Dreadnoughts & Battlecruisers: High Seas Deluxe Ed.

Dreadnoughts & Battlecruisers: High Seas Edition is a rule book providing a two-player game of miniature naval combat during the Great War (1914-1918).  A special Solitiare Module is included in this edition to allow for solo play. In D&B, Players maneuver their fleets on the tabletop (or floor) to recreate actual and hypothetical encounters.  The game is played with 1/3000 scale ship counters positioned and moved on the table top; there is no game board. (Players may use their own warship miniatures instead of the counters, if they wish.)  Warships from the national navies of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands have been included.  Games are based on scenarios; the scenario will tell you which ships are involved, where they begin the game, and what the conditions for victory are. 

During play, ships are maneuvered into firing range, when fire combat may occur, all governed by the rules of movement and combat contained in these pages.  The object of the game is to out maneuver the enemy fleet, and inflict more damage on them than they are able to inflict on your own ships.

This deluxe edition is in color, and contains 16 ship counter sheets (including the Baltic Expansion counter sheet with neutral ships from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands). Ship counters have remained black & white, as in previous editions. Over 20 historical and hypothetical scenarios are included.

(The D&B game system is unlike other naval systems published by Minden.  For a comparison about the differences, visit the D&B Page at the Minden website.)

It represents the most comprehensive Dreadnoughts & Battlecruisers release ever, with many new features, a solo module, game logs, and new scenarios.  This is the first time D&B has been available in PDF format.  Designer:  Gary Graber.  Publisher: Minden Games.