Normally at the end of the year I run a day-long naval mini-campaign game. The 2020 game was canceled (for reasons I'm sure all of you can guess), but I was ready to give it things a try at the end of 2021. Instead of one big day long game I decided to do two smaller scenarios that could be played in a few hours by 6 people. But the weather intervened and we had to postpone the games until January.
I let everyone vote on scenarios (which is a standard feature of my annual naval games) and the winners were a hypothetical pre-dreadnought action and a World War 2 coastal forces action in the Black Sea.
The first game was fought in the Caribbean between American and French/German cruiser forces (we had planned for battleships, but since everyone couldn't make it, we pared down the ships). For this game we used 1/1250 scale ships and the Fire When Ready rules.
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The Americans had some armored cruisers and would get a battleship reinforcement. The French and Germans had more modern armored cruisers.
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It was a bloody battle with the American battleship being forced to retire and a French cruiser being the last active ship on the board.
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You can see a full account (and more photos) on my blog: link
The second game was World War 2 coastal forces in the Black Sea, using David Manley's Narrow Seas rules and Warlord 1/300 scale ships.
The Soviets were trying to get supplies and a bombardment mission across the board, while the Germans were trying to stop them.
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The game featured some close actions and torpedo hits.
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The Soviets were able to prevail, but it was a hard-fought game. You can read more about it (and see more photos) on my blog: link
Thanks for looking.
Dave
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