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First Game of Cruel Seas - Raid at Canaux de Sable

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 th...

Mortiem et Gloriam - Out Of The Dark Ages, Element Games, Stockport Feb 2018

So, You know when you are signed up for a competition, and you have no idea what to take? Well, the train to Element Games for a start! Great venue. The theme was 1070-1500, European Medieval, which ruled out my 'go-to' list of Samurai, so I was left with three choices. Tudors - dull, never going to win. White Sheep Turkomen - seriously never going win. Early Scots - also never going to win. I went with the Early Scots in the end, as it was an utterly silly list that had no chance of getting anywhere near a win. Oh how wrong could I be!! My list: So, 8 TuGs of short spear, shieldwall. Nothing special. In 8s, one unit of not very impressive cavalry, a useful unit of Norman Knights, a unit of hard hitting Vikings and two units of skirmishing cavalry. What was I up against?  This slot, with Roger's People's Crusade due to join us on the Sunday,  Stephen Stead and his Frisians, lots of long spear, a nasty average swarm list, with many allied options. A...