I played my first games using the new Torpedoes and Tides rules, what a blast! Full report on the blog https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2026/04/first-game-with-torpedoes-and-tides.html

Looks like a good game! And fun! I bought the Galleons and Galleys rules years ago but never really got into them. Perhaps a I should give them another try.

I once played a WW2 coastal game using Schnell Rules for Schnellboot rules and had a blast.

Sounds like a great pair of games - and always good to get existing models back on the table with new rules. 

the only downside to navel gaming for the viewer of battle reports, is that it is a lot of grey ships moving around, which makes it very hard to know who is who - my WWII ship identification knowledge is pretty basic. 

I do like the sinking ship marker. 

Great report, I'll have to bring my tubs over for a go so e year.

Lovely looking minis and a great report.

I purchased the Torpedoes and Tides rules.
I hoped to pick them up on first pass like most Ganesha games.
That wasn't the case for Torpedoes and Tides (nor Galleys and Galleons).

I've not given up.
They're filed in the "needs a bit of work to learn the game" category.
That reflects the greater range of actions available; compared to a typical Ganesha skirmish.

Something for the warm weather of summer.
When my thoughts turn to being beside the seaside.

QuoteThat was "Wir fahren gegen Engeland" by KriegsFischKutter.

Now here's Babylon's Burning by the Ruts

QuoteGreat report, I'll have to bring my tubs over for a go so e year.

Please do, it's a lot of fun.

QuoteLovely looking minis and a great report.

I purchased the Torpedoes and Tides rules.
I hoped to pick them up on first pass like most Ganesha games.
That wasn't the case for Torpedoes and Tides (nor Galleys and Galleons).

I've not given up.
They're filed in the "needs a bit of work to learn the game" category.
That reflects the greater range of actions available; compared to a typical Ganesha skirmish.

Something for the warm weather of summer.
When my thoughts turn to being beside the seaside.

Do give them another go, they are worth the effort. Our biggest problem was to keep flicking through the book to keep tabs on all the different traits that the boats have, which give the rules their depth after all. I am going to write them out onto an A4 reference sheet for ease of use.

QuotePlease do, it's a lot of fun.
Do give them another go, they are worth the effort. Our biggest problem was to keep flicking through the book to keep tabs on all the different traits that the boats have, which give the rules their depth after all. I am going to write them out onto an A4 reference sheet for ease of use.

This is my method.

If the rules stick on first pass, I'll dive in and play a game.
Same if a second pass does the trick.

Beyond that I find the need to make notes with page numbers and key points.
"Special rules" which are quite a thing with Ganesha games.

Tip for fellow oldies.
Making up a home-brewed quick reference sheet is an excellent way to commit the rules to memory.
And a game like this one probably warrants another list of just the applicable special rules.

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 19 April 2026, 04:36:28 PMTip for fellow oldies.
Making up a home-brewed quick reference sheet is an excellent way to commit the rules to memory.
And a game like this one probably warrants another list of just the applicable special rules.

Which is exactly what I have done!

If it helps, I could send you the QR sheets I created?

How to use PT boats by the book,  USN style: https://maritime.org/doc/pt/doctrine/part3.php#pg45

They don't appear to have included the amendment submitted by Lt J.F. Kennedy USNR about not attempting to cross in front of unlit Japanese destroyers travelling at speed at night     

Did he ever amount to anything?

QuoteDid he ever amount to anything?

Not that I know of, but a distant relative has risen to be Health Secretary through personal merit alone.

QuoteIf it helps, I could send you the QR sheets I created?

In my case, creating the QR sheets is what drives the rule details into the old noggin.

So your friendly offer would actually defeat the object of the exercise.
But I thank you all the same.

QuoteNot that I know of, but a distant relative has risen to be Health Secretary through personal merit alone.

Wes Streeting is a Kennedy - who knew?