, catch, and destroy the enemy fleet. As the defender, you must evade the
enemy's patrols and wear down his force with hit-and-run attacks.

Getting Ready toPlay 1

Reading the Pieces 1
Reading the Map 3
Playing a Ttrrn 4
Moving Pieces 5
Detecting Enemy Pieces 7
Fighting Battles 8
Optional rules ...... 10
Examplesof Play ....13
Hidden Movement M"p . ...16
Scenarios .... 18
Ttrrn, Detection, and Battle Step Summaries .. . .28

Credits
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Maps: Diesel
Playing Pieces: David C. Sutherland and Dennis Kauth
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Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR UK Ltd.
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Game Design @1966 TSR, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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The Game Pieces
Your Hunt For Red October game
should contain the following pieces:
3 sheets of fold-up ship pieces
L sheet of air squadron counters
l map board
1 battle board
1 NAf,1O task force card
1 Soviet task force card
1 rule book
144 plastic bases
2 colored dice (numbered 0 to 9)
2 white dice (numbered 1 to 6)
Carefully separate the ship pieces along
Setting 0p the Board Hunt For Red October is eight different
and Displays games. All eight scenarios are played
with the same rules, but the NATO and
Set out the Map Board, the Battle Soviet navies start in different places,
Board, and the NASO and Soviet Task with different numbers of ships, and
Force Cards. Place the Map Board on a different goals.
table between the two players. The
NATO player sits at the west map edge Scenarios L and 2 are good scenarios to
start with if you haven't played the
Layout ol game before. They are simple situations
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Next separate ("punch out") the card-
board counters. Sort them into NAfO
detection markers, Soviet detection
markers, NATO air squadrons, and
Soviet air squadrons.
Look at the dice. The colored dice are
used for most game functions. They
have ten sides, numbered 1 to 0 (The 0
is read as a 10). The white dice are used
for Soviet initiative and to attack
detected submarines. The rules always
state when to roll a red (ten-sided) die
and when to roll a white (six-sided) die.
sits at the east map edge (Europe and
Africa). Set up the Battle Board and
both player's Thsk Force Cards at the
north edge of the map. (This setup can
be changed to fit your table.) The
whole layout should look something
like this:
Learning the Game
Set out the Map Board, the Battle
Board, and the NATO and Soviet Thsk
Force Cards. Put a few Soviet and
NATO ships, subs, and airplanes on the
board for reference. Now page through
the rule book. Look at the diagrams and
the Tirrn Steps, and skim the rules.
Next, read the rules from beginning to
end. Don't try to memorize them, but
as you finish each section review it
briefly to be sure you understand it. If
you have questions, read the appropri-
ate example in the middle of the rule
book, moving pieces on the board if
necessary. This should clarify how the
rule is used in the game.
The Hunt For Red October game has
eight scenarios. Each scenario is a dif-
ferent game situation; in effect, The
with relatively few ships and air squad-
rons per side. You will enjoy playing the
other, larger scenarios more if you first
learn the rules by playing the small sce-
narios.
Once the scenario is chosen, sort out
and assemble the ship, submarine, and
air squadlon pieces needed to play that
scenario. Put them on the map in their
starting positions, and you are ready to
begin playingl
All the information needed about ships,
submarines, and air squadrons is print-
ed on the playing pieces.
The pieces are designed to conceal cru-
cial information from your opponent,
For example, your ship pieces are
placed on the board facing you. All
your opponent sees are the flags on the
backs, telling him that these are enemy
ships. Aircraft squadrons are placed
face down so your opponent cannot see
what type they are.
Ship Pieces
Throughout these rules, the term "ship"
refers to both surface ships and subma-
rines.
This is what the numbers on a ship piece
The back of a ship piece shows its
flag. This identifies the piece as either
ASW Helicopter a Soviet or NATO warship. The back
of a submarine piece shows its flag
and a generic silhouette identifying the
piece as a submarine.

Ship Piece Thsk Force Pieces

Front
The Attack Rating shows how much
firepower the ship has. Ships with
white attack ratings are especially effec-
tive when attacking enemy surface
ships (not submarines). Pieces with yel-
low attack ratings are especially deadly
Class when attacking enemy air squadrons.
Back When one of your ships attacks an ene-
my piece, roll one colored die. The ene-
Thsk force pieces represent large groups
of ships. Instead of bunching a lot of
individual ship pieces into one space on
the board, ships in a task force are kept
on the task force display. A single piece,
representing the whole task force,
shows where those ships are on the
'
maD.
Task Force Piece
Task Force
Alpha

+ my piece is hit if the number rolled is

equal to or lower than your ship's
attack rating. (Sometimes you roll the
white die instead. This is explained fur-
Front

ther under Attacking Enemy Pieces.) . . *&..

The Detection Rating indicates how The Ship Type is included for interest
good that ship's radar, sonar, and only; it has no effect in the game. The
search helicopters are. These things are abbreviations used are: Back
used to detect enemy ships and air SSN Nuclear powered submarine Thsk force pieces do not have detection
squadrons. Ships with high detection SSGN Nuclear powered cruise ratings, attack ratings, or ship type des-
ratings usually find what they are look- missile submarine ignations.
ing for; ships with low detection ratings SS Conventionally powered
tend to overlook things. submarine Aircraft Squadron Pieces
Your ships can try to detect enemy ships SSBN Nuclear powered ballistic Many different types of aircraft appear
and air squadrons at several different missile submarine
in the Hunf for Red October game. All
times during the turn. This is explained FF Frigate
aircraft squadrons have three ratings:
further under Detecting Enemy Pieces. FFG Frigate with anti-aircraft
A ship with a helicopter printed next to missiles Air Squadrons
its detection rating can search for ene- FFL Light frigate Range
my submarines when it is part of an DD Destroyer (short,
ASW screen. DDG Destroyer with anti-aircraft medium
missiles or long)
When you try to detect an enemy piece, CV Aircraft carrier
roll one colored die. If the number
CVN Nuclear-powered Detection
\
rolled is equal to or lower than your aircraft carrier Rating
Front Rtt""t
piece's detection rating, the enemy CVL Light aircraft carrier Rating
piece is detected. BB Battleship
CGN Battle Cruiser
CG Cruiser
LPD Soviet Amphibious
Assault Ship
LHA NATO Amphibious
Assault Ship Back
The Detection Rating and Attack Rat-
ing are the same as a ship's detection
and attack ratings.
