My most realistic wargame ever

[Dave Knight]

I played the Blues Bears 'A needle in a Haystack of Oceans' PPG at Carronade on Saturday.

The scenario is a costal command Wellington patrol designed to spot U boats, enemy shipping with the possiblity of air to air combat against JU88s or a Condor.

On my patrol all I saw was a passing Wellington returning from patrol.

99.9% of these patrols saw no enemy activity, so it was highly realistic

[Anatoli]

Sounds dreadfully boring 

Reminds me of a story that my buddy Thomas told me when he played some WW2 skirmish game that had super realistic rules and each turn represented something like 1 second - they played for 3 hours and the only thing that happened was that a British soldier looked up above a hedge and tried to take a shot at a German and missed him 

For me realism has to be incorporated in a way to still make for a fun game experience. It is a game after all.

[Cherno]

'A needle in a Haystack of Oceans'

So, it was pretty much what it said on the tin huh?

[Dave Knight]

It was over in about 15 mins so too short to be that boring

I left with a rueful smile on my face

[Gibby]

Sounds dreadfully boring 

Reminds me of a story that my buddy Thomas told me when he played some WW2 skirmish game that had super realistic rules and each turn represented something like 1 second - they played for 3 hours and the only thing that happened was that a British soldier looked up above a hedge and tried to take a shot at a German and missed him 

 

Oh god, I MUST have those rules!

[Cherno]

Must be the abstract rules supplement for Advanced Squad Leader.