Plate 024 — Wargames
REF: BF-GME-024BattleFleet 1939 Version History: New Units, Missions and Scenarios
BattleFleet 1939 received regular updates from its October 2002 beta to October 2006. This changelog tracks each version's new units, missions, campaigns and scenarios in order.
BattleFleet 1939 was updated regularly between its October 2002 beta release and its final recorded update in October 2006, adding new units, missions, campaigns and scenarios along the way. Early releases (1.00 through roughly 1.20) mostly refined the base game; from version 1.21 onward, most updates added at least one named mission, death-match scenario or Free Hunt scenario, and by version 2.00 the roster had grown to include eight additional ship, submarine and aircraft types beyond the original set. The table below reproduces that version history in order, drawn from the game's own version-history page; earlier entries record fewer details than later ones because the original page itself listed them that way. The current catalogue of campaigns, missions and scenarios these updates built up is on the campaigns and scenarios page, and the underlying rules — including the full stats for every unit type — are in the BattleFleet 1939 manual.
| Version | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 2.05.0.3 | 26 Oct 2006 | Update release. |
| 2.05 | 9 Oct 2006 | New WW2 skins added. |
| 2.02 | 10 Aug 2006 | Enemy submarine tactics improved. |
| 2.00 | 15 Jul 2006 | New units added: Fast Aircraft Carrier, Fleet Battleship, Heavy AntiSub Cruiser, Long Range Naval, Long Range Fighter, Strategic Bomber, Fleet Submarine and Escort Cruiser. |
| 1.98 | 5 Jan 2006 | Battleship Tirpitz images improved. |
| 1.97 | 13 Dec 2005 | Update release. |
| 1.96 | 4 Nov 2005 | Enemy air force tactics improved. |
| 1.95 | 5 Jul 2005 | New mission added: US Air Force (United States). |
| 1.94 | 23 May 2005 | New Free Hunt scenario added: Goering (United States). |
| 1.93 | 10 Apr 2005 | New Free Hunt scenario added: US Navy 1944 (United States). |
| 1.92 | 16 Dec 2004 | New mission added: Normandy (United States). |
| 1.90 | 12 Nov 2004 | New mission added: Iron Sea (United States). |
| 1.88 | 20 Oct 2004 | New Free Hunt scenario added: Lancaster (United Kingdom). |
| 1.86 | 7 Oct 2004 | New Free Hunt scenario added: B-29 Superfortress (United States). |
| 1.84 | 6 Sep 2004 | New Free Hunt scenario added: Jamamoto (Japan). |
| 1.80 | 17 Feb 2004 | New Port Window skins; minor bugs fixed. |
| 1.79 | 1 Dec 2003 | AI improvements. |
| 1.75 | 25 Oct 2003 | Imperial Japan Navy campaign extended with 2 new missions. |
| 1.60 | 11 Sep 2003 | New mission added: Destroy Royal Air Force (Japan); AI improvements to enemy submarine tactics. |
| 1.55 | 21 Jul 2003 | New death-match scenario added: Luftwaffe Hunt (United States). |
| 1.50 | 11 Jun 2003 | New campaign added: Imperial Japan Navy Campaign (7 missions). |
| 1.40 | 28 Apr 2003 | New death-match scenarios added: Free Hunt Italy (United States), Free Hunt Malaya (United Kingdom), Free Hunt Subs (United States); new missions added: Santa Cruz (United States), Sir John Tovey (United Kingdom), Swordfish Hunt (Germany), Torpedo Boats (United States); repair-point changes (Light Auxiliary Ship 2, Auxiliary Ship 2, Heavy Auxiliary Ship 3 armor points repaired; a friendly-controlled port repaired 2 armor points); AntiSub Aircraft Carrier changed to 2 fire points at a price of 110 production points; intro screens added for each mission; new unit type added. |
| 1.22 | 10 Feb 2003 | New death-match scenarios added: Free Hunt USN (United States), Free Hunt Germany 2 (Germany); new missions added: Atlantic 1943 (United States), Atlantic 1941 (Germany), Mykonos (United Kingdom); game tutorial added. |
| 1.21 | 1 Feb 2003 | Level system added. |
| 1.20 | 17 Jan 2003 | Update release. |
| 1.10 | 24 Nov 2002 | Update release. |
| 1.00 beta | 10 Oct 2002 | Initial beta release. |