Range indicates how many spaces an
aircraft squadron can move. Aircraft
have either short (S), medium (M), or
long (L) range. These ranges allow air-
craft to move:
S aircraft can move 1 space.
M aircraft can move 4 spaces.
L aircraft can move 8 spaces.
Some aircraft squadrons are especially
good at finding and destroying enemy
submarines (anti-submarine warfare-
ASW). These ASW aircraft squadrons
have white airplane silhouettes instead
of black:
ASW Aircraft Squadron
White
Aircraft
Symbol
The backs of all Soviet and all NATO
aircraft squadron pieces are the same.
The back side of the piece is turned up
when the squadron is undetected so the
other player can't see what type of air-
craft are in the squadron. When the
squadron is detected, the piece is turned
face up.
Markers
Two types of markers are used in the
game: Detection Markers and Cap-
tured Air Base Markers.
Detection Markers
Front
You must put one of your detection
markers in every space where you
search for enemy ships and aircraft
squadrons. One side of a detection
marker shows a Radar Search and the
other shows a Sonar Search. Place the
marker with its radar side up if you are
trying to detect surface ships or aircraft
squadrons. Place the detection marker
with its sonar side up if you are trying
to detect submarines.
Captured air base markers are only
used in a few scenarios. They are placed
on NATO air bases that have been cap-
tured by the Soviet player.
Gaptured Airfield Marker
The Map Board is divided into land and
sea spaces. Ships can move through any
sea spaces. Air squadrons can move
through land and sea spaces.
Sea Spaces
Dark blue spaces are Deep Sea spaces.
Light blue spaces are Shallout Sea spac-
es. There is no difference between deep
and shallow sea in the basic game. Sea
spaces are defined by thin black lines
and by the borders between deep and
shallow sea (moving from shallow to
deep sea, or vice versa, is a one-space
move, even though there is no thin line
separating the two spaces). The moun-
tains running the length of the Map
Board are the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
They have no effect on play and do not
divide the map into spaces.
Patrol Symbols
NATO Soviet
Sixteen spaces on the Map Board con-
tain NATO and Soviet symbols. These
are Patrol Symbols. They have no
effect in the basic game, but they are
used in some of the scenarios to show
where pieces can be set up.
Land Spaces
Land spaces are just like sea spaces
except ships cannot enter them. The ter-
rain in the space has no effect, whether
it is green, white, or brown.
Five land spaces are ports: Norfolk, New
York,k Hawe, kningrad, and Severo-
morsk. These are the only land spaces
that ships can enter. Even if its land space
connects to several sea spaces, a port is
connected to only one sea space.
Every turn of theHunt For RedOctober
game has six steps. These steps must be
done in order. Steps cannot be com-
bined or rearranged in any way. For
example, during step2, First Sea Move-
ment, the first player moves his surface
ships and submarines. He cannot move
his air squadrons at this time, nor can
the second player move any of his ships
or air squadrons. When step 2 is fin-
ished the first player cannot move any
ships for the rest of the turn, even if he
has ships that didn't move during step
2. Tirrn steps can be interrupted when
ships and air squadrons search for ene-
my pieces and attack pieces that are
detected. Detection and attack steps are
explained elsewhere.
Turn Steps
Step 1: Initiative
Each player takes two detection mark-
ers from his offboard pile and places
them on the map in his "Detection
Markers" space. Then each player rolls
a die. The NATO player rolls a colored
die, the Soviet player rolls a white die.
The number rolled tells how many
extra detection markers both players
get. Each player adds that many addi-
tional detection markers to his "Detec-
tion Markers" space. Whoever has the
most detection markers has the initia-
tive for this tum. If both players have
the same number of detection markers,
the Soviet player gets the initiative.
b.ample: Both players put two detection
markers in their map space. The NATO
player rolls a 7 and the Soviet player rolls
a 4. The NATO player adds seven more
detection markers to his "Detection
Markers" space for a total of nine mark-
ers. The Soviet player adds four markers
to his space for a total of six.
Step 2: First Sea Movement
The player with the initiative decides
whether he wants to move his ships
first, or have the other player move
first. That player moves all of his sub-
marines, surface ships, and task forces.
If your opponent moves one of his pieces
into a space that already contains one of
your submarines, you can play a detection
marker there. When this happens, move
ment stops temporarily while the search is
going on; see the Detection Steps.
Example: NATO task force bravo has
moved into a space containing two
Soviet submarines. The Soviet player
plays a detection marker in that space.
The NAf,O player stops moving imme-
diately and the players refer to Detec-
tion Steps to resolve the search.
Step 3: Second Sea Movement
Now the other player moves his subma-
rines, surface ships, and task forces.
Like before, the player whose ships are
not moving can play a detection marker
if an enemy ship moves into a space
with one of his submarines. It doesn't
matter whether the submarine moved
in the First Sea Movement step or
stayed where it was; a detection marker
can be played in either case.
Step 4: Aircraft Movement
During this step players take turns
moving their air squadrons. The player
who moved his ships first also moves
his aircraft first.
The first player can move as many
squadrons as he wants to the limit of
their ranges. When he is done, the sec-
ond player does the same. When the
second player is done, the first player
can move any squadrons which have
not moved already. Players keep alter-
nating this fuay until all their aircraft
squadrons have moved or neither play-
er wants to move any more squadrons.
Either player can'pass" when it is his turn
to move squadrons, alowing his oppo-
nent to move again. If both players pass,
one after another, this step ends and no
more aircraft movement is allowed.
If one player runs out of squadrons
before the other or simply stops moving
squadrons, the other player can finish
moving all his remaining squadrons at
once.
No detection markers can be played
during this step.
Step 5: Combat
During this step, both players use the
detection markers left in their "Detec-
tion Markers" spaces to search for ene-
my ships and aircraft.
The player who has the most detection
markers left picks a space where he
wants to search and plays one or more
detection markers there. (If both play-
ers have the same number of markers,
the Soviet players is first.) Follow the
Detection Steps to resolve the search. If
enemy pieces are detected and either
player wants to fight a battle, refer to
the Battle Steps. Then the other player
chooses a space and the procedure is
repeated. Continue alternating this way
until neither player has any detection
markers left, neither player wants to
play any more detection markers, or
neither player has anyplace left where
he can play detection markers.
