I had this game when SPI issued it. I too was in the Navy, (84-88 USS Ranger). I went into the Army infantry and my best bud was a former Marine. Long story short, we played Sixth Fleet and Second Fleet when we had our room to ourselves, (my God, the map size! Lol.).
6th Fleet and its sister game 2nd Fleet were two of my favorites from the dinosaur age of board games. As an old board gamer I preferred them to computer games like Harpoon even though the computer game was probably much more realistic and perfectly manageable to play. Today's computer games are so much better that there's no comparison.
Gulf Strike is one of my all-time favorites. There are so many decisions to be made each turn. One of the first four games put out by Victory Games in their heyday.
Man, if you ever want to play anything using Vassal, let me know. Either way I look forward to your videos on this game it's one of my all-time favorites as well.
We may have to set something up sometime then. I am a fan of VASSAL and have played it enough to know its worth. Glad you enjoy the video! More to come soon. Just finished turn 1. may post it tommorow or Saturday
These are the types of complex games that would be better computerised to deal with the numbers and to ensure rules are not missed out. I have 3 of these box sets and its on my bucket list to play them all. If anyone knows of where I can find these computerised, it would make me very happy ;-D.
The only direct translation into a computer version that I'm aware of was Avalon Hill's 5th Fleet. You'll probably have to go to Ebay to get it and once you do, you'll probably have to use an emulator, like DOSBox, to run it on a modern computer. I have it, but have never played it. I've heard mostly good things about it over the years. Also, there are Vassal modules available for most, if not all, of the Fleet games. Vassal is a computer program that lets you play boardgames on the computer. It does not provide a programmed opponent or enforce game rules. You still have to know all the boardgame rules and enforce them yourself. Its main benefit is not having to set up the game on a table and the ability to play against opponents over the 'net, live or PBEM. Nevertheless, rule book in hand and playing on the computer might be an easier way to learn a game than having to set it up on a table - provided one learns the ins-and-outs of Vassal first. The website for Vassal is www.vassalengine.org/
Any of the Fleet series is hard to fit on a table with all 3 maps. My favorite is 5th Fleet and decided to make a gamebox for it using Cyberboard. I did the map and a buddy did the counters. It's also helpful for the big scenarios that might take more than 1 day to finish not to mention you can play against opponents across the globe. FtF is more fun but, finding opponents nearby isn't always possible. VASSAL is good too but I prefer the interface and gamebox creating using Cyberboard.
Sub groups don't work directly with surface units do they? I'm talking about stacking as in some games, like say this games counterpart, Sixth Fleet from SPI.
they do not. there are 3 'action phases' in a turn Subs, Surface and Air. when one of the groups is activated then only units from that group can do something. since subs and surface have their own activation phases...they can never work in tandem with each other
Does anybody know where to get a digital copy of the rule book for this game? I still have mine from when I was a kid...but somewhere in time I lost the rules!! After watching this series of videos...it made me want to pull it out again! Thanks in advance
The Original Grognard well...I was not as lucky as I thought...the link that was posted was for the 1975 game and was missing the last few pages. Looks like a lot of folks are looking for this thing....
So cool you have so many videos on the fleet series! My only criticism is the pronounciation, LOL! I can forgive you any Russian words, but the pronounciation of the Agean and Tyrreanean Seas is rough. But anyways working my way through the videos.
Hello, sir. I noticed that your Sixth Fleet videos are not added to BoardGameGeek under the game's title. Would you mind if I added them there? I would of course credit you as the author of the videos. Cheers.
Even with the rule errors, I think it's a good series for showing how the game plays. There aren't really any videos out there that show this. I added them to BGG, thanks!
Yeah, and there aren't any playthrough videos of any of the other Fleet games either. That's why I wanted to add these, so that BGGers can see how the game works.
I had this game when SPI issued it. I too was in the Navy, (84-88 USS Ranger). I went into the Army infantry and my best bud was a former Marine. Long story short, we played Sixth Fleet and Second Fleet when we had our room to ourselves, (my God, the map size! Lol.).
thank you for your service! this game looks amazing to play ^^
thank you for your support and im glad you enjoyed the video!
