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.
Available separately, the Cruel Seas 1/300 Scale Italian Vessels with their sleek lines motor toward your forces! Italian forces had the advantage of a true home base, the unsinkable aircraft carrier that was Italy. They claimed with some truth that the Mediterranean was “our sea” and they aimed to keep it with ships such as…
Highly detailed Naval model maker AFV Club produce an excellent range of naval vessels, including these German U-boats; Type, XXI, VII B, VII C, VII C/41 and D Minenleger. German U-boat Type VII B In March 1935, as the chancellor and the head of state Adolf Hitler repealed Part V of the Versailles treaty. Three months…
Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR (VMF) – [i.e. The Military Maritime Fleet of the USSR, or the ‘Red Fleet’ for short] receive the individual ships; Fugas-class Minesweeper, D-3 MTBs, Bronekater pr.1125 and G-5 MTBs The Russian Armed forces of WWII are an interesting blend of extraordinary innovation and technical achievement, and extraordinary inexperience and foolish management of its…
Transport your troops to the next Island you wish to conquer with the IJN Daihatsu-class landing craft! View in Store The Daihatsu-class landing craft was a 14-meter long troop transport constructed of metal and powered by a diesel engine. Potentially armed with weapons up to 37mm in size, it was quite seaworthy and could travel at 8…
The Cruel Seas British LCM3 Landing Craft heads for the beach carrying its precious cargo… View in Store British LCM3 Landing Craft Capable of carrying 120 men or a medium tank, the LCM III used by the Royal Navy was the largest craft carried by attack transports. It was able to make up to 10…
Getting a bit sick of painting grey hulls on your Cruel Seas ships? This week, we’re looking at how some nations went about camouflaging their ships! The principles of naval camouflage are not so different from those employed on the land. Soldiers are taught to use scrub and deadfall on their helmets to break up…
Man your ships! It’s time to set sail, get your men into position and arm your guns with the new nation-specific Cruel Seas crew! All 6 nations from the main Cruel Seas Fleets are covered and each crew pack contains 6×3 1/300th scale metal crewmen: Royal Navy Crew View in Store Kriegsmarine Crew View in…
Do you have a collection of 1/300th or 1/350th scale ships? Then you’ll need the new Cruel Seas Wake set to battle using the Cruel Seas Rules from Warlord Games. View in Store This set contains 1 of each wake: 1 x Tiny 1 x Small 1 x Medium 1 x Large 1 x Huge…
What happens if you’ve got a few 15″ battleship guns laying around? Build a monitor, of course! This week, we’re looking at the career of the Roberts-class monitor. The term “Monitor” dates back to the 19th century and refers to a class of ship which is neither fast nor heavily armoured but carries disproportionally large…
British Submarine vs Italian Torpedo Boat – Mediterrenean 1940-43 View in Store Author: David Greentree Illustrator: Ian Palmer, Peter Dennis Publication Date: 16 Jun 2016 As the war in North Africa escalated, Axis war efforts became increasingly dependent on supply lines across the Mediterranean. To try to cut off these lines of supply the British…
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