Aircraft, Battle Force: The Ships that Held the Line
(2025)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 2 to 6 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Card Play Conflict Resolution, Communication Limits, Critical Hits and Failures, Dice Rolling, Drawing, Hexagon Grid, Hidden Movement, Impulse Movement, Line Drawing, Line of Sight, Measurement Movement, Minimap Resolution, Movement Points, Paper-and-Pencil, Pattern Movement, Push Your Luck, Relative Movement, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation, Simultaneous Action Selection, Square Grid und Turn Order: Time Track...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 90 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 6 |
| Publisher: | First Team Games |
| Designers: | David Ells |
| Artists: | Patrick Stevens |
| Mechanics: | Card Play Conflict Resolution, Communication Limits, Critical Hits and Failures, Dice Rolling, Drawing, Hexagon Grid, Hidden Movement, Impulse Movement, Line Drawing, Line of Sight, Measurement Movement, Minimap Resolution, Movement Points, Paper-and-Pencil, Pattern Movement, Push Your Luck, Relative Movement, Secret Unit Deployment, Simulation, Simultaneous Action Selection, Square Grid, Turn Order: Time Track |
Aircraft, Battle Force (ABF) is a naval wargame that overs the Solomon Islands & Coral Sea battles & Guadalcanal Campaign of 1942.
Each player plots their task forces movement for 3 days (14 hours long) and 3 nights (10 hours each), and also each day’s air searches (time of launch, duration & direction), and also any air strike missions that may result from successful searches.
Each 1 inch distance on the map is 100 nautical miles, and the various latitude & longitude lines are shown on the map; the latter decrease in distance as they go away from the equator.
Game play is quick, and rules and play are easy to learn. A full battle of 3 days lasts between 30-45 minutes.
Successful plotting & execution of air searches are at the heart of the game, and moving your aircraft carrier task forces into the most advantageous & flexible location will help you survive the enemy air searches & strikes. Land-based air squadrons also offer reconnaissance & attack opportunities.
The time scale will telescope between 1 day and 1 minute game turns (the latter for air strike resolution).
—description from the designer
Alternative names:
Aircraft, Battle Force: The Ships that Held the Line
Last Updated: 2025-08-04 17:33:25 UTC
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