Cruel Seas. Close Quarters. Supplement. New Rules, Scenarios, Fleets and Ships for Cruel Seas

While gigantic warships stalk the open oceans, engaging enemies over the horizon with their titanic weapons, much smaller craft hug the coastal waters, protecting the land against raids and invasion. Such naval combat was often quick, brutal and decisive. Brave sailors gun the engines of their smaller, less well-protected boats in order to rapidly close within sight of the enemy and engage them with machineguns, autocannons and torpedoes, raking the enemy boats with bullets or lighting the night sky with explosions. With such visceral close quarter fighting, many crews fought and died on the waves of the unforgiving cruel seas. This supplement includes eleven new historic scenarios, spanning the seas of this global conflict as well as a random scenario generator. Also included are expanded ship rosters for the seafaring nations and new rosters for the Finnish Navy and Yugoslav Partisan Fleet. New rules for amphibious invasions and experimental Q-ships are presented as well as expanded rules for aircraft and submarines. These new additions to your games of "Cruel Seas" will help you turn the tide of battle. Close Quarters is a supplement for Cruel Seas, the 1/300 scale tabletop wargame of World War Two naval battles. A copy of the "Cruel Seas" rulebook is needed to use this supplement.

These "naval battles" between the coastal units of the Axis and the Allies were quick and short, but relentless. Many sailors fought and died on the waves of the unforgiving, cruel sea in these naval dogfights. This supplement to the tabletop strategy game "Cruel Sea" contains eleven new historical scenarios spanning all the seas of World War II, as well as a random scenario generator. Also included are expanded ship lists for the major naval nations and new lists for the Finnish Navy and the Yugoslav Partisan Fleet. New rules for amphibious invasions and experimental Q-ships are introduced, as well as expanded rules for aircraft and submarines. This supplement to the maritime tabletop strategy game system "Cruel Sea" requires the main rulebook for use.