Example: NATO task force bravo is in
the same space with six Soviet aircraft
squadrons. The NAIiO player has more
detection markers. He plays four detec-
tion markers in the space, radar side up.
The Soviet player plays three detection
markers, radar side up. The players
then follow the Detection Steps to see
whether they find each others'pieces.
If a player detects any enemy pieces, he
can attack. In that case, follow the Bat-
tle Steps.
Step 6: End of Turn
Aircraft squadrons return to air bases
within their movement ranges. Both
players remove all of their detection
markers from the map and their "Detec-
tion Markers" space and return them to
the offboard pile.
These Tirrn Steps are summarized at the
back of the rule book for handy refer-
ence during the game.
How Far a Piece Moves
Ships and submarines can move three
spaces during the Sea Movement Steps
of the turn. You must move each piece
as far as you plan to move it before
starting to move another piece. Pieces
can move together if they start in the
same space, move along the same path
of spaces, and stop moving in the same
space.
Crowding
Up to three of your ship pieces can be
together in a space when you are done
moving. One of these pieces can be a
task force marker. However, you can-
not have one of your submarines and
one of your task forces in the same
space at the end of your move. All of
your pieces can move freely through
spaces containing other, friendly piec-
es; the restrictions apply when all your
moving is done.
A port is a special kind of space. You
can have any number of surface ships,
submarines, and task forces in a port.
There are no crowding restrictions in
ports.
If you move into a space containing
enemy submarines you may have to
interrupt or stop your move, if your
opponent plays a detection marker.
You can move through a space contain-
ing enemy surface ships as if they
weren't there, or move in and stop. Sur-
face ships cannot try to detect enemy
ships during the Movement Step.
Example: All of the ships in the Alpha
Task Forces task force spaces on the NATO Task
if they are in
Force Card are treated as
A task force is a large group of surface
ships. A task force lets more than three the space on the map where the Alpha
ships be in a space at once. All of the task force piece is.
ships in a task force are placed on the A task force can contain up to 12 small
task force card. The task force piece is surface ships and three large surface
placed on the map. The task force piece ships. It cannot contain any subma-
moves like a regular surface ship, but it rines.
represents all of the ships in the task
Surface ships that are in the same map
force.
space as a task force at the start of their
Movement Step can join the task force.
Ot conversely, a task force can drop
off ships before it moves. Any number
of ships can leave the task force, as long
as no more than three of your ships
occupy a single space at the end of your
move.
If two or more ships are in a space at the
start of your Movement Step, you can
form a task force. Remove the ships
from the map space and arrange them
in an empty task force box on the Thsk
Force Card. Place the appropriate task
force piece in the map space.
If a task force ever has only one ship in
it, that task force marker is removed
from play.
Ships in a task force must be in the anti-
submarine (ASW) screen, the antiair-
craft (AA) screen, or the center of the
task force. At least half of the ships in
the task force must be in the ASW
screen. The AA screen must contain
more ships than the center of the task
force. Within these restrictions, you
can arrange ships in your task forces
however you like. (The significance of
the various parts of the task force is
explained in the battle rules.)
You can rearrange the ships in a task
force at the start of your Movement
Step. Sometimes you have to do this if
battle losses or detachments have left
your task force with too few ships in
one of the sections.
Example: Soviet submarines attacked
NAIO task force Echo last turn. Three
NAIO ships were sunk, all from the
ASW screen. At the start of his Move-
ment Step this turn, the NAf,O player
has two ships in Echo's center, three in
its AA screen, and only two remaining
in its ASW screen. He must either move
ships into his ASW screen or move
ships out of the task force so that the
task force complies with the rules.
Effects of Detection
on Ship Movement
When youmove a ship into a spacecon-
taining one or more enemy submarines,
the other player can play detection
markers in that space. You must stop all
ship movement temporarily while your
opponent conducts his search.
If your pieces have not moved their full
three spaces, they can continue moving
after the search, and any resulting bat-
tle, is finished. If your piece is detected
and damaged in an attack, it cannot
move any farther.
Ports
A port counts as a space when moving
ships and task forces. It does not count
as a space for air squadrons, however,
because it is part of the land space that
surrounds it. If an air squadron can
reach the land space, it can reach the
port inside it.
Air squadrons can fly over enemy ports
if the land space does not contain an
enemy air base. Ships and task forces
can never move into enemy Ports.
Air Bases
Air Base Symbol
++
NATO Soviet
(Blue) (Red)
All air squadrons begin the game on air
bases. They must return to air bases
during step 7 of each turn.
An air base with no number printed in
its box can hold as many air squadrons
as you want to put in it. An air base
with a number printed in its box can
only hold that many squadrons.
Aircraft carriers are also air bases (see
below).
Aircraft Carriers
Aircraft carriers serve as mobile air
bases. Each aircraft carrier has a box on
its Thsk Force Card that lists how many
and what type of air squadrons start the
game on that aircraft carrier. These air
squadrons can use land bases as well as
aircraft carriers. An aircraft carrier can
never hold more aircraft of any type
than are listed on the card. It can never
base any type of aircraft that is not list-
ed in its box on the card.
Aircraft squadrons based on an aircraft
carrier move with the carrier when it
moves.
Moving Air Squadrons
How far an air squadron can move
depends on its range:
o Short range air squadrons can move
1. space;
o Medium range air squadrons can
move 4 spaces;
o LonB range air squadrons can move 8
spaces.
Air squadrons can use their full range
during turn step 4, Air Movement.
They can move their full range again
during step 7 when they return to air
bases. There is no restriction on how
many air squadrons can move into a
space during turn step 4; players can
stack as many squadrons into a single
space as they want. The only restriction
applies during step 7, when players
must observe air base restrictions.
Once you have moved air squadrons
into a space during step 4 and then turn-
ed air movement over to your oppo-
nent, you cannot move any more
aircraft into that space that turn.
Example: Thd Soviet player moves 10
squadrons into the Iceland space and
then lets the NATO player move air
squadrons. Regardless of what the
NATO player does, the Soviet player
cannot move any more squadrons into
Iceland this turn.
