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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    Today, 09:04
    Dobbs started a thread August 1776 in After Action Reports
    The British fleet is in New York harbor. At an undisclosed location on the Hudson, just north of Manhattan, David Bushnell stands on the deck of the...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    Yesterday, 03:22
    You may use them for whatever you like as long as the people you are playing with are O.K. with it Ricardo. Rob.
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  • Chevale's Avatar
    05-14-2024, 21:08
    Can the captain and crew abilities that come with HMS Victory and USS Constitution be used on other ships?
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-14-2024, 07:44
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Glad to hear you are back safe and sound Dobbs. Pity about the lack of games though. Rob.
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-14-2024, 05:09
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    The voyage is over and after 7 weeks we're back at our land home. We covered somewhere between 750 to 1000 miles and got in some mighty fine...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-14-2024, 05:05
    Ultimately, I chose brute force over chemistry. With precision cuts, the masts were successfully extracted.
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-08-2024, 16:13
    Bligh replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    I treat the firepower like a ship each side has the same and it falls with the attrition. For explosion, that is the magazine and the fort ceases to...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-07-2024, 17:49
    Dobbs replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    What I meant was, what happens when a fort's magazine explodes? How is the damage generated? I see your slots now. Do you divide the firepower...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-07-2024, 01:22
    Bligh replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    If you look at that modified card I posted Dobbs you will see that that fort has three slots for battery fire with three aspects covered by the fire...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 17:26
    Dobbs replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    One of my ideas is that in addition to the overall gun strength, a fort has a Battery number. The number of batteries that compromises a fort is the...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 17:21
    Dobbs replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    What are your magazine/ship explosions like?
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  • SkeenaH's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 16:26
    Many thanks Sirs!
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  • Zap's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 04:42
    My friends and I at our club played yesterday this scenario, and it was very entertaining. Thank you to the author. Looking forward to playing the...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 01:33
    Bligh replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    We have a house rule for forts Dobbs. If they get a fire token more than once in an action it may get to the magazine. We then draw for explosion as...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-04-2024, 09:25
    Well done, gentlemen!
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-04-2024, 09:23
    Dobbs replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    As I recall, in Ares' fortifications rules, there's no real allowance for critical hits like sail, leak, rudder, and mast hits. Also, fire doesn't...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-04-2024, 01:09
    :hatsoff: The top monthly poster for April is Howard, aka SkeenaH. Congratulations. Bligh. :salute:
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-04-2024, 00:43
    :hatsoff: Our top thread starter for April is Olivier, aka Zap who is the only shipmate to have gained this award by being the only thread starter...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-03-2024, 08:42
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Yep, trying to put gunports in a clinker hull had its challenges. I think it would have been interesting if Ares had followed through with different...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-03-2024, 01:23
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    It is interesting that in that time clinker built had gone out and so had the huge stern castle. Rob.
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    05-02-2024, 15:41
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Wow, Rob, you got me by almost 100 years. That's a great picture that shows how things changed up to Elizabeth's time! It's like Cabot's is the...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-02-2024, 13:11
    Bligh replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    Lovely ship Dobbs. Reminds me very much of Cabot's Matthew in Bristol docks. Rob.
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-02-2024, 00:45
    Bligh replied to a thread Collection for sale in For Sale/Trade
    Thanks DB. I will now close this thread. Rob.
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  • Diamondback's Avatar
    05-01-2024, 21:15
    OP was last seen in February 2023. :(
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  • Scrivner's Avatar
    05-01-2024, 18:34
    Thanks for that info Rob. I'm not holding out much hope but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask! ��
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    04-30-2024, 14:29
    Dobbs replied to a thread At Sea Again in Wardroom
    We've been exploring the Albemarle Sound for the last few weeks. It's challenging, but two days ago we had a ripsnorting sail east down the sound and...
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    04-29-2024, 05:14
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    04-29-2024, 05:13
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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    04-28-2024, 18:12
    Dobbs replied to a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    Thanks for the reply, David. That is pretty much what I was thinking. The only physical example I have is San Marcos, in Florida, which is pretty...
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    04-28-2024, 07:02
    Bligh replied to a thread Collection for sale in For Sale/Trade
    If they are not Bart, Mack should have announced the fact here as that is in the rules of sales on the Anchorage. Rob.
    10 replies | 13885 view(s)
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