Thanks for the explanations, Dobbs. I feel that I now have a slightly better grasp of the these terms!
At Algeciras, I wonder how much control the French had over the direction of their ships? ...
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Thanks for the explanations, Dobbs. I feel that I now have a slightly better grasp of the these terms!
At Algeciras, I wonder how much control the French had over the direction of their ships? ...
I can understand that kedging would be rarely employed in battle. Interesting though to consider it for your chase rules (for example, when the Consitution escaping from a Royal Navy squadron).
I...
Thank you Dobbs for another well-thought-out house-rule!
I have been considering a way to allow for lateral movement as well as rotational, to somehow be able to represent warping or kedging. I...
Thanks for this explanation, Dobbs!
I've tried out the system a few times and have had entertaining actions.
Sometimes I might have forgotten to apply the modifier for beyond long range. (I...
Players: 3
Gaming surface:
Two game mats (98 cm x 134 cm). Place two coastal elements along the middle of the Western edge of the Southern map. The coastline is rocky within the width of the...
I like this idea, especially looking at your ship movement experiment. I have a question though about the movement numbered 6 in your illustration posted earlier. I understand why a ship slows down...
Thank you all for your input!
Certainly Sails of Glory is designed in a way that makes some room for introducing modifications. It's nice to introduce house rules that tweak the game towards what...
Sometimes I don't like how ships can fall apart so quickly. I was reminded of this when play-testing a scenario where two ships opened with full double-shot broadsides. Nearly half of both ships'...
I tried the first version of your solo system, playing Ares' historical scenario "On Equal Terms". I've play-tested three other solo-rulesets quite a bit. I really liked your system. I found it to...
I got in touch with Carol Langton. She said that pictures no. 6-8 of the link to J Whites gallery that David posted were correct. J White has modified the model adding a boom to the mizzen mast. I...
Here's another example with a mast at the stern, though it's a very small mast: https://www.alamy.com/gunboat-under-sail-firing-cannon-during-war-of-1812-reenactment-celebration-image180943947.html
I also have these models and tried to understand how to put them together and I gave up. After much searching I'm tempted to configure the sails according to this:...
I don't know that Joakim in Stockholm... and you've reminded me that I need to change my location!
The 50-gun plus frigate vs the 64 works quite well if the Royal Navy ships are manoeuvred well....
Thanks for the comments and rep!
I play-tested the game a few times solo. I posted this game because it was nice to see the solo ship win!
The main lucky draws were not so much the damage...
Thanks for this fine AAR, with nice photos, scenery and props. I'm curious about two things that you mentioned in the AAR. One question is about the fort's guns not being able to bear - at what range...
I guess I was just looking for a reasonable way to reduce the strength of the British side slightly for this particular scenario since it's two ships against one. So the intent is not necessarily to...
Haha! I did write 'might' to reduce the risk of causing offense! Perhaps I should leave the erroneous date for posterity?
See here for a description of the scenario:
https://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?5153-Historical-Scenario-Action-of-20-10-1778-The-Anglo-French-War&p=80396#post80396
British: HMS Jupiter (50)...
20th October 1778
Players: 1-3
Gaming surface: One game mat (98 cm x 67 cm). Wind comes from the West.
French Player: Triton (64). Use a French 64-gun ship model but use a British 64-gun...
Thanks for the positive comments! I hope to put up an AAR on this soon enough. I found playing it solo worked quite well with the solo rulesets I suggest in the scenario's description.
The name...
Detsamma Jonas!
I actually danced to that song today. I had no idea that the original version was a French soldier's chant and even less that the Swedish text was meant to be defrogatory...
24th April 1778
John Paul Jones is captain of the sloop-of-war, the USS Ranger. He and his crew have been tasked with raiding the coast of Great Britain and attacking merchant shipping. The crew,...
Thanks Dobbs for another very interesting post. I like both the additional wind speeds, as well as the way of resolving movement for them. I'm currently preparing a couple of historical scenarios...
Thanks for the pictures and game results - especially considering the fact that you probably have your hands full preparing and running the games!
Lycka till Jonas!
I'll should try to make it there someday...