From Roberto Chiavini

Battle for the Atlantic (Minden Games)

This is a little, nice solitaire game found in Panzerschreck 4, on the
Battle of the Atlantic. The player takes the role of the Kriegsmarine,
fighting against the Allies (the system). 

The game comes with a few dozens counters and 40 cards, that you have to
cut and paste if you want stronger material. The little map has seven
sea zones where combat and operations take place, while there are also
several other boxes used to track various aspects of the game. 

The player put on the zones his U-boats, plus a couple of Condor
counters and, possibly, a raider counter too. The aim is to obtain more
than 400.000 tons of shipments sunk for 4 consecutive turns, avoiding an
Allied victory (that happens if more than half of the U-Boats are sunk
in a single turn or if 4 convoys are in the North Atlantic sea zone at
the end of a turn). 

Almost every action is driven by the drawing of the cards, from random
events, to placement of naval escorts and air support for the Allies, to
production of U-Boats and Allied antisubmarine tecnologies advances. 

The U-boats may be placed in one of three possible stances, from
aggressive to shadowed, with die roll modifiers both for sinking enemy
ships that for being caught by the ASW tactics of the Allies. Obviously
for a solitaire system, there are several die rolls to be made each
turn, but play flows smoothly during the maximum of ten turns of the
game (perhaps two hours to finish the game, when you have got the
feeling of the system). 

I found the game very stimulating, fun to play, with several strategical
choices for the player and a system that could be hard to beat. All in
all, a great little game, worth your time and your money. 

I rate the game 7 ½ in a 1-10 scale.