Cruel Seas is a 1/300th scale tabletop miniatures game; you command flotillas of small ships in battle. With six or more ships per side, action is fast-paced; a thrilling seaborne dogfight can be fought in forty-five minutes or less.
October 1942. Leningrad is under siege, and General Winter is closing his iron fist around the city, already practically encircled by Axis forces. The only way to resupply the embattled city is by ship, across the watery expanse of Lake Lagoda. Covering the approaches to the Soviet Lagoda Flotilla’s bases at Novaya Ladoga is the…
Menaced by the fast-moving PT Boats of the US Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy found itself on the back foot. They attempted, through various, methods, to tip the odds back in their favour… Land of the Rising Sun After centuries of splendid self-imposed isolation, with an obsession that the old Japanese ways were best, Japan…
The largest drydock in the world, situated at Saint-Nazaire in northwest France, represented a very real threat to Allied naval efforts in the Atlantic. This dry-dock was the only facility large enough to house the feared battleships of the Kriegsmarine, the Bismarck and the Tirpitz, for repairs. The Allies could not afford these fearsome vessels…
What is Close Quarters? Cruel Seas enjoyed enormous success when it was launched back in 2018. As a result, there emerged quite a scope for further development of the system. The result of these labours is Close Quarters! Written by John Lambshead, the supplement expands the game in three key areas: with the introduction…
As Victory at Sea charts a course across the Pacific Ocean, we take a look at one of the theatre’s smaller workhorses – the humble PT boat. The first PT boats were built by the Naval Division of the Electric Boat Company (Elco) in New Jersey. Later, a little larger at 78 feet, was the…
Tito’s partisans were one of the most effective resistance movements in occupied Europe. The Yugoslav Tiger fleet ruled the Adriatic! With the support of both the Western Allies and the Soviet Union, Communist Party leader Josip Tito forged several disparate bands of resistance fighters into one of the most formidable irregular forces in occupied Europe….
Pinned down by strafing fighters and shrieking dive bombers, several divisions of Allied troops must be rescued from the Dunkirk beaches! With the release of Close Quarters, designer John Lambshead has provided a system for embarking and disembarking troops during a game of Cruel Seas. We’re using these rules to recreate the daring rescue…
Close Quarters is packed full of new rules to spice up your games of Cruel Seas. This week, we’re taking a look at some German glide bombs – the Fritz X and Hs 293. Precision Guidance Luftwaffe pilots and analysts recognised the difficulty of accurately bombing moving ships during the Spanish Civil War. Tactics at…
On the sixth day of Christmas, Warlord said to me… It’s day 6 of our Warlords 12 days of Christmas. New rules and scenarios for battling on the high seas. Written by John Lambshead, this supplement develops the game in three ways: first, it introduces new scenarios, including historical engagements and a pick-up…
On the fifth day of Christmas, Warlord said to me… It’s day 5 of our Warlords 12 days of Christmas. The generals are in conference… Coming in 2020; Combined Arms – by land, by sea & air. A new way to play your favourite World War Two Warlord Games… Manager’s daily specials – New…
Tom Mecredy
Dan Hewitson