In the summer of 1943, the primary mission of the PT boats was to interdict Japanese supply lines by shooting up the enemy landing craft (referred to as barges by American reports) being used to transport supplies. It was at this point that Pacific PT boats were upgraded to have 40 mm/37 mm cannon on the bow and stern. Three old Elco 77’ boats were...
A player who fields ‘tiny boats’ in Cruel Seas will find their use most entertaining and will undoubtedly make his opposing commander very worried indeed! The great strength of such vessels is their size but this makes them equally vulnerable to all manner of incoming fire. As the Japanese merchant marine became ever more depleted the humble Sampan became...
This Starter Set contains everything you need to command your flotilla in this fast-paced 1/300th scale tabletop game. Plastic components. Contents: A4 Softback Rulebook A4 Quick Start Guide with Painting Guides and Flags 6 Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats 4 E-boats 1 Set of Torpedo Markers 1 Set of Plume Markers 1 A0 Double-sided Battle Mat 3 Die-cut...
Cruise of the Graf Spee is an Operational-Tactical level Solitaire wargame that puts you in command of the KMS Graf Spee, the German battlecruiser that made a historic epic voyage through the South Atlantic during the opening days of World War II. The player must accomplish a specific “objective” to win the game that will be generated at random at the...
Yacht Racing to compete in the America's Cup (played in pairs) or a Regatta (individual). Each player controls a yacht and races to be first around a course. Movement rates are determined each turn by the sum of two dice, the yacht can either move one square (or half a square if moving against the wind)or play a card. Cards are played to change the...
The Curse of the Black Dice is a pirate-themed dice game driven by a random mission generator and four possible mission types. The missions are generated by rolling a handful of black dice to determine the difficulty of each part of the mission. By rolling their own player dice and with the help from the pirate crew, the players try to get at least the...
Ancient Ruins is a promo sold with Cyclades: Monuments expansion at Essen 2016. Contains two Ruins tokens and the corresponding Ruinscards. From the included rules sheet: Set up of the Ruins token At the end of the first offering phase and before actions are permed, the player who has chosen Apollo picks two different islands (or territories if playing...