PT Boats: South Gambit — Convoy Escorts and Black Sea Night Raids

Mediterranean Supply Runs: Troop Transport to Libya and Tunis, Convoy Escorts to Malta

The Mediterranean missions in PT Boats: South Gambit include carrying British troops and supplies to Libya and Tunis. These transport assignments give the naval fighting a specific logistical purpose: moving personnel and material to the named destinations. Alongside those runs, the game assigns convoy escorts bound for besieged Malta, making both transport and protection part of its Mediterranean operations rather than limiting the setting to attacks on enemy vessels.

For the Malta escorts, the game explicitly invokes three historical operations: Harpoon, Vigorous and Pedestal. Those names anchor the convoy assignments to efforts to supply the besieged island, while Libya and Tunis are identified as destinations for British troop and supply transport. The distinction is between carrying the required personnel and cargo on transport assignments and accompanying convoys on escort assignments; both belong to the Mediterranean portion of the game.

Black Sea Operations: Night Raids on Bases and Artillery Attacks at Yalta and Anapa

The campaign relocates to the Black Sea, where the German navy seeks to disrupt sea communications between Sevastopol and Novorossiysk. Your PT boat takes part in night raids against enemy bases within this regional conflict. The assignment pairs a specific target type with a specific time of operation: bases are the objectives, and the raids take place at night. Sevastopol and Novorossiysk identify the communications link under threat, rather than the named targets of those raids.

Following the night raids, the Black Sea operations put your PT boat into artillery attacks against German forces at Yalta and Anapa. These assignments shift the stated action from raiding enemy bases to attacking forces at two named coastal locations. The distinction matters when describing this stretch of the campaign: nighttime is specified for the base raids, while artillery defines the subsequent attacks. Together, the assignments give the boat offensive work in the Black Sea alongside the wider struggle over communications between Sevastopol and Novorossiysk.

Aircraft and Minefields: He-111H-6 Torpedo Bombers, IL-2 Attack Planes and Ju-88 Bombers

PT Boats: South Gambit adds torpedo bombers and minefields to its naval combat. The German He-111H-6 supplies a named example of the torpedo-bomber role, bringing aircraft into a weapon category also associated with the boats at the center of the game. Minefields are a separate addition to the combat setting: alongside vessels and aircraft, the game includes mines as part of its expanded naval battlefield.

The aircraft roster also includes the Soviet IL-2 attack plane, nicknamed the Flying Tank, and the German Ju-88 bomber. These give the air component three specifically identified aircraft with distinct listed roles: the IL-2 as an attack plane, the He-111H-6 as a torpedo bomber, and the Ju-88 as a bomber. South Gambit expands its combat aircraft roster alongside its ships and boats, while retaining command of a torpedo boat as its central premise.

Torpedo-Boat Command: Tactical Naval Combat with D-3, MAS-500 and Larger Warships

PT Boats: South Gambit puts you in command of a torpedo boat and its strike crew during Second World War naval combat. Its approach combines simulation, strategy and tactical action, rather than presenting boat command as simulation alone. As a large-scale expansion to PT Boats: Knights of the Sea, South Gambit adds campaigns and expands the naval roster, retaining the torpedo boat as the vessel at the center of your command.

The named vessels include the Italian MAS-500 torpedo boat, Navigatori destroyer and Condottieri cruiser. These additions extend the roster across three distinct vessel types: the MAS-500 belongs to the torpedo-boat category central to the game, while Navigatori and Condottieri represent its larger warships. The naval setting therefore includes destroyers and cruisers alongside the small strike boats, rather than consisting solely of engagements between torpedo craft.

First published Nov 8, 2026.