![Issue 112 - Table of Contents. We have added another game to the lineup, slotting it into issue 119. Here is the description. Viking Dawn. This is a low-complexity strategic game with rules for two, three or four players, each of them controlling a faction of Vikings: Norse, Swedes, Danes or Gutes. The game also contains rules for solitaire play, with the player running his choice of the Danes or the Norse. Players compete to raid lucrative settlements and explore the world with longships and warbands. Each faction has named historic leaders, all of whom have varied impacts on combat and exploration. Players may trade with each other as well as with uncontrolled areas, and establish settlements. Rules are included for settlements gaining their independence, leader burials and the establishment of the Varangian Guard. One 34" × 22" point to point map and one sheet of large counters. Designed by Gregory M. Smith If you are like me, your first thought was probably “Gutes?” I looked them up so you don’t have to: they were a tribe of Goths who inhabited the island of Gotland. C O N T E N T S Editorial Editorial [Ty Bomba] ................................................... 2 Upcoming Paper Wars [Ty Bomba] .............................. 3 The Final Voyage of IJN Yamato [By Gregory Smith] ......................................................... 4 The Breakthrough Russia Companion [By Designer Ernie Copley] ............................................... 6 From Crete to Damascus [By Vance von Borries] ................................................... 16 1866: The Struggle For Supremacy In Germany Review [By Michel Ouimet] ....................................................... 20 SINKING YAMATO, RULES OF PLAY Napoleonic Battles: The Value of Morale [By Adam Starkweather] ................................................ 24 No Peace For Thirty Years, Danish Intervention Scenario [By Don Herndon] ........................................................ 27 Design Deep Dive: Cactus Air Force [By Designer Raymond Fiore] .......................................... 29 Case Geld, ‘Drang Nach Pazifik’ Variant AAR [By David Lamb] ........................................................ 31 Case Geld, “Mississippi Banzai” Variant AAR [By David Lamb] ......................................................... 36 Prelude To Prelude To Revolution [By Darin Leviloff ] ...................................................... 40 Progress Report [By John Kranz] ........................................................... 47](https://compassgamesbucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-14-at-5.07.50%E2%80%AFPM.png)
Description
Issue 112
Sinking Yamato by Gregory M. Smith
Sinking Yamato is a low-complexity, solitaire, tactical-level (single ship versus aircraft formations) game, with three waves of incoming aircraft broken down into four sub-waves each, with each aircraft marker representing roughly 20 attacking aircraft. The player controls the decisions on starting preparations, facing the larger gun turrets, firing decisions of the multitude of AA guns, movement and use of damage control teams, and when to counter-flood to prevent capsizing. There are options for a historical or random setup and a hypothetical scenario with additional U.S. aircraft. The rules cover fires and fire spreading, counter-flooding, strafing, damage control radar warning, and spare gun crews. One 34×22” small-hex map and over 100 counters. By Gregory M. Smith.