A returning air squadron can land at
any of your air bases within its range. It
doesn't have to go back to the air base
where it started. If it cannot reach a
base, however, it is destroyed and
removed from the game.
An air squadron can never enter or
move through a land space containing
an enemy air base. It can enter a space
containing an enemy aircraft carrier.

Every time a detection marker is
played, follow these steps:
Detection Steps
Step 1: Marker Placement
The Detection Steps start when one
player plays one or more detection
markers, either during his opponent's
Movement Step or during the Battle
Step. Whenever you play a detection
marker, you give your opponent the
chance to play detection markers of his
own, but only in the same space where
you just played.
Step 2: The Search
Whoever played the first detection mark-
er in this space conducts all of his searches
first. When he finishes, the other player
conducts his searches. Before rolling the
die for a search, you must indicate which
ship or air squadron is searching and
whether it is looking for submarines, sur-
face ships, or aircraft.
Step 3: Battle Decision
If neither player detected any enemy
pieces, continue with the turn wherever
you left off (either the Movement Step
or the Battle Step). If you detected ene-
my pieces and want to attack, go to the
Battle Steps. If both sides detected ene-
my pieces and both want to fight, the
player who did his searches first is the
attacker. If pieces were detected but nei-
ther player wants to fight, continue
with the turn.
The Detection Steps are repeated at the
back of the rule book for easy reference
during play.
(sing Detection Markers
Each detection marker in your "Detec-
tion Markers" box on the map enables
you to conduct one search during the
turn. To conduct a search, you must
play a detection marker. Simply take
one of your detection markers from the
map box and place it in the space where
you want to search.
When you play a detection marker, it
must be placed with either the sonar or
radar side up. Play the sonar side up if
you want to search for submarines.
Play the radar side up if you want to
search for surface ships or air squad-
rons.
When you have played all of your
detection markers from your "Detec-
tion Markers" box, you cannot perform
any more searches for the rest of that
turn.
At the end of the First Sea Movement,
Second Sea Movement, and Combat
Steps of the turn, all detection markers
that have been played are removed
from the map and returned to the off-
map piles. Any markers that you do not
use in a turn are removed from their
box at the end of the turn; you cannot
save them for later.
When and Where Detection
Markers Can Be Played
You can play detection markers during
your opponent's sea move, if he moves
one or more ship pieces into a space
where you have at least one submarine.
You must play the detection marker
immediately, and only in that space.
You can play detection markers during
your sea move, if you move into a space
containing an enemy submarine and
your opponent plays a detection mark-
er against you. You must play the detec-
tion marker immediately, and only in
that space.
You can play detection markers during How Many Detection
turn step 5, Combat. These markers Markers Can Be Played
can be played in any space where both
sides have pieces. You can play one detection marker in a
space for every ship or air squadron
When your opponent plays a detection you have in that space. There is only
marker, you are always entitled to play one exception to this rule: in a task
detection markers of your own in that force, only those ships in the ASW
same space (if you have a detection screen with helicopters can play sonar
marker left). detection markers.
Each player can only play detection Example: Soviet task force 2 is operat-
markers in a particular space once per
ing alone near lceland. The Soviet play-
turn step. However, you can play er has eight ships in the task force. All
detection markers in the same space
of these ships have helicopters. Only
during the Movement Step and again four of them, however, are in the ASW
during the Combat Step. screen, so the Soviet player cannot play
more than four sonar detection markers
in that space.
How to Conduct a Search
When all detection markers have been
played in a space, the player who played
his markers first conducts his searches.
First, indicate which ship or air squadron
is searching and what it is searching for:
submarines, surface ships, or air squad-
rons. Pair up the searching piece with an
appropriate detection marker: sonar if
searching for submarines, radar if search-
rng for surface ships or air squadrons.
To resolve the search, roll one colored
die. If the number rolled is equal to or
less than the searching piece's detection
rating, you have detected one or more
enemy pieces.
If you detected enemy zurface ships or
submarines, point at one of the enemy
pieces; that is the ship you detected. Your
opponnt must turn the detected piece
sideways so you can see what it is. If it is
an individual ship, that ship is d*ected. If
it is a task force, wery ship in the task
fonce is detected. Your opponent must tum
wery ship sidomys in a detected task
force so you can see them.
If you detected air squadrons, roll one
white die. The number rolled is the num-
ber of air squadrons you detected. Your
opponmt gets to choose which air squad-
rons in the space he will reveal. The detect-
ed squadrors are tumed face up.
No piece can search more than once in a
step. For example, a zurface ship which uses
its radar to search for enerry air squadrons
carurot use its radar eain to searrdrfor zur-
face ships or its helicoper to searrch for zub
marins until a later tum stp. A piece can
sealch up to two times per tum, however
(thrce if it's a zubmarine):
o Once during enemy sea movement (if
the piece is a submarine and enemy
ships enter its space);
o Once during its own movement (if it
enters a space containing an enemy
submarine and the enemy plays a
detection marker);
. And once during the combat step.
An enemy piece can be searched for as
often as you want. If, for example, you
have six air squadrons in the same space
as an enemy task force, you can search
for the task force six times. A piece can
only be detected once, however; addi-
tional detections have no additional
effect against an already-detected piece.
Detecting Submarines
Submarines, ASW aircraft squadrons,
and surface ships can search for subma-
rines. Normal (non-ASW) aircraft
squadrons cannot. Ships in a task force
can search for submarines only if the
ships are in the ASW screen and have
helicopters. If none of the ships in the
ASW screen have helicopters, only one
sonar detection marker can be played
by the task force.
Submarines are very hard to find when
they don't want to be found. Whenever
a piece searches for a submarine, its
detection rating is reduced. A NATO
piece has its detection rating reduced by
one when it searches for Soviet subma-
rines. A Soviet piece has its detection
rating reduced by two when it searches
for NAf,O submarines.
Example: A NAf,O submarine with a
detection rating of 6 needs to roll a 5 or
less to detect a Soviet sub. A Soviet frig-
ate with a detection rating of 4 needs to
roll a 2 or less to detect a NATO sub.
Regardless of the overall, strategic situ-
ation, the player who chose to fight a
battle in a particular space is the attack-
er in that space. If both players want to
fight, the player who played the first
detection marker in that space is the
attacker. The other player is the
defender. In any case, both players
probably will get the chance to damage
and sink enemy ships and squadrons
during the fight.
