678 - Lots and Lots More Cruel Seas

Hullo All,

In my recent style of brevity, I shall keep this - uh - brief. I've played three games of Cruel Seas in the last week alone and this is - frankly - unprecedented. 

All three were versions of the same game - German S-Boats escorting armed merchantmen - and the best bit is that whilst the first and third were identical (played against Rossco and Mattenbury respectively), the second one was played between my daughters!

Yes, I finally caved and let them play one of my games. The nine-year-old played the Kriegsmarine against the six-year-old's Royal Navy, and the plucky Vospers wond the day by torpedoing the German merchantman to a watery doom. To their utter credit, both girls played with grace and patience and were as magnanimous in victory as they were graceful in defeat. My heart burst!

The forces and results (for anyone interested) were as follows (and yes, the second two games were indeed played on a sea of stars!):

Game 1 (Rossco): 
2x Armed Merchantmen; 2x S-38; 2x S-100
     Vs
3x Vospers MTB Type II; 1 Fairmile D
     Result = Kriegsmarine won.
  

Game 2 (Offspring): 
1 Armed Merchantmen; 1 S-38; 1 S-100
     Vs
3x Vospers MTB Type II
     Result = Royal Navy won.

Game 3 (Mattenbury): 
2x Armed Merchantmen; 2x S-38; 2x S-100
     Vs
3x Vospers MTB Type II; 1 Fairmile D
     Result = Royal Navy won.

TTFN,

- Proud Daddy Drax.