| Mbrien1988 | 24 Aug 2016 11:36 p.m. PST |
Hi all!
I am looking for some scenarios for WW2 coastal battles along the English Channel and the Baltic. I will be using Flaklighter II Rules and 1/600 scale Miniatures.
Any suggestions? Thanks! |
| Mako11 | 24 Aug 2016 11:45 p.m. PST |
IIRC, Coastal Command has lots of historical matchups. Barring that, you can just read a few historical books, and/or come up with some scenarios on your own. Lots to choose from, and almost any vessels you can think of battled it out at one point, or another, e.g. pit S-Boats vs.: MTBs
MGBs
PT Boats
Corvettes
Frigates
Destroyers
Cruisers
small battle groups
convoys
etc., etc.. Same goes for MTBs, MGBs, PTs, etc., on the other side. |
| David Manley | 25 Aug 2016 4:26 a.m. PST |
Off the top of my head: MTBs and MGBs engaining a German coastal convoy
German S Boats engaing a British coastal convoy
British MGBs enagging S Boats prior to or after a convoy attack
Sweep against a suspected German blockade runner arriving home or an AMC heading down the channel
Covering / intercepting a minelaying mission
Covering / intercepting a minesweeping mission
Escorting a damaged warship to a friendly port
Searching for downed aircrew
Landing or picking up spies from an enemy coast |
 McKinstry   | 25 Aug 2016 9:52 a.m. PST |
Slapton Sands/Lyme Bay/Exercise Tiger offers a number of interesting opportunities/variants. |
| Mako11 | 25 Aug 2016 10:51 a.m. PST |
Several wooden torpedo carrying vessels (S-Boats, MTBs, PT Boats, Italian MAS boats, etc.) vs. 1 – 2, or more, of each of the following: Corvettes, Frigates, or Destroyers. Usually night engagements, since otherwise the little boats will most likely be overmatched by their larger cousins. |
| Bozkashi Jones | 25 Aug 2016 3:08 p.m. PST |
For a bit of inspiration, and as an "instant campaign", try Douglas Reeman's novel 'Prayer for a Ship' and recreate each scenario as you get to it… Worth reading for the atmosphere at the very least |
| coopman | 25 Aug 2016 3:10 p.m. PST |
Get yourself a copy of "The Battle of the Narrow Seas" by Lt. Cdr. Peter Scott. Awesome read. |
| Shagnasty | 25 Aug 2016 5:17 p.m. PST |
I concur in the use of ideas from Douglas Reeman's work. Like LCdr Scott he served in Coastal Forces. |
| rmaker | 25 Aug 2016 6:01 p.m. PST |
Another Reeman novel involving coastal forces is The Volunteers. |
| ptdockyard | 25 Aug 2016 6:50 p.m. PST |
My "Links" page has a number of places where battl accounts can be found
ptdockyard.com/links The Coastal Command site has some great senasios for PT boats. PDF link Although it is Alt history and from the WW1 timeframe, my scenarios for Fury on the Lakes could adapt well for WW2 as well:
PDF link A great book is "Night Action" by Peter Dickens Dave |
| boy wundyr x | 26 Aug 2016 7:23 a.m. PST |
Brian Hall, who goes by bhall389 here, has run some fun scenarios at conventions. I haven't played in his pre-Dieppe scenario, but two I have played were: - German freighter being escorted along the coast of France by a trawler and E-Boat; elsewhere on the table are a German sub and a pair of S-Boats (think I got those all right). Against them were three British players, all with a pair of boats of various types. The fun part was it was a night action, so all the ships were on blinds and we had to spend the first part of the game figuring out who was who – I was the freighter escort and spent a few turns shadowing a contact that turned out to be a friendly sub! - Apparently the Germans had these moored rescue capsules in the English Channel, and downed aircrew were supposed to make for them when they ended up in the drink, and then at night ships would head out to rescue the crew. So the scenario was British and German forces racing to rescue/capture the aircrew just as night fell. Lots of confusion again, plus it was fun watching guys try to dock with the capsule! |
| Mbrien1988 | 27 Aug 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
Wow thank you all for the great recommendations!! |
| ptdockyard | 28 Aug 2016 6:29 a.m. PST |
The Baltic can best be covered by " The Soviets as Naval Opponents" by Friedrich Ruge. A bit dated but it is usually cheap and available. My favorite in that area is the Gulf of Finland. The Finns had a very active fleet of coastal craft. Dave G
The PT Dockyard
ptdockyard.com |
| Blutarski | 04 Sep 2016 6:29 a.m. PST |
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| Pontius | 04 Sep 2016 11:58 p.m. PST |
L.C. Reynolds' book "Gunboat 658" describes several actions that are detailed enough to be very easily recreated on the table top. British Fairmile "D" MGBs and MTBs, E-boats, flak lighters, convoys, plenty of variety to keep you occupied for many weekends. |
| Ascent | 08 Sep 2016 8:51 a.m. PST |
I second "Gunboat 658", a very entertaining read. Something I found out after I read it was that my Great Uncle served on one of the boats in the same flottila. |
| Mbrien1988 | 09 Sep 2016 6:58 a.m. PST |
Thank you to everyone! I have come up with my first scnario and I had a chance the other day to run my first game of Coastal Battles and it was fun. The results were what I expected with a few twists and turns along the way.
Check out my blog for more details: link Here is some eye candy for you!
Have a good weekend! |
