Cover art for The Fast Carriers: Air-Sea Operations, 1941-77

The Fast Carriers: Air-Sea Operations, 1941-77

1975 · BGG
Avg rating
6.05
Bayes rating
5.51
Weight
3.38 (Medium Heavy)
Players
2
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
89

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Description

Fast Carriers is SPI's simulation of WWII carrier warfare and it's impact on combat tactics in the pacific. Simple sea/island maps with large hexes are used to position task forces and flight sorties. A place mat for each active carrier is used to track carrier operations. All individual combat planes and ships are represented with search planes abstracted. Tactical air to ship combat is played out on a tactical hex based all sea map with individual plane altitude, angle of attack, and multiple waves of aircraft represented.

800 counters



Mechanics

Action Points Dice Rolling Hexagon Grid Secret Unit Deployment

Themes

Aviation / Flight Modern Warfare World War II

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

Jim Dunnigan