Naval Battles is a turn-based, card-driven wargame

Wargaming

A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...

 based on naval combat during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. Designed by Dan Verssen and published by Phalanx Games, the game is playable by 2 or more players, each commanding a fleet with the objective of sinking a certain amount of their opponents' ships.

Each player arranges an initial fleet, with each ship represented by a card. A reserve fleet is also arranged available to join the battle later as needed. Additionally, there is a deck of action cards the player draws from. In the process of their turn, a player plays cards to fire weapons and take other actions. Attack actions are usually related to a specific type of weapon mount, as detailed on the ship card. To use the attack card, the player must have a ship with the appropriate weapon mount listed. Cards may also be played by other players to defend their ships from attack.

Ships represented

• • Aircraft Carriers
    • Commandant Teste
      Commandant Teste
      Commandant Teste was a large seaplane tender of the French Navy built before World War II. She was designed to be as large as possible without counting against the Washington Treaty limits...
      
      
  • Battleships
    • Courbet
    • France
      French battleship France
      France was the last ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed just before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, covering the Otranto Barrage in the Adriatic...
      
      
    • Jean Bart
      French battleship Jean Bart (1940)
      The Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II named for the seventeenth-century seaman, privateer, and corsair Jean Bart.Derived from the Dunkerque class, Jean Bart were designed to counter the threat of the heavy ships of the Italian Navy...
      
      
    • Paris
      French battleship Paris
      Paris was the third ship of the s, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Montenegrin Army until her sister...
      
      
    • Richelieu
      French battleship Richelieu (1939)
      The Richelieu was a battleship of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She served during World War II, on the Vichy Regime side, notably fending off an Allied attempt on Dakar, and later with Allied forces in the Indian Ocean in 1944 and 1945...
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • Colbert
    • Foch
      French cruiser Foch
      The Foch was a French heavy cruiser of the Suffren class, that saw service in World War II. She was the first French warship named for the French Marshall Ferdinand Foch....
      
      
    • La Galissonniere
      French cruiser La Galissonnière
      La Galissonnière was the name-ship of a class of French light cruisers, named in honour of Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière. During World War II, she served with Vichy France....
      
      
    • Suffren
      French cruiser Suffren
      The Suffren was a heavy cruiser of the French Navy, the name ship of the four-ship Suffren class. Launched in 1927, she was named for the 18th-century French admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez, becoming the sixth vessel to bear the name Suffren.-World War II:In early June 1940, at the...
      
      
  • Destroyers
    • Mogador
      French destroyer Mogador
      Mogador was the lead ship of the French Navy's . Named for the Moroccan town, she was built before the outbreak of World War II. The ship was heavily damaged during the British attack on Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July 1940, but was later repaired and sailed to Toulon...
      
      
    • Volta
      French destroyer Volta
      Volta was a of the French Navy. Named for the West African river, she was built before the outbreak of World War II and was the penultimate contre-torpilleur built by the French Navy. Along with her sister ship , Volta was designed in an effort to build a ship capable of out-fighting every other...
      
      
  • Submarine
    • Saphir
• • Aircraft Carrier
    • Graf Zeppelin
      German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
      German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers ordered by the Kriegsmarine. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany during World War II and represented part of the Kriegsmarine's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of...
      
      
  • Battleships
    • Bismarck
      German battleship Bismarck
      Bismarck was the first of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the primary force behind the German unification in 1871, the ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched nearly three years later...
      
      
    • Gneisenau
      German battleship Gneisenau
      Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the second vessel of her class, which included one other ship, Scharnhorst. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935...
      
      
    • Scharnhorst
      German battleship Scharnhorst
      Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15...
      
      
    • Tirpitz
      German battleship Tirpitz
      Tirpitz was the second of two s built for the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, the architect of the Imperial Navy, the ship was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven in November 1936 and launched two and a half years later in April...
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • Admiral Hipper
      German cruiser Admiral Hipper
      Admiral Hipper, the first of five ships of her class, was the lead ship of the Admiral Hipper–class of heavy cruisers which served with the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1935 and launched February 1937; Admiral Hipper...
      
      
    • Prinz Eugen
      German cruiser Prinz Eugen
      Prinz Eugen was an Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser, the third member of the class of five vessels. She served with the German Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was laid down in April 1936 and launched August 1938; Prinz Eugen entered service after the outbreak of war, in August 1940...
      
      
  • Destroyers
    • Erich Giese
    • Schnellboot
    • T13
    • T61
  • Submarines
    • Type IXA
      German Type IX submarine
      The Type IX U-boat was designed by Germany in 1935 and 1936 as a large ocean-going submarine for sustained operations far from the home support facilities. Type IX boats were briefly used for patrols off the eastern United States in an attempt to disrupt the stream of troops and supplies bound for...
      
      
    • Type XXI
      German Type XXI submarine
      Type XXI U-boats, also known as "Elektroboote", were the first submarines designed to operate primarily submerged, rather than as surface ships that could submerge as a means to escape detection or launch an attack.-Description:...
      