Battle Steps
Step 1:
Initial'l'iarget
Placement
The defending player puts all of his
detected pieces onto the Battle Board,
placing them in the "Attack First" or
"Attack Second" portions of the board.
Step 2: Attacker Commitment
The attacking player puts all of his detect-
ed pieces, plus any other pieces from that
space that he wants to use in the battle,
on the Batde Board in the "Attack First"
or'Attack Second" areas.
Step 3: Defender Commitment
The defending player puts any undetect-
edpiecesfrom that space that hewants to
use in the battle on the Battle Board,
again assigning each piece to either the
"Attack First" or "Attack Second' portion
of the board.
Step 4: Air Interception
Both players can attack detected enemy
aircraft squadrons with aircraft squad-
rons in their "Attack Firsf'part of the Bat-
tle Board. If undetected air squadrons
attack, they become detected at the end
of the step. Damage takes effect at the
end of the step.
Step 5: First Attacks
Pieces in the "Attack First" part of the
Battle Board attack detected enemy piec-
es. Fighters that attacked in step 4 cannot
attack again during this step.
DurinS the First Attack Step, no ships in
the cmter of a task force can be attacked.
If undetected ships attack during the first
attack step, they become detected at the
end of the step.
Pieces in the "Attack Firsf'part of the
Battle Boards that are damaged, sunk, or
shot down during this step still get to
attack first. The damage is not inflicted
until the endiof the step.
Step 6: Second Attacks
Any pieces in the "Attack Second" part of
the Battle Board can attack any detected
enemy pieces. All damage takes effect
after all attacks have been made.
Step 7: Battle Conclusion
Move all surviving pieces from the Battle
Board back to their previous locations on
the map or the Thsk Force Card. Tum all
detected pieces away from your oppo-
nent; they are not detected any mone.
Return to your place in the Tirrn Steps.
The Battle Steps are repeatd at the back
of the rule book for easy reference during
Play.
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Placing Pieces on
the Battle Board
Only pieces in the space where the detec-
First Attack Area ol Battle Board (shaded)
tion markers were played can be placed
on the Battle Board. Pieces in a task force
must be placed in the same spaces on the
Battle Board (ASW screen, AA screen, or
task force center) that they occupied on
the Thsk Force Card.
ATTAGK
Surface ships that were not in a task
force, and all submarines and air squad-
rons, are placed in the non-task force por-
tion of the Battle Board.
Detected pieces are turned so both play-
ers can see them on the Battle Board.
Undetected pieces are kept turned away
from your opponent on the Battle Board.

Second Attack area is not shaded

Pieces must be placed in either the
"Attack First" or "Attack Second" part
of the Battle Board. You can put as
many pieces as you want in either cate-
gory. Pieces in the "Attack First" area
attack during the First Attack Step and
then become detected. Those in the
"Attack Second" area attack during the
Second Attack Step.
How To Conduct Attacks
Each piece in a battle must attack a spe-
cific enemy piece. Each piece can attack
once during a battle.
Before rolling any dice, tell your oppo-
nmt which of his pieces is being attacked.
Select one or more of your pieces to
attack it. Roll one colored die for each
attacking piece. If the number rolled is
equal to or lower than your piece's attack
rating, you hit the enemy piece. There are
two occeptions to this rule: use a white
die whm attacking with an undetected
submarine; you get to roll two dice when
attacking with certain pieces (this is
ocplaitred in the next rule).
Every piece that you designate to attack
a specific enemy piece must do so, even
if you destroy the enemy before all of
your pieces get to shoot. Likewise, if all
of your pieces miss a particular enemy,
you can't decide afterward to attack
with more.
Example: The Soviet player designates
two Kara cruisers to attack a detected
tafalgar submarine. Both cruisers hit
the submarine. Only one hit is needed
to sink a submarine, so the second shot
has no effect. The second cruiser cannot
shoot at a different target.
Example: The same two cruisers are
designated to attack a submarine. Both
cruisers miss. The submarine survives
this round of battle, because the Soviet
player only designated those two pieces
to attack. If this is the First Attack Step
the submarine can be attacked again in
the Second Attack Step.
Some pieces are entitled to roll two
dice, instead of'one, when they attack.
Which Pieces
Roll'livo Dice
You can roll two dice when one of your
pieces white attack rating attacks
with a with only one hit can still launch its
an enemy surface ship.
You can roll two dice when one of your
pieces with a yellow attack rating
attacks an enemy aircraft squadron.
Whenever a piece gets to attack with
two dice, both dice must be used
against the same enemy piece.
Restrictions on Attacking
You cannot attack enemy pieces that are
not detected.
Submarines cannot attack aircraft
squadrons.
ASW aircraft are the only aircraft
squadrons that can attack submarines.
Effects of Hits on Ships
A submarine is sunk by a single hit.
Any hit on a submarine sinks it; remove
the piece from play.
Small surface ships can survive one hit.
When a small surface ship is hit once,
mark it with a damage flag. A second
hit sinks the ship; remove it from play.
Large surface ships can survive two
hits. Mark the ship with a damage flag
the first time it is hit. The second time it
is hit, pull the flag out slightly to show
two damage flags. The third hit sinks a
large surface ship; remove it from play.
Marking Hits
on Surlace Shlps
Ship has sutfered
one hit
Ship has sutfered
two hits
10
A damaged surface ship can only move
one space per turn. Aircraft squadrons
can't land on a damaged aircraft carrier
(one or two hits). A damaged carrier
squadrons, but they can't land on the
carrier. Any squadrons on an aircraft
carrier when it suffers its second hit are
destroyed.
Whenever an attacking piece rolls a
one, it scores a Critical Hit. A critical
hit counts as two hits.
Effects of Hits on
Aircraft Squadrons
A hit does not always damage an air-
craft squadron. If the attack die roll was
a one or a two, the target squadron is
shot down; remove it from play. If the
attack die roll was a three or higher, the
aircraft squadron is driven away. It
must return to an airbase at the end of
this battle step.
After you have played a few scenarios,
you may want to add the following
optional rules to your game. They
make the Same more realistic with only
a small increase in complexity.
