Raketny Kreyser

The scenarios are drawn from geo-political troubles of the 1970s such as the Cold War, and oil shipments through the Straits of Hormuz.

Ships and aircraft are drawn from the U.S., the U.S.S.R., the U.K., China, Canada, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, West Germany, East Germany, Poland, Finland, Iraq, Iran, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Italy, India, and France.

"[1] In 1977, Steve Newberg founded Simulations Canada and released three of his games: Dieppe; The Peloponnesian War; and Raketny Kreyser.

Although John Vanore found some minor flaws in the rules, he summarized them by calling the game "both playable and realistic.

[5] In a retrospective review in Issue 10 of Simulacrum, Chris Nelson found several major flaws, pointing out that Nelson concluded, "Although a simple and quick playing game, it fails to capture the flavor of modern naval combat.