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...