You can use some, all, or none of these
optional rules, but both players must
agree on which optional rules to use
before starting to play.
Missile Defense
Surface ships and aircraft squadrons
can attack incoming missiles instead of
their opponent's pieces. Pieces that do
this must be placed in the "Attack Sec-
ond" area of the Battle Board. Then,
whenever one of your surface ships is
hit by an enemy surface ship or air
squadron, you can try to negate that
hit. Tell your opponent how many piec-
es are attacking the incoming missile.
Roll a normal attack for each piece, but
increase its attack rating by one when it
is attacking a missile. If this missile
defense attack succeeds, the hit against
the ship or air squadron is canceled. An
anti-missile attack still counts as that
ship's one attack for the battle. Pieces
with white attack ratings can roll two
dice against incoming missiles.
Example: Nine Soviet Backfire squad-
rons attack a U.S. carrier task force.
Five of the Backfires attack the Nimitz.
Nimitz is hit three times. The U.S. play-
er announces that all five of his Knox-
class frigates in the "Attack Second"
ring will fire to protect Nimitz. The
U.S. player rolls L, 3, 3, 5, and 9. Four
of these shots hit, knocking down all
three of the Soviet missiles; the fourth
hit has no effect because all of the mis-
siles were destroyed. The remaining
four Backfires damage a U.S. destroyer
and cruiser. The U.S. player cannot use
anti-missile fire to protect those ships
because all of his eligible ships have
already fired in defense of Nimitz.
Jamming
Some aircraft squadrons protect other
squadrons by jamming enemy radar.
Only those air squadrons with no
attack ratings can jam (AWACS,
Hawkeyes, and Bears).
A jamming aircraft squadron is turned
face up (it is detected automatically)
and placed on top of the squadrons it is
protecting. A jamming aircraft can
screen any number of squadrons. Up to
three aircraft can jam a given space.
Each jamming aircraft reduces enemy
detection ratings by one when used
against aircraft in the protected stack. An
aircraft squadron cannot attack or detect
enemy pieces on a turn when it jams.
Fast Submarines
The Soviet Alfa and Akula submarines
are very fast. These ships can move
four spaces per turn instead of three.
Reaction Attacks
An undetected piece which attacks in
the second battle round escapes auto-
matically under the basic rules. In fact,
some sort of limited counterattack
would always be possible. If your
opponent has undetected pieces in the
"Attack Second" portion of the Battle
Board, you can designate any number
of ships and air squadrons for Final
Attacks. These pieces can't attack dur-
ing the first or second battle rounds,
although they can be attacked normal-
ly. At the end of the second battle
round, all enemy pieces which attacked
are detected. If any of the pieces you
designated for final attacks are still
intact, one of them can attack. It must
attack an enemy piece which was unde-
tected until after the second round.
Decoy Submarine Pieces
Each player can use two decoy subma-
rine pieces in any scenario where the
player has submarines. Decoys can
move and use detection markers like
any other submarine from the player's
force. If a decoy uses a detection mark-
er, its search fails automatically. If a
decoy is detected, remove it from play
temporarily. At,the start of your next
Sea Movement Step, you can place the
decoy in any space containing another
of your submarine (or decoyl) pieces.
Anti-Aircraft Quality
Instead of destroying an air squadron
whenever a 1 or 2 is rolled, this rule
reflects the qualities of individual fight-
ers and AA systems.
An aircraft squadron is destroyed if the
die roll against it is equal to or less than
one-half of the attacking piece's attack
rating. Any other hit forces the squad-
ron to return to its base.
Example: An F-14 squadron (attack rat-
ing - 6) destroys an enemy air squad-
ron with a die roll of "J., 2, or 3, while a
4, 5, or 6 sends the enemy back to its
base. AGrisha-class light frigate
Splitting Attack Ratings
(attack rating = 3) only destroys an Against Multiple Targets
enemy air squadron with a die roll of 1, roll two dice in bat-
Pieces which get to
while a 2 or 3 sends the enemy air tle can use them against separate tar-
squadron home. gets. Both attacks have to be
announced before the dice are rolled.
Anti-Aircraft Doctrine
Ships equipped with extensive AA Airbase Defense SAMs
weapons (those with yellow attack rat- The prohibition against flying over ene-
ings) must be positioned properly to my air bases reflects the presence of
take full advantage of their equipment. surface-to-air missile defenses (SAMs)
You can roll two dice when one of your at these bases. These SAM launchers
pieces with a yellow attack rating can be represented directly in the game.
attacks an enemy aircraft squadron, if: Allow aircraft to fly over enemy air
o Your attacking piece is not part of a bases, but doing so exposes them to
task force, or; attack from the ground.
o Your attacking piece is in the AA
screen or center of a task force.
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Each land air base space has an attack
rating equal to the number of air squad-
rons that can base there. Air bases with
unlimited capacity have an attack rat-
ing of 6. Every time enemy air squad-
rons move into your air base space, you
can immediately roll two colored dice
to attack those planes. No detection
marker or search is necessary: SAMs
can attack undetected enemy aircraft.
Hits have the usual effect. Without flip-
ping the counter to its detected side,
point to which of the enemy aircraft
squadrons you want to attack.
Aircraft on Patrol
Long range aircraft can be assigned to
patrol an area. When you move a long
range aircraft squadron to a space, you
can announce that the squadron is
patrolling that area. The squadron does
not have to return to base at the end of
the turn; it can stay on patrol until it is
shot down or forced to land. However,
it cannot move to any other space until
after it returns to its base, either
because of combat or at the end of a
turn.
Alternately, patrolling aircraft can
accompany a task force. These aircraft
are placed on the Thsk Force Card with
the task force. They can be in the ASW
screen, AA screen, or center of the task
force. They do not remain in one space;
instead, they are always with the task
force. The only other move they can
make is to return to base at the end of a
turn. Aircraft patrolling with a task
force do not need to stay within range
of a base when the task force moves.
The task force must be within range of
the base when the squadron joins it,
however. The squadron can return to
any friendly air base, regardless of
range.
Amphibious Assault
This optional rule is used in scenarios
where at least one player has an
amphibious assault vessel (LPD or
LHA). Players can use amphibious
assault to take air bases (but not ports)
away from their opponents.
