- 22 miniature ships
- overlays
- 20×30 mapboard
Product Description
Based on the Milton Bradley classic Carrier Strike!.
Outmaneuver your opponent. Destroy the enemy fleet.
Lead your carrier force to victory!
You are the commander of an elite naval fleet. Your mission is to sink your enemy’s carrier using your destroyers and fighter squadron. Launch your planes from the carrier armed with harpoon missiles that you can fire at enemy ships. Or send them out with sidewinder missiles that will aid their efforts when caught in a dogfight. Strategically move your destroyers to intercept enemy fire or to fire on the enemy fleet. Hit the enemy’s carrier twice and victory is yours.
Contents: 20×30 gameboard, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 16 fighters with stands, 4 plastic islands with cardboard shallows, 2 Admiral cards, 14 cardboard sidewinder missiles, 14 cardboard harpoon missiles, 8 dice, and instructions.
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One of the worst board games I’ve ever played. Didn’t even want to finish the first game we played after opening the box. All luck no skill involve game is cheaply made all the way around.
Amazon User Rating: 1 / 5
The good parts:
+Easy to learn – I taught the game to my seven year old within a half hour.
+Quick games – We are averaging about 1/2 hour per game.
The really bad part:
Each plane can carry one of two types of missiles. These little cardboard punch-outs are placed face down on the bases of the planes. Unfortunately the backs of the Harpoon and Sidewinder missiles are a slightly different color. Any element of surprise as to which missile a plane is carrying is quickly dispelled. My kid noticed this situation immediately and adjusted his tactics accordingly.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
This new version of the earlier issue of “Carrier Strike” is a slimmed down, less complicated issue that improves on re-play ability. It becomes obvious immediately that the Harpoon missle is the most valuable component in the game. There is also a slight strategy to the placement of the Carrier and the two barrier islands and in the wake of what happened to the Japanese at Midway you would be wise to keep all fighters scrambled at all times.The use of sidewinder missles in plane to plane dogfighting is of little value, increasing your die roll by one or a re-roll of one die only. (They could have done better) and it is basically useless to attack any plane that is flying without a harpoon missle (the only real offensive threat) . The two destroyers in the game are used for defense and once they are sunk future harpoon attacks will most likely end in victory, which is the sinking of the enemy carrier with two harpoon missle hits. Overall it is an entertaining game that can be concluded in about a half hour of combat. Probably the best of the three games due to the Sea/Air aspects and if you want to buy only one this is the one to get.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5