About this game
This "Air-Naval War" game was published on June 10, 1940, the day Italy entered WWII. It has wooden pieces representing both targets such as a railway station, ammo dump and bridge, and attacking airplanes, ships and submarines (two per player) along with a single torpedo boat. The playing board has a red home area on one side and blue on the other. Pieces move along colored lines across the ocean between them. There is a small island in the middle.
Mechanism
Move and capture
Rules
Players move one piece each turn, and must alternate between ships, submarines and airplanes. A die roll determines how far the piece can move. Players capture a piece (unit or target) by landing on it. Pieces move forward only until reaching the far side, at which point planes reverse course and ships reset to their starting spaces. Players get the torpedo boat, which can move in either direction, after losing three units. The winner is the first to destroy both enemy planes and half the ships.
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