Fleet Action Imminent! General Quarters WWI Rules

When I sat down to play this with a friend I have to say the tables and charts all looked rather intimidating! Once I actually figured out what they all meant (which wasn't so difficult as I initially imagined) it was really rather simple and played very quickly. Four of us played with about 5-6 ships aside - and that seemed about right. I'm not sure how really large actions would play out, I could see it bogging down a bit.

After reading the rules it appears to be a rather streamlined set of minis rules that still retains a lot of detail for ships.

Very nice charts. Good PDF ship data sheets. Don't like the torpedo rules. But gunnery plays smoothly.

I was surprised by the very nicely laid-out rulebook. Hits a very nice sweet spot between detail and playability.

This was my first naval war game, and while I had the impression that naval games were complicated, this one was easy enough to play and learn and still felt historical. Has optional rules and variations of rules to make it play faster with larger numbers of ships.

3 hole punch version.

Preparing for gaming this summer with my 1/6000 German, British and US fleets using the Avalanche Press board games from their Great War at Sea system to create battles and scenarios.