Attack Sub has a small but dedicated following that once again turned out Sunday morning to contest control of the seas. This year the tournament was reclassified as a B event and six new recruits showed up for the teaching session and stayed on to play in the event. Welcome aboard and let's keep up the influx of newcomers next year!

The preliminary heat consisted of four-person groups playing round-robin matches from a choice of six scenarios (A, B, C, D, E, H), and eleven players with 3-0 or 2-1 records advanced to the single-elimination portion. Due to the odd number of players involved in the single-elimination portion there were only three quarter-final games and one semi-final match prior to the finals.

In the semi-final match Andre Strauss took up the US cause in scenario H vs Bob Heinzmann's Soviet boomer. This scenario can often be difficult for the boomer as the capabilities of the US Seawolf are impressive. This match proved no exception as the Seawolf quickly located the boomer while the escorting Soviet attack sub was unable to intercede. Two torpedoes later it was all over, as the boomer broke up and sank into the depths.

In the finals, Steve Caler selected scenario E and Andre elected to play the Soviet surface force and try to prevent the escape of Steve's renegade Soviet boomer. Steve's aggressive Typhoon steadily closed on the two initial surface ships while Andre could neither get an attack solution on the boomer or bring on his reinforcement. The first torpedo from the boomer missed it's mark but the second hit for one sensor damage. Andre repaired the damage, and just in time as a second torpedo hit for one attack and one sensor. The surface fleet finally got off two torpedoes but both missed the boomer, while Steve fired a third torpedo into the target, finally sinking it. Andre's reinforcement attempts continued to fail while the boomer closed the remaining ship and sank it with one shot. This resulted in the unusual situation of there being no active ships on the surface side, but the boomer still had to successfully reach a firing position to win, while the surface reinforcement could still appear to chase down the boomer. So it was a race between the two playing Close/Open range cards trying to exit on one side and reinforce on the other. Andre succeeded first, bringing in the remaining surface ship, but on his sixth try Steve was able to reach a firing position before the ship could close. So Steve won the match and the tournament, while starting WWIII in the process!