Battle Fleet

Plate 024 — Wargames

REF: BF-GME-024

Battle Fleet / Wargames

BattleFleet 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.

VersionDateChanges
2.05.0.326 Oct 2006Update release.
2.059 Oct 2006New WW2 skins added.
2.0210 Aug 2006Enemy submarine tactics improved.
2.0015 Jul 2006New units added: Fast Aircraft Carrier, Fleet Battleship, Heavy AntiSub Cruiser, Long Range Naval, Long Range Fighter, Strategic Bomber, Fleet Submarine and Escort Cruiser.
1.985 Jan 2006Battleship Tirpitz images improved.
1.9713 Dec 2005Update release.
1.964 Nov 2005Enemy air force tactics improved.
1.955 Jul 2005New mission added: US Air Force (United States).
1.9423 May 2005New Free Hunt scenario added: Goering (United States).
1.9310 Apr 2005New Free Hunt scenario added: US Navy 1944 (United States).
1.9216 Dec 2004New mission added: Normandy (United States).
1.9012 Nov 2004New mission added: Iron Sea (United States).
1.8820 Oct 2004New Free Hunt scenario added: Lancaster (United Kingdom).
1.867 Oct 2004New Free Hunt scenario added: B-29 Superfortress (United States).
1.846 Sep 2004New Free Hunt scenario added: Jamamoto (Japan).
1.8017 Feb 2004New Port Window skins; minor bugs fixed.
1.791 Dec 2003AI improvements.
1.7525 Oct 2003Imperial Japan Navy campaign extended with 2 new missions.
1.6011 Sep 2003New mission added: Destroy Royal Air Force (Japan); AI improvements to enemy submarine tactics.
1.5521 Jul 2003New death-match scenario added: Luftwaffe Hunt (United States).
1.5011 Jun 2003New campaign added: Imperial Japan Navy Campaign (7 missions).
1.4028 Apr 2003New 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.
1.2210 Feb 2003New 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.
1.211 Feb 2003Level system added.
1.2017 Jan 2003Update release.
1.1024 Nov 2002Update release.
1.00 beta10 Oct 2002Initial beta release.