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Example of Italian vs British surface engagement - "Cape Teulada" scenario

British air attack on the Italian fleet anchored at Taranto

Winston (aged three and a half) plays his first tactical game of SWWAS using 1/6000 Figurehead miniatures.

Second World War at Sea: Bomb Alley (2002)

Players

Best: 2, 2+

Playing time

360–360 min

Age

12+

7.28

Average rating

186

Ratings

3.06/5

Weight

#8600

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Designer:Michael Bennighof

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

Publisher:Avalanche Press Ltd.

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck7.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity6.1

Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

NauticalWargameWorld War IIHexagon GridSimulationDice RollingGrid MovementAction Queue

Overview

For three 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.

Per Avalanche Press Bomb Alley has gone out of print. This version is not coming back. A new, bigger, version is called Regia Marina and is in print.