BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

INTRODUCTION
War at Sea 1939 – 1943.
2 Player Card Game.
German High Seas Fleet vs the British Royal Navy.

VICTORY
Be the first to win 3 hands.

THE DECKS
Each player has their own unique deck.
Each deck contains 2 copies of each card in its card list.

THE CARDS
There are 3 card types:
Tactics, Tonnage, and Technology
Each card has an individual point value.

TURN SEQUENCE
There are 5 turns corresponding to the years 1939 – 1943.
Each turn (year) has 4 Phases:
1. Logistics Phase
2. Strategy Phase
3. Deployment Phase
4. Victory Phase

LOGISTICS PHASE
Each player draws 7 cards.
If your deck runs out, shuffle your discard & draw from it.

STRATEGY PHASE
Each player may discard up to 3 cards & draw replacements.

DEPLOYMENT PHASE
Players reveal their hands.
Each player calculates the Grand Strategy Total (GST) for his hand:
Add up the Point Values of all Tactics cards and add 1. 
This is the Tactics Total (A).
Add up the Point Values of all Tonnage cards and add 1. 
This is the Weapon Total (O).
Add up the Point Values of all Technology cards and add 1. 
This is the Tactics Total (E).
GST = A x O x E

VICTORY PHASE
The side with the higher GST wins the turn.
The side with the highest Tactics Total gets +1 to all future Tactics Totals.
The side with the highest Tonnage Total gets +1 to all future Tonnage Totals.
The side with the highest Technology Total gets +1 to all future Technology Totals.
These bonuses are cumulative. 
The British begin the game with a +1 in Tonnage.
The Germans begin the game with +1 in Tactics.


CARD LIST NOTATION
Tactics = A
Tonnage = O
Technology = E


THE BRITISH DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:			Type	Points
Patrols				A	3
Stormy Weather			A	4
Arctic Winter			A	5
Escorts				A	6
Large Convoys			A	7
Depth Charges			E	3
Destroyers			E	4
Code Breakers			E	5
Radar				E	6
Sonar				E	7
Merchant Marine			O	3
US Atlantic Squadron		O	4
Royal Navy			O	5
Naval Supremacy			O	6
British Empire			O	7


THE GERMAN DECK CARD LIST
Card Name:			Type	Points
Disguised Commerce Raiders	A	3
Cut the Atlantic Sealanes	A	4
Spread Allied Forces		A	5
Scatter Convoy			A	6
Wolf Packs			A	7
Mines				E	3
Torpedoes			E	4
Pocket Battleships		E	5
U-Boats				E	6
Modernization			E	7
Italian Fleet			O	3
Luftwaffe Air Power		O	4
French & Scandinavian Ports	O	5
Kriegsmarine			O	6
Aggressive Ship Building 	O	7