      
• • Battleships
    • Andrea Doria
    • Conte de Cavour
    • Littorio
      Italian battleship Littorio
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    • Vittorio Veneto
      Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto
      Vittorio Veneto was the lead ship of her class of battleships that served in the Regia Marina during World War II. She was named after the Italian victory at Vittorio Veneto, during World War I.-Construction:...
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • Capitani Romani
    • Fiume
      Italian cruiser Fiume
      The Fiume was a Zara class heavy cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina. Her name derives from the city of Fiume and her motto Sic indeficienter virtus derived from the city's motto since 1659, Indeficienter-Service:...
      
      
    • Gorizia
      Italian cruiser Gorizia
      Gorizia was an Italian Zara class heavy cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. The ship was named after the city of Gorizia. She was the only surviving cruiser of her class after the Battle of Cape Matapan....
      
      
    • Muzio Attendolo
      Italian cruiser Muzio Attendolo
      Muzio Attendolo was a light cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina, which fought in World War II. She was sunk in Naples by bombers of the United States Army Air Forces on 4 December 1942...
      
      
    • Raimondo Montecuccoli
      Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli
      Raimondo Montecuccoli was a Condottieri class light cruiser serving with the Italian Regia Marina during World War II. She survived the war and served in the post-war Marina Militare until 1964.-Design:...
      
      
    • Zara
      Italian cruiser Zara
      Zara was an Italian Zara class heavy cruiser, which served in the Regia Marina during World War II. The cruiser was named after the Adriatic city of Zara ....
      
      
  • Destroyers
    • Aliseo
    • Ciclone
  • Submarine
    • Adua
• • Aircraft carriers
    • Hiryū
      Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu
      was a modified Sōryū-class aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was one of the carriers that began the Pacific War with the attack on Pearl Harbor...
      
      
    • Shōhō
      Japanese aircraft carrier Shoho
      Shōhō , the lead ship of her class, was a light aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II...
      
      
  • Battleships
    • Nagato
      Japanese battleship Nagato
      Nagato was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy; the lead ship of her class. She was the first battleship in the world to mount 16 inch guns, her armour protection and speed made her one of the most powerful capital ships at the time of her commissioning.She was the flagship of Admiral...
      
      
    • Yamato
      Japanese battleship Yamato
      , named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was the lead ship of the Yamato class of battleships that served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. She and her sister ship, Musashi, were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing...
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • Aoba
      Japanese cruiser Aoba
      was the lead ship in the two-vessel Aoba-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It is named after Mount Aoba, a volcano located behind Maizuru, Kyoto.-Background:...
      
      
    • Kashii
      Japanese cruiser Kashii
      was the third and final vessel completed of the three light cruisers in Katori class, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It is named after a noted Shinto shrine in Fukuoka, Japan.-Background:...
      
      
    • Kashima
      Japanese cruiser Kashima
      was the second vessel completed of the three light cruisers in Katori class, which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It is named after the noted Shinto shrine Kashima Jingu in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.-Background:...
      
      
    • Katori
      Japanese cruiser Katori
      was the lead ship of the Katori class of three light cruisers which served with the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It is named after the noted Shinto shrine Katori Shrine in Chiba prefecture, Japan.-Background:...
      
      
    • Mikuma
      Japanese cruiser Mikuma
      was the second vessel in the four-vessel Mogami-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Mikuma river in Oita prefecture, Japan.-Background:...
      
      
    • Mogami
      Japanese cruiser Mogami
      was the lead ship in the four-vessel Mogami-class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was named after the Mogami River in Tohoku region of Japan. The Mogami class ships were constructed as "light" cruisers with 5 triple 6.1" DP guns...
      
      
  • Destroyers
    • Kagero
      Japanese destroyer Kagero
      was the lead ship in the 19-vessel destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late-1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program .-Background:...
      
      
    • Shimakaze
      Japanese destroyer Shimakaze
      Japanese destroyer Shimakaze may refer to one of the following ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy:, an destroyer launched in 1920, renamed Patrol Boat No.1 in 1940 and sunk in 1943., a one-off WWII period super-destroyer launched in 1942, sunk in 1944...
      
      
  • Submarines
    • I-174
      Japanese submarine I-174
      Japanese submarine I-174 was a Kaidai class submarine operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1938 and her sinking in 1944. She completed eight war patrols during the Pacific War. She attacked the Convoy GP55 on 16 June 1943. During her ninth war patrol she was sunk near Truk on 12 April...
      
      
• • Aircraft carrier
    • HMS Illustrious
      HMS Illustrious (R87)
      HMS Illustrious , the fourth Illustrious of the British Royal Navy, was an aircraft carrier which saw service in World War II, the lead ship of the Illustrious-class of carriers which also included Victorious, Formidable, and Indomitable.-Construction:Illustrious was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at...
      
      
  • Battleships
    • HMS Hood
      HMS Hood (51)
      HMS Hood was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. One of four s ordered in mid-1916, her design—although drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she was under construction—still had serious limitations. For this reason she was the only ship of her class to be...
      
