Great War at Sea: Jutland

What is Great War at Sea: Jutland

From the Avalanche Press website:

History’s best-known naval battle was just one part of the ongoing four-year struggle to control the seas around Germany’s coasts. If the German High Seas Fleet could catch and destroy a portion of the much larger British Grand Fleet, the blockade suffocating Imperial Germany might finally be broken.

Great War at Sea: Jutland is an extensively updated version of the earlier GWAS Vol. II: The North and Baltic Seas published in 1998. It covers not only the signature battle, but also the many other sorties of the High Seas Fleet like the Scarborough, Lowestoft and Gorleston Raids, the Battle of Dogger Bank and Helgoland Bight.

Like all games in the Series: Great War at Sea (Avalanche Press) series, this one is packed with scenarios. Along with the operations in the North Sea, the game also includes the bitterly-fought naval war in the Baltic Sea. Here the roles are reversed, with the smaller Imperial Russian Navy aggressively seeking an advantage against the larger German forces. The Russian cruiser raids are all covered, as well as the climactic Battle of Moon Sound.

Game details

Players

2

Age

+12

Duration

30 min

Difficulty

Heavy

Type

Board game

Year

2006

Mechanics

Dice Rolling · Hexagon Grid · Paper-and-Pencil

Categories

Nautical · Wargame · World War I

Designer

Michael Bennighof · Doug McNair

Publisher

Avalanche Press Ltd.