Games WorkshopDreadfleet

Good quality for money. Hours of fun and play guaranteed. It is only for players of Warhammer who needs to know the rules of the game.

It's great to see GamesWorkshop putting out self contained boxed games again, and this is a classic product of theirs - the model ships, terrain pieces, and seascape mat are all brilliant. Sadly, the game mechanics don't really live up to the rest of the box. The way the models are moved, and how combat is resolved feels nothing like sailing, or fighting with ships, and at times the procedures are downright wierd. This is puzzling because their earlier Man O' War game is excellent, far and away the best commercial game with model ships ever made. Presumably the Dreadfleet design team were all land wargamers and the couple of old salts who produced Man O' War couldn't get their voices heard!

It is the perfect game for people that like wargames or would like to try one without having to buy some entire armies of miniatures.