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.
Appearing from the harbour mouth glides the low-profile of the Kriegsmarine Marinefährprahm F-lighter, bristling with weapons to protect its Cruel Seas convoys… View in Store The Marinefährprahm F-lighter Originally a converted tank landing craft that was being developed for the Kriegsmarine, The Marinefährprahm F-lighter was up armoured and equipped with the extremely accurate 88mm…
View in Store A perfect harbour for any fleet, return from action to your safe harbour and a hot mug of tea before re-fueling and arming and on to your next mission. This product has the following dimensions: Jetty: 10cm x 2cm Main Dock: 26cm x 11cm This kit also comes with 2…
In dire need of naval transport, the Royal Navy looked for answers and found them with the new LST-1 Class – US landing ship-Tank. View in Store 1940 saw the end of battle in Northen France following the Dunkirk retreat. During the Dunkirk evacuation, England mobilised civilian vessels of all variants and within 9 days…
Protect your vessels and set up anti-air defences with the new Barrage Balloons! View in Store As airpower grew in strength as the war progressed, the world’s navies used any and all devices to keep strike aircraft away from their shipping, whether large or small, naval or merchantmen. The humble barrage balloon, a gas-filled bag…
At Budapest, the Danube river swells to a formidable 560m at its widest point, a mighty obstacle for the rampaging Russians. While several bridges spanned the Danube in multiple places, Soviet forces often found themselves needing to rapidly ford the river. Budapest was once two cities, divided by the mighty Danube river. Pest, on the…
The use of aircraft for coastal defence and reconnaissance is well documented throughout WWII. In Cruel Seas, they can be a powerful asset for any flotilla. We have included the most common or iconic aircraft in the rules. Increasingly during the war, they were the bane of coastal forces, particularly for the Axis who had…
This week, we’re exploring the (relatively) placid waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect setting for a myriad of Cruel Seas battles! The Mediterranean pitted the Royal Navy against the Italian Regia Marina for the first period of the war. Both navies had well-equipped light coastal forces who knew the local seas well enough, the…
Escort your convoy and perform anti-submarine duties with the new Flower-class Corvette. View in Store The Flower-class corvette (also known as the Gladiolus class after the lead ship) was a British class ship used to escort Allied convoys and act as an anti-submarine vessel during the Battle of the Atlantic. The original Flower-class Corvettes were…
Light your battlefield with the new Mediterranean Lighthouse or litter your battlefield with the Ruined Mediterranean Lighthouse and water plumes! Mediterranean Lighthouse View in Store Lighthouses are often mentioned in the diaries and memories of serving naval officers in WWII. As most encounters took place at night, it is understandable that the piercing finger of…
Sound the air raid sirens! Three new flights of aircraft are taking off over Cruel Seas! Aichi D3A ‘Val’ flight View in Store The Aichi D3A ‘Val’ was a carrier-borne dive bomber and was the primary dive bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy and was involved in most major naval activities, including the Pearl Harbour…
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