Cruel Seas: A Naval Officer’s Perspective

Earlier I had mentioned that I was going to rant about Cruel Seas. Not that it is bad ruleset, it’s not. I think that the game is quick to learn and fun to play. I do think that it was rushed into production to meet a Christmas deadline leaving a multitude of small errors, and I also think that some of the rules don’t reflect what it is like at sea. Be warned: Naval Officers love to rant, but I will endeavour to keep this as short as I can. I will go through what I see are issues, give my perspective, and then suggestions on how I would change the rules.

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What A Tanker: One Handed Play Report

So, as I mentioned earlier, I’ve been having work done on my left wrist. Sadly this isn’t what it looks like:

One day I’ll get one like this. For now it is bone anchors and stitches.

Suffice it to say, 5 days post-op I felt good enough to not just press “publish” on posts prepped earlier, but to actually try my hand (ha!) at another game of What A Tanker! using our house rules.

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