Wolfpack: Submarine Warfare in the North Atlantic, 1942-44

About this board game

Wolfpack: Submarine Warfare in the North Atlantic, 1942-44 is a strategic solitaire board wargame for one player, designed for a 120-minute playing time. Released in 1974, it places you in the role of the German U-boat commander.

Your objective is to deploy your U-boats across the North Atlantic and detect Allied convoys. Once a convoy has been detected, you must bring your submarines together into a wolfpack, attempting to inflict maximum damage.

The game focuses on the central decisions of submarine warfare: where to deploy your U-boats, how to locate the Allied convoys, and when to form your forces into coordinated wolfpacks. Every part of the strategy serves the effort to find convoys and attack them effectively.

• Players: 1
• Playing time: 120 minutes
• Setting: The North Atlantic, 1942-44
• Primary role: German U-boat commander
• Core mechanics: U-boat deployment, convoy detection, and wolfpack formation

Wolfpack offers a focused strategic experience built around a single command perspective. Rather than dividing control between opposing players, the game asks one player to manage German U-boats and pursue Allied convoys through the sequence of deployment, detection, and attack.

Originally published as part of Strategy & Tactics magazine #47, Wolfpack presents a concise historical scenario centered on German submarine operations in the North Atlantic. Its solitaire format makes the player’s deployment and attack choices the heart of the game.