Battleships and Carriers 2:  1940-1945
Release date: Sep 25, 2024
Developers: SLS
Publishers: SLS
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English

Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships and airplanes. Clear and simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy. Easy combat execution and control: just plug and play. Different mission objectives (destroy, conquer, defend, escort, kill-them-all). Sort of dynamic XXL battleship game, with over 70 moveable ship/aircraft/submarine/artillery unit types, with huge tactical and strategic maps, and unit production. Non-historical and historical missions, campaigns and death-matches from World War II. Pixel perfect, 2D, retro style, WW2. Features -New air-carrier based aircraft units (deck dive bombers, anti-sub, torpedo bombers, deck fighters) -More than 70 combat unit types : ships, submarines, aircraft, radar, anti-air and coastal artillery (20 new unit types) -new Air Base objects: base your non-carrier fighter/bomber wings around Air Bases. Protect it with new anti-air artillery types (Single Air Base capacity: up to 8 air wings ) -New tactical maps : USA East Coast, Britain, Great Pacific, North Atlantic, North Africa, Iceland, Norway, Eastern Mediterranean, plus improved B&C Pacific maps incl. Guadalcanal, Saipan, Guam, Tarawa, Aleutians, Japan Sea. -Control WW2 navies : US Navy, Royal Navy, Kriegsmarine, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Italian Regia Marina, Imperial Japan Navy - Ships and aircraft production : create your own fleet (up to 200 units), equip your aircraft carriers with naval air wings, earn production points and get more ships/subs/planes/artillery units during the missions - Group movement : simultaneously move your task forces up to 100 ships - Unlimited game-play : WW2 scenarios, death-matches and campaigns with various missions and objectives: conquer ports, destroy enemy units, neutralize air bases, defend your own ports and airfields, secure convoy, kill-them-all -Tactical / strategy maps mode, with zoom-in-out option -New unit type attributes: Fire Power (Air, Surface, Anti-sub) and Fuel capacity, in addition to Armor, Radar and Speed -Historic names and more than 100 officer ranks Estimated Playtime : ( 45 hours in total ) - 40 missions, Free Hunt and Death-Matches: 20-90 minutes per each scenario - campaigns: 3-6 hours per campaign List of scenarios, Death-matches, Free Hunt and campaigns : Invasion U.S. East Saipan Crete Operation 1941 Tarawa - Pacific 1942 Full Pacific War Rommel Support Guadalcanal - Imperial Navy Operation Forager - Saipan Operation Guam Death-Match Gilbert Islands Free Hunt Tobruk Africa Corps Sea Lion - Counteroffensive El Alamein Support Husky - Operation Sicily Free Hunt Solomon Islands Iceland - Operation Ikarus Yamamoto on North Dutch Harbor 1943 Death Match German KriegsMarine Death-Match Saipan Canada Defense Road to Okinawa Downfall Japan Free Hunt Atlantic Scapa Flow HMAS Canbera RAF Pacific Task Force Australia Royal Navy Homefleet Royal Canadian Navy Hunt USA Liberation Royal Navy Fleet The Airbases Norway - Operation Weserubung Mediteranian - Royal Navy Operation Flintlock Task Force Melbourne Air War Free Hunt Taranto Free Hunt Target New York Death Match Regia Marina US Navy (C) Royal Navy (C) KriegsMarine (C) Battleships and Carriers 2 improvements vs Battleships & Carriers 1: New aircraft carrier combat modes: -aircraft wings are now operational from air carriers (launch, refuel, repair) -all air units are now airborne during multiple turns New air carrier based aircraft units -Dive Bomber (Carrier based - Deck) -Torpedo Bomber (Carrier based - Deck) -Fighter (Carrier based - Deck) -Anti-Sub (Carrier based - Deck) New unit types and classes: -Submarine Group (Wolf Pack) -Torpedo Boat Group -Escort Destroyer -Anti-Air (AA) Destroyer -Escort Cruiser -Anti-Air (AA) Cruiser -Light (Pocket) Battleship /Panzerschiff -Spec. Aircraft Carrier -Air Support Aircraft Carrier -Attack Aircraft Carrier -Light Anti-Aircraft -Anti-Aircraft -Long Range Anti-Aircraft -Heavy Anti-Aircraft New missions, death-matches and campaigns, and few improved BC1 scenarios New attributes for all unit types: -Air, Surface and Anti-sub Fire Power -Fuel capacity: affects unit movement range New Air Base objects: -Deploy non-carrier fighter/bomber wings around Air Bases -Protect it with new anti-air artillery types -Single Air Base capacity: up to 8 air wings New unit types graphics for each of 5 major navies Air Group movement: applies to all aircraft types New Order of Battle panel Improved Production panels New tactical maps: -USA East Coast, Britain, Great Pacific, North Atlantic, North Africa, Iceland, Norway, Mediterranean