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Close Quarters by Warlord Games!
Cruel Seas enjoyed enormous success when it was launched back in 2018. As a result, there emerged quite a scope for further development of the system.
The result of these labors is Close Quarters! Written by John Lambshead, the supplement expands the game in three key areas: with the introduction of new scenarios, new ships with accompanying rules, and the expansion of the core ruleset to update aircraft, submersibles and invasions.
Whilst the book is not a stand-alone ruleset, requiring the existing Cruel Seas rules to use, the new rules can be treated as 'bolt-on' modules to be added to games as and when players see fit. This flexibility allows the player to customize the game to their interests and provides methods to more easily allow for pick-up-and-play games.
Scenarios
As well as eleven new historic scenarios, the book provides a quick scenario generator, in situations where players have fleets ready to hand and play but have not had the time to plan or develop one of the historical scenarios. The generator is intended to offer players a balanced, fun game that will still offer a challenge. Of course, there are historical scenarios to sink your teeth into, featuring such far-ranging theaters as the Pacific, the Mediterranean, and the Baltic Sea, amongst others. Each scenario is preceded by background contextualizing the action's place in the naval history of World War Two.
