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Dreadnought: Surface Combat in the Battleship Era, 1906-45

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1975 · 2-2 players · 120min · weight 2.41 · 201 ratings

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ID
4236
Name
Dreadnought: Surface Combat in the Battleship Era, 1906-45
Year
1975
Rank
13692
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
120
Min playtime
120
Max playtime
120
Avg weight
2.4091
Num weights
22
Bayes avg
5.54636
Average
6.24771
Users rated
201
Num owned
578
Wanting
11
Wishing
33
Num comments
110
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Action QueueHexagon Grid
Categories (4)
NauticalWargameWorld War IWorld War II
Description (916 chars)

Dreadnought: Surface Combat in the Battleship Era, 1906-45, is a two-player simulation of surface naval warfare in the period 1906 to 1944 with the primary emphasis on the role of the all big-gun battleship (Dreadnought) in fleet actions. Historical and non-historical battles and naval campaigns are presented. Essential elements of surface naval warfare are recreated, including gunnery, torpedoes, ranging, damage control, formation handling and fleet coordination. Game Scale: Game Turn: 15 minutes Hex: 1968 yards / 1800 meters Movement: 4 knots Units: Individual Battleships & multiple Cruisers/Destroyers Game Inventory: Six 10 x 10.75" single color map sections One single-side printed countersheet (400 1/2" counters) One 16-page Dreadnought rulebook Two Player Aid Cards One SiMov Orders Pad Two 6-sided dice Solitaire Playability: Medium Complexity Level: Medium Players: 2 or more Playing Time: 4-15

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

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LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

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LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

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