Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War at Sea

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Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures: War At Sea is a standalone miniature wargame, originally produced by Avalon Hill, later by Wizards of the Coast. Axis and Allies Naval Miniatures gameplay is associated with Axis & Allies Miniatures, a World War 2 land battles game also made by Avalon Hill, but the two games are very different. Players take command of miniatures that are 1/1800 scale and represent fleets of individual warships, submarines, and squadrons of Aircraft.

Contents

Releases

Starters

Series

Rules

War at Sea uses fairly simple rules. The players can get quickly familiarized with the Quick Start Guide and then continue with the Advanced Rules.

The advanced rules have been periodically updated, beginning in July 2007, with the Clarifications Document. The update introduces new concepts (such as ASW harassment and strafing penalties) not present in the original rules. Since at least one unit of the Task Force expansion set directly refers to these new rules, they are implicitly considered as part of the core ruleset, despite only having been published online to date.

There are some companies and blog sites that offer other ideas for Battles, advanced rules and tactics as well.

Errata

An official FAQ for the Task Force set can be found online.. It addresses errata such as misprints and ambiguously worded rules for the Task Force expansion. Further errata are contained in the Clarifications Document. Only additional unacknowledged errata are listed here:

Units (through Surface Action)

RAAF Type A Roundel (Bright colours).svg Australia

RAF type A roundel.svg Canada

Finnish air force roundel 1934 low visibility.svg Finland

Roundel of France.svg France

Balkenkreuz.svg Germany

Roundel of Greece.svg Greece

Roundel of Italy (1940-1943).svg Italy

Roundel of Japan.svg Japan

Roundel of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

RNZAF roundel 1943-46.svg New Zealand

Roundel of Poland (1921-1993).svg Poland

Red star.svg Soviet Union

Roundel of Sweden.svg Kingdom of Sweden

RAF type A1 roundel.svg United Kingdom

US roundel 1943-1947.svg United States

Support Units

References

  1. "A&A Naval Miniatures: War at Sea Gallery". Wizards of the Coast, LLC. Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. "A&A Naval Miniatures: War at Sea - Task Force Gallery". Wizards of the Coast, LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  3. Baker, Richard (2010). Axis & Allies Naval Miniatures Rulebook. Wizards of the Coast, LLC. pp. 54–55.
  4. "Rich Baker's blog". Wizards of the Coast, LLC. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.