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Old 10-26-13, 03:24 PM   #1
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I have been trying to buy (in Uk) the board game U boat leader but where ever i look its out of stock and also there seems to be a new one coming out called The Hunters -- german submarines at war 1939 to 43, anyone know anything about these games please
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Old 10-26-13, 04:04 PM   #2
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I have been trying to buy (in Uk) the board game U boat leader but where ever i look its out of stock and also there seems to be a new one coming out called The Hunters -- german submarines at war 1939 to 43, anyone know anything about these games please
More fitting to your question....try here (it is abroad):

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...at-war-1939-43
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Old 10-26-13, 04:34 PM   #3
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I just bought a single player table top game "U-Boat Leader" that I'm going to review when I get my office cleaned up.
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That game looks awesome Nikimcbee!

Let me know how it is when you do play it, please.
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Old 10-27-13, 02:14 AM   #5
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Yes thanks, thats as far as i got, ie. to be released in November.
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Old 10-27-13, 02:15 AM   #6
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I tried to buy uboat leader but you cannot get it in the uk antwhere
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Old 10-30-13, 11:15 AM   #7
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I must be mad just paid £95 for Steel Wolves
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That is more or less the going rate everywhere atm.
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Hoping to get many hours of gaming out of it
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Old 10-30-13, 03:48 PM   #10
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Hoping to get many hours of gaming out of it
I am confident you will
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I got SILENT WAR, the Pacific predecessor of STEEL WOLVES.

I would have to give it a mixed review. It has it's good points, but falls short in some ways.

I was wondering about GATO LEADER. Does anyone know much about that one?
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I just pre-ordered "The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, 1939-43"

Seems like a really cool game after reading through the demo AARs.

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...at-war-1939-43
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I tried to buy uboat leader but you cannot get it in the uk antwhere
You can get it online here from the US. They ship internationally. http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.ya...12000246778232
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Bumping the topic, as this is a really good board game. Recently the owners of the game published all necessary materials to make the game yourself:

http://www.consimpress.com/downloads/the-hunters/

Eventually you still will want to buy one as the quality will be superior, but it's good to use it as a demo. They also published ZunTzu and Vassal modules for the game, if you want to try it without printing.

This board game actually help me to understand the basic U-boat tactics and made me install SH3 .
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For those who have U boat Leader, I can highly recommend this (free) expansion: http://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/79...ical-expansion

It adds much more depth to the game....in fact it is actually U Boat Leader 2.0
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