The only air bases that can be taken by
amphibious assault are those on Green-
land, Iceland, the Faeroe Islands, and
Norway. All of these air bases begin the
game under NA:IrO control. If one is
taken by the Soviets, the NATO player
can use amphibious assault to try to
take it back.
An amphibious assault happens at the
end of turn step 5 after all detection
attempts and battles are finished. The
assaulting player rolls a colored die.
The amphibious group's attack rating is
determined by the air units that are still
flying in the space with the assault ves-
sel.
9 Only the assaulting player has air
squadrons in the area.
7 The assaulting player has more air
squadrons than his opponent in the
area.
4 Both players have air squadrons in
the area, but the assaulting player
does not have more.
3 No one has air squadrons in the
area.
1 Only the defender has air squadrons
in the area.
Subtract 2 from the die roll if the
amphibious vessel has suffered any
damage. If the attacker rolls a number
equal to or less than his attack rating,
he captures the air base.
Shallow Water Detection
A submarine is easier to detect in shal-
low water. The light blue sea areas are
shallow water. The detection rating of
any piece searching for a submarine in
shallow water is increased by 1. This is
cumulative with modifiers for detecting
submarines.
SOS0S and
Standing Patrols
The NATO and Soviet symbols printed
on the map mark spaces where these
forces maintain constant surveillance.
They represent a combination of
patrolling surface ships and aircraft,
and SOSUS (SOnar SUrveillance Sys-
tem). These symbols are referred to as
Patrol Symbols.
Patrol symbols act as immobile,
unarmed submarines. Whenever an
enemy ship enters a space containing
one of your patrol symbols, or is in the
space during turn step 5, you can play a
t2
detection marker (sonar or radar) and
search for the piece. Patrol symbols
have a detection rating of 5. They can-
not attack, however; their purpose is to
aid friendly ships and aircraft and to
detect and identify enemy vessels.
Damage Control
During step 6 of each turn, players can
try to repair damaged ships.
If the ship is at sea (not in a port space),
roll one colored die. You can remove
one damage flag if the die roll is 10.
If the ship is in a port space, roll one
white die. If the die roll is 5 or 6, the
ship is completely repaired and can sail
next turn. If the die roll is 1 or 2; the
ship is too severely damaged to be
repaired in the course of the game;
remove it from play. If the die roll is 3 or
4, there is no effect; the ship stays in
port and is still damaged.
Tankers
Airborne tankers are used to extend the
range of aircraft squadrons. During air-
craft movement, a tanker can fly with
two other aircraft squadrons. All three
squadrons can fly to the limit of the
tanker's range. The two accompanying
aircraft can then continue on as if their
movement started from the tanker. Two
medium-range aircraft, for example,
could fly eight spaces with a tanker and
four more on their own to reach 12
spaces away from their air base. If the
tanker is destroyed or forced to return
to its base, however, the aircraft it is
supporting are destroyed, unless there
is another friendly air base within
range.
Thnkers are used onlyin scenario 8,
War in the Atlantic. That scenario
describes how to set up the pieces.
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task force. The task force stops moving
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5 Grisha class frigates
7 Krivak class frigates
5 Kresta class cruisers
4 Sovremenny class destroyers
1 Akula class submarine
3 Tango class submarines
Scenario 8
War in the Atlantic
The balloon has gone up! Central
Europe is a battleground where the
forces of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
struggle for military supremacy. Nei-
ther side has yet resorted to nuclear
weapons.
But the fight on land, as often before in
history, depends in many ways on the
war at sea. The navies of NATO must
keep the convoys flowing from Ameri-
ca to Europe, and they must protect
their territories from Soviet adventur-
ism. The powerful Soviet navy can put
to sea aggressively, striving to break
NATO control of the North Atlantic.
Orders of Battle
This scenario uses all of the pieces in the
game (except Red October). You don't
get them all at the start, however; the
rules on setting up explain which pieces
you start with and when you get more.
Setting (Ip
These instructions apply to both play-
ers. Put all of your ships on the table
with their flags toward you. Shuffle
them around so that you do not know
which piece is what kind of ship. Then
follow your specific instructions for set-
ting up.
Sooiet: Pick 12 submarines from your
pieces. These begin the game at sea. Set
aside the rest of your subs; they enter as
reinforcements. Separate laan Rogoo
from the remaining ships. Now draw 16
small ships and one large ship. Set them
aside, also,with the subs; they, too,
will enter as reinforcements. The 28
surface ships left (including Iuan
Rogoo) form your fleet at the start of
the game.
Place your L2 submarines, no
more
than two per space, in any deep sea
areas, or any shallow sea areas that do
not contain N.A;[O patrol symbols.
Place your 28 surface ships in Soviet
ports, or shallow sea areas that contain
Soviet patrol symbols. The ships can be
placed individually or in task forces.
One task force can be set up in the Bal-
tic Sea.
Place all of the Soviet aircraft counters
in a bowl, box lid, or hat. Draw 16 and
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set them aside with your other rein-
forcements. Place the iest on any Soviet
air bases (including aircraft carriers,
where eligible; in this scenario carriers
do not automatically start with a full
complement of aircraft).
NATO: Set aside the LHA and Convoy
pieces. Select the following pieces ran-
domly, to be used as reinforcements:
six submarines, 12 small surface ships,
and 10 aircraft squadrons. Set these
aside. Assemble the remaining ships
into six task forces and assign one large
ship to each task force. Now allow the
Soviet player to randomly select two of
these task forces. Place those two task
forces with your reinforcements.
Place all the rest of your subs (no more
than two per space) in any deep sea or
shallow sea spaces which do not con-
tain Soviet patrol symbols. Place the
convoy pieces and LHA vessels in
American ports. Place your air units on
air bases or carriers. Finally, place any
remaining task forces within two spaces
of a NAIrO air base, or in any North
Atlantic Ocean deep sea spaces.
How to Win
The game lasts until one player has
earned at least 150 victory points. After
this happens, the game ends as soon as
an initiative dice roll in turn step 1
results in a tie. Or, the game ends when
all of one player's ships and air squad-
rons have been sunk or destroyed.
