Second World War at Sea: Bomb Alley (2002)

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Designer	Michael Bennighof
Artist	Peggy Gordon Brien J. Miller Christine Whitmer
Publisher	Avalanche Press Ltd.
Year Published	2002
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with more than 2 players Recommended with more than 2 players (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	360 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Category	Nautical Wargame World War II
Mechanic	Simultaneous Action Selection
Expansion	The Kaiser's Navy Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets Second World War at Sea: Imperial and Royal Navy
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For four years, Britain's Royal Navy and Italy's Regia Marina waged a ferocious battle for control of the Mediterranean Sea. Fifty scenarios re-create these struggles: the battleship duels at Cape Teulada, First Sirte, Second Sirte and Cape Matapan. The convoys to Malta. The Italian torpedo boat Lupo's defeat of two British cruisers.

This is the ultimate World War 2 naval game, from the team that gave you SOPAC and Midway.

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Publisher: Avalanche Press Ltd.

Artist: Peggy Gordon, Brien J. Miller, Christine Whitmer

Year: 2002

Product Code: APL0017

Size: 11.81 x 9.45 x 1.97 inches

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2	Rules Search Modifiers : I am at a loss...	2012-03-23	IKerensky	4
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3	Rules A Rule Situation Came Up	2012-01-03	sguard	1
1	Rules Airfield Allied in Sc. 37?	2012-01-02	mathewgo	2
1	Rules Subs Attack into a Minor Port?	2011-12-04	sguard	1
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1	Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets Rules Set Ups?	2012-01-10	sguard	2
0	Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets General What Scenarios make a Good Three Player Game?	2011-10-08	sguard	0
7	Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets Reviews A nice expansion to Bomb Alley	2010-04-10	aluredpopple	0
2	Second World War at Sea: Imperial and Royal Navy Reviews A brief review	2010-04-03	aluredpopple	0
0	Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets Rules Question	2008-03-17		2
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	Recommendations

Strong Recommendations
Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean	Second World War at Sea: SOPAC	Great War at Sea 2: The North & Baltic Seas	Great War at Sea: U. S. Navy Plan Orange
Great War at Sea: Jutland	1904-1905: The Russo-Japanese War

Standard Recommendations
Second World War at Sea: Leyte Gulf	1898: The Spanish American War	Second World War at Sea: Bismarck	Second World War at Sea: Eastern Fleet
Great War at Sea: Cruiser Warfare	Great War at Sea: U. S. Navy Plan Black	Second World War at Sea: Strike South	Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific
Great War at Sea: Dreadnoughts	Tokyo Express

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Panzer Grenadier: Afrika Korps; The Desert War

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Bomb Alley Scenario 35 AAR

AAR for Scenario 35, including pictures and analysis.

wheelsboy

2011-08-10

Sequence of play.doc

Separate sequence of play chart for all games in the SWWAS series

taragalinas

2007-05-25

charts.doc

Improved quick reference charts for SWWAS

taragalinas

2007-05-25

PlayerLogAppendix.sxc

Player Log appendix -- flights, mine fields, MTBs, airfield damage, more rules reference (OpenOffice Spreadsheet)

kirkbauer

2006-09-09

SaveGameSheet.sxc

Sheet that can be used to record a game state for later re-use (OpenOffice Spreadsheet)

kirkbauer

2006-09-09

PlayerLogs.sxc

Enhanced 2-page player log (OpenOffice Spreadsheet)

kirkbauer

2006-09-09

MasterReference.sxc

Comprehensive 2-page Reference Sheet (OpenOffice Spreadsheet)

kirkbauer

2006-09-09

AirbaseCards.sxc

Improved/Expanded Airbase Cards (OpenOffice Spreadsheet)

kirkbauer

2006-09-09

bomb_alley_tray.zip

Counter tray labels to help sort out all 840 counters (designed for use with 3x16-cell Chessex counter trays, but work as bag or drawer labels, etc)

XanderF

2005-04-29

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94	Top rated naval wargames on BGG	2007-06-07
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56	BGG Con 2009 for Wargamers: Games, Meet-Ups, and Mules	2009-09-02
40	Italia! Italia!	2005-12-13
37	Avalanche's Great/SecondWorld War at Sea series	2006-04-23

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Board Game Rank:	1905
War Game Rank:	344
Num Ratings:	118
Average Rating:	7.29
Standard Deviation:	1.39
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Second World War at Sea: Black Sea Fleets

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Average Rating	7.41
Average Weight	2.33

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Year Published	2007

Second World War at Sea: Imperial and Royal Navy

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Year Published	2008

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Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2007-10-15
Manufacturer's product page for this game	http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameBombAlley.php	2005-05-03