# What A Tanker!

What A Tanker! is a board game for 1–12 players. It plays in 45–180 minutes. Ludoya players call it best with 2.

- **Players:** 1–12 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 45–180 minutes
- **Complexity:** 2.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2018
- **Categories:** Miniatures, Wargame, World War II, Book
- **Mechanics:** Dice Rolling, Action Points
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 2
- **Unique players:** 1

**Designers:** Nick Skinner, Richard Clarke (III)

**Publishers:** Too Fat Lardies

## Expansions

- [The Second Kharkov Campaign: May 1942 – A Pair of Pint-Sized Campaigns for Chain of Command and a Campaign for What a Tanker](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-second-kharkov-campaign-may-1942-a-pair-of-pint-sized-campaigns-for-chain)
- [Cold War Tanker: A Cold War Supplement for TFLs "What a Tanker"](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cold-war-tanker-a-cold-war-supplement-for-tfls-what-a-tanker)
- [What a Tanker 40,000 (fan expansion for What a Tanker)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/what-a-tanker-40000-fan-expansion-for-what-a-tanker)
- [The Battle for Singling: December 1944](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-battle-for-singling-december-1944)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/what-a-tanker)
- [What A Tanker! in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/what-a-tanker)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249868)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._