6th Fleet and its sister game 2nd Fleet were two of my favorites from the dinosaur age of board games. As an old board gamer I preferred them to computer games like Harpoon even though the computer game was probably much more realistic and perfectly manageable to play. Today's computer games are so much better that there's no comparison.
Gulf Strike is one of my all-time favorites. There are so many decisions to be made each turn. One of the first four games put out by Victory Games in their heyday.
Great video. I played Gulf Strike and Aegean Strike back in the 80s but never got to the Fleet series.
both great games as well!
This was originally an SPI published game from around 1977-76. I bought it around 1977.
Thanks for the video. It's helpful.
Man, if you ever want to play anything using Vassal, let me know. Either way I look forward to your videos on this game it's one of my all-time favorites as well.
We may have to set something up sometime then. I am a fan of VASSAL and have played it enough to know its worth. Glad you enjoy the video! More to come soon. Just finished turn 1. may post it tommorow or Saturday
These are the types of complex games that would be better computerised to deal with the numbers and to ensure rules are not missed out. I have 3 of these box sets and its on my bucket list to play them all. If anyone knows of where I can find these computerised, it would make me very happy ;-D.
The only direct translation into a computer version that I'm aware of was Avalon Hill's 5th Fleet. You'll probably have to go to Ebay to get it and once you do, you'll probably have to use an emulator, like DOSBox, to run it on a modern computer.
I have it, but have never played it. I've heard mostly good things about it over the years.
Also, there are Vassal modules available for most, if not all, of the Fleet games.
Vassal is a computer program that lets you play boardgames on the computer. It does not provide a programmed opponent or enforce game rules. You still have to know all the boardgame rules and enforce them yourself. Its main benefit is not having to set up the game on a table and the ability to play against opponents over the 'net, live or PBEM.
Nevertheless, rule book in hand and playing on the computer might be an easier way to learn a game than having to set it up on a table - provided one learns the ins-and-outs of Vassal first.
The website for Vassal is www.vassalengine.org/
Any of the Fleet series is hard to fit on a table with all 3 maps. My favorite is 5th Fleet and decided to make a gamebox for it using Cyberboard. I did the map and a buddy did the counters. It's also helpful for the big scenarios that might take more than 1 day to finish not to mention you can play against opponents across the globe. FtF is more fun but, finding opponents nearby isn't always possible. VASSAL is good too but I prefer the interface and gamebox creating using Cyberboard.
7th was always my favorite. Mostly as it was the area I spent several years floating around in and know the area pretty well.
Sub groups don't work directly with surface units do they? I'm talking about stacking as in some games, like say this games counterpart, Sixth Fleet from SPI.
they do not. there are 3 'action phases' in a turn Subs, Surface and Air. when one of the groups is activated then only units from that group can do something. since subs and surface have their own activation phases...they can never work in tandem with each other
Does anybody know where to get a digital copy of the rule book for this game? I still have mine from when I was a kid...but somewhere in time I lost the rules!! After watching this series of videos...it made me want to pull it out again! Thanks in advance
try checking over at BGG. sure someone there has a link or a way to get you a digital copy.
The Original Grognard thanks! I found it!
I did not think to scroll the forums there...
@@Wolfman243 good to hear!
The Original Grognard well...I was not as lucky as I thought...the link that was posted was for the 1975 game and was missing the last few pages. Looks like a lot of folks are looking for this thing....
So cool you have so many videos on the fleet series! My only criticism is the pronounciation, LOL! I can forgive you any Russian words, but the pronounciation of the Agean and Tyrreanean Seas is rough. But anyways working my way through the videos.
Hello, sir. I noticed that your Sixth Fleet videos are not added to BoardGameGeek under the game's title. Would you mind if I added them there? I would of course credit you as the author of the videos. Cheers.
if you want to go ahead. I think I made a few too many basic rules mistakes but knock yourself out if you want =)
Even with the rule errors, I think it's a good series for showing how the game plays. There aren't really any videos out there that show this. I added them to BGG, thanks!
Yeah I noticed that...went over to see if you had posted them and found they were the only videos on 6th Fleet....was a bit surprised
Yeah, and there aren't any playthrough videos of any of the other Fleet games either. That's why I wanted to add these, so that BGGers can see how the game works.
that really surprises me with how popular the system is....