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Attack, Defend, Plan and Organize your fleet and then Attack some more! Modern Naval Battles – World War Two at Sea is an easy, fast and fun game offering accessable gameplay, a host of options and tons of naval action!

Modern Naval Battles- World War II at Sea is based off the Dan Verssen Games’s Modern Naval Battles Card Game. The rules have been kept very close to the original game, so if you learned to play the original release, the computer game is going to be very easy to learn. If you never played the Modern Naval Combat Card Game here is the general gist of the mechanics and a taste of the rules.

You start by choosing a nationality to play: Germany, Great Britain, France, United States, Italy, or Japan. You then create a fleet from the ships available to that nationality during WWII. Take command of mighty Battleships like the Yamato and the Bismark, Aircraft Carriers such as the Hiryu and Yorktown, cruisers like the Admiral Hipper, destroyers like the Fletcher class and the stealthy and deadly attack submarines. The ships at your disposal represent the very best of the fleets of their day.

Once you have picked out your fleet, the ships are then organized into formations of one to three rows. The rows simulate the battle range between opposing fleets. The closer a ship is to the front, the more weapons it can bring to bear and fire, and the more attacks that can be targeted against it. You can arrange your ships depending on how you want to use them. Protect the carriers with smaller picket ships out front, make one massive battle line so every ship can shoot or even create an entire fleet of subs. The choice is yours!

Each ship in your fleet mounts impressive weaponry including 4” to 18” guns, torpedoes, special abilities like air cover, anti-aircraft guns, torpedo guidance systems, and air raid attack capabilities. Submarines can choose various attack postures or use their “Run Silent” special ability. Aircraft Carries can send out Air Raids freely each turn and the massive battleships stand ready with their impressive armaments, ready to broadside the enemy out of the water.

After your initial fleet deployment you are allotted an assortment of Actions to use during each turn. These allow you to Attack, Defend, and Maneuver your individual ships and generally harass your opponents. It is this Action and Reaction system which lies at the very core of the Modern Naval Battles game system.