The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October is a naval board game published by TSR in 1988 that is based on the 1984 novel by Tom Clancy. Description Like the Clancy novel, The Hunt for Red October is a 2-player game in which the American player tries to help the Russian submarine Red October defect to the United States, and the Russian player tries to hunt down the rogue submarine and destroy it. The game contains eight scenarios that require various forces and resources on both sides. Publication history The 1984 bestseller The Hunt for Red October was Tom Clancy's first novel, and produced several commercial spin-offs including a 1987 video game. In 1988, TSR acquired the rights for a board game, and Douglas Niles designed one that was published the same year. The game was a hit for TSR, which claimed that the game was "one of the bestselling wargames of all time." TSR followed up with a sequel board game in 1989, Red Storm Rising, based on Clancy's second novel of the same name.