2021 · (Web published)
“As I was crossing the compass platform the captain hailed me, not with the usual rigmarole of 'Enemy in sight, bearing, etc', but with 'There's the fucking Scheer! Open fire at her!'… But the name of the enemy ship was of course the Graf Spee.”
– Lieutenant-Commander Richard Jennings, HMS Exeter's gunnery officer during the Battle of the River Plate
Heroic quotes are overrated, focussing too much on the individual or on the big picture. I sometimes feel the same about naval wargames. They are either so sweepingly huge that the tactical battles aren't as fun, or they are so granular that five minutes of combat takes an hour to simulate.
There's The Effing Scheer is my attempt to create an exciting game that doesn't devour your time.
You have half a dozen or less models per side.
Terrain isn't really a worry.