Players earn victory points throughout
the game. Keep a running tally on a
piece of paper during the game. Players
earn points for the following:
2 points per enemy aircraft squadron
destroyed
3 points per small enemy ship sunk
5 points per large enemy ship sunk
1 point per merchant ship which reach-
es Le Havre (NATO player only)
4 points per merchant ship sunk
(Soviet player only)
20 points per enemy air base captured
or recaptured
L5 points on any turn during which no
convoy moves closer to Le Havre
than it was at the start of the turn
(Soviet player only)
Special Rules
Reinforcements: At the start of each
tum after the first, both players roll two
white dice; one for aircraft, one for
ships. You can immediately place that
number of ships or aircraft squadrons
from your reinforcements on the map.
Soviet ships are placed at Severomorsk
or Leningrad. Soviet air squadrons are
placed at one of the three Soviet air
bases. NAf,O reinforcements are placed
in North American ports or air bases.
NATO Task Force Reinforcements:
These pieces are not brought on with
the normal reinforcement procedure.
However, any turn when the NATO
player rolls a L,2, or 3 on his initiative
roll, he can place one of these reinforce-
ment task forces in any deep sea space
on the southern edge of the map.
Conooys: Each convoy represents 30
merchant ships. As the convoy comes
under enemy attack, however, the
NAIO player must keep a written
record of how many ships are in each
convoy. This can be done easily with
paper and pencil. Every hit against a
convoy sinks one merchant ship.
Convoys (and any task forces contain-
ing convoys) can move only two spaces
per turn instead of three.
The NAIO player can have only one
convoy piece in any deep sea space at a
time. This means that the next convoy
cannot leave a U.S. port until the pre.
vious convoy reaches shallow water
adiacent to France (or is completely
sunk). When a convoy reaches La
Havre, the NATO player returns that
piece to either New York or Norfolk at
the end of the turn.
lnitiatioe: Both players add L5 detec-
tion markers to their "Detection Mark-
ers" box at the start of the turn, instead
of the usual two.
Ioan Rogozt: lf laan Rogozt is sunk, it
can be replaced. If the Soviet player
rolls 5 or 6 for ship reinforcements, he
can substitute loan Rogozs for another
ship. That other ship is removed from
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Tirrn Steps Detection Steps
Step 1: Initiative Step 5: Combat Step 1: Marker Placement
The NATO player rolls a colored die, The player who has the most detec- The Detection Steps start when one
the Soviet player rolls a white die. The tion markers left picks a space where player plays one or more detection
number rolled tells how many extra he wants to search and plays one or markers, either during his oppo-
detection markers both players get. more detection markers there. If both nent's Movement Step or during the
Each player adds that many addition- players have the same number of Battle Step. Whenever you play a
al detection markers to the two markers, the Soviet player is first. Fol- detection marker, you give your
already in his "Detection Markers" low the Detection Steps to resolve the opponent the chance to play detec-
space. search. If enemy pieces are detected tion markers of his own, but only in
Step 2:
First Sea Movement and either player wants to fight a bat- the same space where you just
tle, refer to the Battle Steps. Then the played them.
The player with the most detection other player chooses a sp?ce and the
markers in his map space decides procedure is repeated. Continue alter- Step 2:
The Search
whether he wants to move his ships nating this way until neither player Whoever played the first detection
first, or have the other player move has any detection markers left, neither marker in this space conducts all of his
first. If both players have the same player wants to play any more detec- searches first. When he finishes, the
number of markers, the Soviet player tion markers, or neither player has other player conducts his searches.
decides who moves first. That player anyplace left where he can play detec-
moves all of his submarines, surface tion markers. Step 3: Battle Decision
ships, and task forces. If your oppo-
Step 6: End of Tirrn
If you detected enemy pieces and
nent moves one of his pieces into a want to attack, go to the Battle
space that already contains one of Aircraft squadrons return to air bases Steps. If both sides detected enemy
your submarines, you can play a within their movement ranges. Both pieces and both want to fight, the
detection marker there. players remove all of their detection player who did his searches first is
markers from the map and their the attacker. If pieces were detected
Step 3:
Second Sea "Detection Markers" space and return but neither player wants to fight,
Movement them to the offboard pile. continue with the turn.
The other player moves his subma-
rines, surface ships, and task forces.
The player whose ships are not mov-
ing can play a detection marker if an
enemy ship moves into a space with
one of his submarines.
Step 4: Aircraft Movement
The player who moved his ships first
also moves his aircraft first. The first
player can move as many squadrons
as he wants to the limit of their ranges.
When he is done, the second player
does the same. When the second play-
er is done, the first player can move
any squadrons which have not moved
already. Players keep alternating this
way until all their aircraft squadrons
have moved or neither player wants
to move any more squadrons.
No detection markers can be played
during this step.

2E
Battle Steps
Step 1: Initial Target
Placement
The defending player puts all of his
detected pieces onto the Battle
Board, placing them in the "Attack
First" or "Attack Second" portions of
the board.
Step 2: Attacker
Commitment
The attacking player puts all of his
detected pieces, plus any other pieces
from that space that he wants to use
in the battle, on the Battle Board in
the "Attack First" or "Attack Sec-
ond" areas.
Step 3: Defender
Commitment
The defending player puts any unde-
tected pieces from that space that he
wants to use in the battle on the Bat-
tle Board, again assigning each piece
to either the "Attack First" or
"Attack Second" portion of the
board.
The Balloon is
Watch For It!
Step 4: Air Interception Step 6: Second Attacks
Both players can attack detected ene- Any pieces in the "Attack Second"
my aircraft squadrons with aircraft part of the Battle Board can attack
squadrons in their "Attack First" any detected enemy pieces. All dam-
part of the Battle Board. If undetect- age takes effect after all attacks have
ed air squadrons attack, they been made.
become detected at the end of the
step. Damage takes effect at the end
Step 7: Battle Conclusion
of the step. Move all surviving pieces from the
Battle Board back to their previous
Step 5: First Attacks locations on the map or the Thsk
Pieces in the "Attack First" part of Force Card. Turn all detected pieces
the Battle Board attack detected ene- away from your opponent; they are
my pieces. Fighters that attacked in not detected any more. Return to
step 4 cannot attack again during your place in the Ti.rrn Steps.
this step.
During the First Attack step, no
shipsinthe center of ataskforce can
be attacked.
Undetected ships that attack during
the first attack step become detected
at the end of the step. Damage takes
effect at the end of the step.
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