After a couple of weeks delay, John and I got a game of Cruel Seas in today.
John chose his rather beautiful Germans, and I chose to attack. He used 3 S100 class boats and an S38 (nearest). He had to escort a tanker across table. Channelled by a headland and shifting sands, his flotilla spread out to watch for incoming threats.
His fast boats move up with the tanker, carrying vital fuel oil to troops down the coast.
From behind the headland springs Algey with his Vospers MkII, which, sighting an opportunity, unleashes two eels into the brine.
Joined by Evans, who also puts two eels into the deep, between then, their fish will cover all possible angles that the tanker will be in (travelling at full speed at 15 knots, the rusty hulk could only decelerate and dodge via evasive manoeuvres). Algey and Evans deck guns also hose down the tanker causing the crew to take cover as the wheel man is carried away for emergency care (crew hits need a skill check to see whether the next turn the crew can commit to any actions, and knock a full third of his hull points).
John threw in his S38 boat to point blank range, trying to hose down the Vospers with cannon fire. He missed, with every single gun!
Taylor sweeps in, gunning down the S38 and causing another crew hit, the elite of the German navy ducking away from a few shots.
Another S100 zooms into Algey's Vosper, peppering it with cannon fire (those quads are nasty, if they hit), there goes Algey's no claims!
Algey and crew, seeing that their plywood hull more full of holes than Algey's sanity, and scuttle off to their lifeboat, and slowly scull towards the nearest sandbank.
The crew of the tanker failed their skill test from the previous turn and keep their heads down, continuing to move forwards at full speed.
Thankfully, they missed their own S-Boat, by a matter of metres, leaving the S boats crew shouting and waving fists.
Algey and his crew watched on from their dingy as their eels slammed straight into the stricken tanker, one striking forward, the other amidships. Would they be duds?
Of course not, these are BRITISH torpedoes, two cracking thuds as both fish are live.
Hit one, 54 points of damage, It is very satisfying rolling 16D6 in one go!
I only needed 2 points needed to sink her. Think we might have achieved that. Her back broke and she settled by the keel.
Taylor also had his fish in the water, but they were not needed.
Taylor's rudder was crippled by accurate German shooting, he would only be turning left for a bit, could he clear the sandbanks? Other Vospers, realising that they were no longer needed, gunned their engines and headed out.
However, Taylor trying to clear his rudder before running into the sands, has to quieten his engines.
John, I'm sure, it trying to get all his boats into the same square cm!
I had two Vospers Mk1s that were acting as back stop behind the far sandbanks. They tried one shot at the S boats, and then decided they could retire now for tea and buns.
Taylor's hulk was hounded down and shot, he and his crew broke out the dingy and paddled off to the nearest beach to top up their tans.
With that, 4 of my Vospers out of 6 had escaped, but the tanker was on the bottom of the sea. Mission successful. Algey and Taylor's crews were picked up by the RAF later that day, and returned for tea and medals, dusted off and ready to go again.
John chose his rather beautiful Germans, and I chose to attack. He used 3 S100 class boats and an S38 (nearest). He had to escort a tanker across table. Channelled by a headland and shifting sands, his flotilla spread out to watch for incoming threats.
His fast boats move up with the tanker, carrying vital fuel oil to troops down the coast.
From behind the headland springs Algey with his Vospers MkII, which, sighting an opportunity, unleashes two eels into the brine.
Joined by Evans, who also puts two eels into the deep, between then, their fish will cover all possible angles that the tanker will be in (travelling at full speed at 15 knots, the rusty hulk could only decelerate and dodge via evasive manoeuvres). Algey and Evans deck guns also hose down the tanker causing the crew to take cover as the wheel man is carried away for emergency care (crew hits need a skill check to see whether the next turn the crew can commit to any actions, and knock a full third of his hull points).
John threw in his S38 boat to point blank range, trying to hose down the Vospers with cannon fire. He missed, with every single gun!
Taylor sweeps in, gunning down the S38 and causing another crew hit, the elite of the German navy ducking away from a few shots.
Another S100 zooms into Algey's Vosper, peppering it with cannon fire (those quads are nasty, if they hit), there goes Algey's no claims!
Algey and crew, seeing that their plywood hull more full of holes than Algey's sanity, and scuttle off to their lifeboat, and slowly scull towards the nearest sandbank.
The crew of the tanker failed their skill test from the previous turn and keep their heads down, continuing to move forwards at full speed.
Thankfully, they missed their own S-Boat, by a matter of metres, leaving the S boats crew shouting and waving fists.
Algey and his crew watched on from their dingy as their eels slammed straight into the stricken tanker, one striking forward, the other amidships. Would they be duds?
Of course not, these are BRITISH torpedoes, two cracking thuds as both fish are live.
Hit one, 54 points of damage, It is very satisfying rolling 16D6 in one go!
I only needed 2 points needed to sink her. Think we might have achieved that. Her back broke and she settled by the keel.
Taylor also had his fish in the water, but they were not needed.
Taylor's rudder was crippled by accurate German shooting, he would only be turning left for a bit, could he clear the sandbanks? Other Vospers, realising that they were no longer needed, gunned their engines and headed out.
However, Taylor trying to clear his rudder before running into the sands, has to quieten his engines.
John, I'm sure, it trying to get all his boats into the same square cm!
I had two Vospers Mk1s that were acting as back stop behind the far sandbanks. They tried one shot at the S boats, and then decided they could retire now for tea and buns.
Taylor's hulk was hounded down and shot, he and his crew broke out the dingy and paddled off to the nearest beach to top up their tans.
With that, 4 of my Vospers out of 6 had escaped, but the tanker was on the bottom of the sea. Mission successful. Algey and Taylor's crews were picked up by the RAF later that day, and returned for tea and medals, dusted off and ready to go again.
Sounds a lot of fun and those or very nice little models.
ReplyDeleteLooks good Will - got my first game next Wednesday!
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