      
    • HMS King George V
      HMS King George V (41)
      HMS King George V was the lead ship of the five British King George V-class battleships of the Royal Navy. Laid down in 1937 and commissioned in 1940, King George V operated during the Second World War as part of the British Home and Pacific Fleets...
      
      
    • HMS Renown
      HMS Renown (1916)
      HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • HMS Dorsetshire
      HMS Dorsetshire (40)
      HMS Dorsetshire was a heavy cruiser of the County class of the Royal Navy, named after the English county . She was launched on 29 January 1929 at Portsmouth Dockyard, UK. During the Second World War, she was last commanded by Captain Augustus Agar V.C....
      
      
    • HMS Exeter
      HMS Exeter (68)
      HMS Exeter was a York class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that served in World War II. She was laid down on 1 August 1928 at the Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon. She was launched on 18 July 1929 and completed on 27 July 1931...
      
      
    • HMS Norfolk
      HMS Norfolk (78)
      HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship , she was part of a planned four-ship subclass.She served throughout the Second World War....
      
      
    • HMS Sheffield
      HMS Sheffield (C24)
      HMS Sheffield was one of the Southampton sub class of the Town-class cruisers of the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She took part in actions against several major German warships. Unlike most Royal Navy ships of her time, her fittings were constructed from stainless steel instead of the...
      
      
    • HMS Southampton
  • Destroyers
    • HMS Nepal
      HMAS Nepal (G25)
      HMAS Nepal was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy . Launched in 1941 as Noreseman, the ship suffered significant damage during an air raid on the John I. Thornycroft and Company shipyard, and during repairs was renamed to recognise Nepal's contribution to the British war effort...
      
      
    • HMS Nestor
      HMAS Nestor (G02)
      HMAS Nestor was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy . Built in Scotland, Nestor was commissioned in February 1941; although manned by Australians and commissioned as an Australian warship, she remained the property of the Royal Navy.Entering service in 1941, Nestor spent most of her...
      
      
    • HMS Teazer
      HMS Teazer (R23)
      HMS Teazer was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F23....
      
      
  • Submarine
    • HMS Scythian
      HMS Scythian (P237)
      HMS Scythian was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Scotts, of Greenock and launched on April 14, 1944...
      
      
• • Aircraft carriers
    • USS Enterprise
      USS Enterprise (CV-6)
      USS Enterprise , colloquially referred to as the "Big E," was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Launched in 1936, she was a ship of the Yorktown class, and one of only three American carriers commissioned prior to World War II to...
      
      
    • USS Sangamon
      USS Sangamon (CVE-26)
      USS Sangamon was an escort carrier converted from an oiler, the second ship to carry her name. She was one of 12 Cimarron class oilers built on a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design later duplicated by the T3-S2-A1 type...
      
      
  • Battleships
    • USS Alaska
      USS Alaska (CB-1)
      USS Alaska —the third ship to be named after the then-territory and present state—was the lead ship of a planned six "large cruiser"sMany contemporary historians believe that the Alaskas should be classified as battlecruisers instead. See Alaska class battlecruiser#"Large cruisers" or...
      
      
    • USS Colorado
      USS Colorado (BB-45)
      USS Colorado , the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 38th state, was the lead ship of her class of battleships. Her keel was laid down on 29 May 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey. She was launched on 22 March 1921 sponsored by Mrs. Max...
      
      
    • USS Iowa
      USS Iowa (BB-61)
      USS Iowa was the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named in honor of the 29th state...
      
      
    • USS Pennsylvania
      USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
      USS Pennsylvania was a United States Navy super-dreadnought battleship. She was the third Navy ship named for the state of Pennsylvania....
      
      
  • Cruisers
    • USS Brooklyn
      USS Brooklyn (CL-40)
      USS Brooklyn was a light cruiser, the lead ship of her class of seven, and the third United States Navy ship to bear its name. She was launched on 30 November 1936 by New York Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Kathryn Jane Lackey, daughter of Rear Admiral F. R. Lackey; and commissioned on 30 September...
      
      
    • USS Cleveland
      USS Cleveland (CL-55)
      was the lead ship and one of the 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. She was the second ship to be named for the city of Cleveland, Ohio....
      
      
    • USS Columbia
      USS Columbia (CL-56)
      was one of 26 United States Navy light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II. The ship, the sixth US Navy ship to bear the name, was named for the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia was commissioned in July 1942, and saw service in several campaigns in the Pacific...
      
      
  • Destroyers
    • USS Fletcher
      USS Fletcher (DD-445)
      USS Fletcher , named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service....
      
      
    • USS Jenkins
      USS Jenkins (DD-447)
      USS Jenkins was a World War II-era in the service of the United States Navy, the second ship named after Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins....
      
      
    • USS Radford
      USS Radford (DD-446)
      USS Radford , named for Rear Admiral William Radford, was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War....
      
      
  • Submarines
    • USS Gato
      USS Gato (SS-212)
      USS Gato was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the gato, a species of small catshark found in waters along the west coast of Mexico....