TaskForce: Naval Tactics and Operations in the 1980’s
1981
A two-player naval combat simulation covering naval-air, missile, torpedo, and gunnery action in the 1980–1990 era.
360
minutes
2 - 2
player(s)
14+
Medium Heavy
About this board game
TaskForce: Naval Tactics and Operations in the 1980’s is an operational and tactical simulation of naval combat for two players, with an expected playing time of 360 minutes.
Released in 1981, the game focuses on naval combat circa 1980–1990. Its scope covers both operational and tactical aspects of conflict, bringing several distinct forms of naval action into one simulation.
The combat subjects identified for TaskForce include:
- Naval-air combat
- Surface-to-surface missile combat
- Torpedo combat
- Gunnery combat
This combination gives the game a broad naval focus, spanning attacks delivered through the air, by missiles, with torpedoes, and through gunnery. Each category forms part of the game’s representation of naval warfare during the 1980–1990 period.
TaskForce presents its subject at two connected scales: the operational level and the tactical level. That framing places the game squarely within naval simulations concerned with both the wider conduct of combat and the specific methods used to engage opposing forces.
Designed for exactly two players and listed with a 360-minute playing time, TaskForce: Naval Tactics and Operations in the 1980’s is a substantial naval combat game built around a clearly defined late-twentieth-century setting and a varied set of combat forms.
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