The smallest contingent of sub skippers ever turned out for the first year of Attack Sub's legacy status to try their luck in this traditional end-of-con event. It used a swiss-elim format, with three rounds of swiss play advancing eight to single elimination. The three swiss rounds used predesignated scenarios, with a tie-breaker earned each time a player won with the less favored side. In Round 1, the less favored Argentines pulled an upset in scenario D (Falklands), winning six games to the Brit's four. Results for Rounds 2 and 3 had a more predictable outcome for the favored side, with the US winning six matches of scenario B (Search and Destroy) to the Soviet's four, and the Brits winning five matches of scenario A (Sub Duel) to the Soviet's four.  

Three 3-0 players advanced automatically to the single elim round, tie-breakers were used (going down as far as the fourth tie-breaker, strength of schedule) to advance five of the seven 2-1 players.

Players had free choice of scenarios in single elimination, scenarios A and D were revisited twice each (the Brits winning both times in A and the Brits and Argentines splitting wins in D), and scenario E (Renegade) was played three times (two wins for the surface force and one for the Renegade boomer).

The Renegade scenario featured prominently in determining the champion. In his quarter-final match, Frank Cunliffe played the surface force to defeat Bruce Young's Renegade. Frank then went on to defeat defending champion Bill Edwards in the semi-finals, Bill couldn't hold off Frank's Argentines in scenario D. In the other semi-final match, previous champion Daniel Hoffman's Renegade defeated Rob Schoenen's surface force, successfully launching missiles as soon as he reached the second deck.

For the Final, Daniel selected E as the scenario and Frank picked the Renegade, both players were now playing opposite the side with which they had won previously. Frank started aggressively as the Renegade, using active sonar repeatedly, hoping to find and sink some of the surface force while waiting for the second deck and the chance to launch missiles. After gaining contact levels 2 and 3 on the two surface ships, the Renegade fired multiple torpedoes but all missed. Meanwhile Daniel was able to bring in his surface reinforcement almost immediately, and used active sonar himself to find and gain level 2 contact on the Renegade. The surface force fired three times in a row, with a miss, a hit only damaging the Renegade, and a hit which sank it. World War III was averted as the Renegade went down without even getting out of the first deck. 

Congratulations to Daniel Hoffman who becomes the third two-time champion of Attack Sub!