1/300 scale Coastal Warfare game from Warlord "Cruel Seas"

[grant]

I’m a big GHQ fan, so I’ll be getting some of these; they will be making a Flower class corvette and that will make great terrain.

[Gunbird]

No need to apologise, but like I said it depends upon how big your gaming space is - the scale won’t suit everyone, but I’m sure there is a market for this scale, and apparently Warlord agree, otherwise they wouldn’t have commissioned a new range.

Well, I do hope it works out for them. A new rulesset and interest is never a bad thing.

[Arlequín]

I would have thought it would be no surprise that a new Warlord game system would tilt the scales much more towards 'game' rather than 'simulation' and to 'visual appeal' over 'mistaking a piece of fluff for a destroyer'. Their flagship ruleset is scaled for 6mm figures but uses 28mm after all.

1/300th ships, aircraft and terrain as game tokens are going to appeal far more to the hordes of 'Warlord hobbyists' than anything too small to look good in a hobby mag photo.

They won't hear the grumbling about turning circles and gun ranges over the sound of how 'awesome' and 'cool' the fans will think the models are.

 

Seriously though, for all it's impracticality, it would take something like this to get me onboard, rather than more usefully scaled minute blobs of metal.

[robh]

Lots more details here including initial idea of box set contents:

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/764241.page#10162234

Plenty of pictures (scroll down through the discussion)

As well as the British & German ships they show models for US, Japanese, Italian and Soviet vessels.

[Gibby]

I am keeping my eye on this just to collect a few models. For naval gaming I dare say 1:2400 is the ideal, but if I can get a 1:300 Flower Class to paint up as the Compass Rose I am in. 

[von Lucky]

I'm definitely keeping my eye on this. And creating a 8' x 6' table at a club isn't that hard.

[Mako]

I like the models, but not the FOW-style, crowding.

Gonna want a 6' x 12' table for these battles, I suspect.

[tomrommel1]

This is very tempting indeed!

[von Lucky]

I think more than typical naval actions you can have islands, sand banks, etc to break up the table.

[smirnoff]

Also reminds me of David Manley's (Edinburgh Wargames) Narrow Seas rules that are due out soonish:
http://www.edinburghwargames.com/category/naval-warfare/coastal-forces/

Dave is a member of our club so we get to playtest his stuff; we've had a couple of games of Narrow Seas and they are an excellent set.

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

When do the rules Manley is working on become available?

[smirnoff]

When do the rules Manley is working on become available?

dunno, i'll ask him

[SBMiniaturesGuy]

Thanks!

[smirnoff]

He says 'early New Year 2019' if I hear anything more I'll post

[emosbur]

Also reminds me of David Manley's (Edinburgh Wargames) Narrow Seas rules that are due out soonish:
http://www.edinburghwargames.com/category/naval-warfare/coastal-forces/

Didn't David Manley write "Action Stations" too?

Milo.