sails in Nijmegen, Netherlands

[Aardvark1430]

Hi Rob,
I'm afraid there is no local group of Sails as such ...
In Nijmegen (the Sails game) we played with 11 people (planned 12) of whom:
- 9 are Dutch of which 7 are members of "Casus Belli", a Nijmegen based wargame group) one of them also an Anchorage/Aerodrome (Dutch Wing) member, 3 members of the Dutch Wing and Anchorage
- 2 members of the "Eindhoven Militia", 1 of them Dutch, 1 of them Irish,
- 1 German member of the Anchorage/Aerodrome German Wing.
On the flying front we have:
7 more or less regulars of which 1 is Spanish and 1 is Portugese (after his initial stay in the Netherland a foray into Germany and currently living in Belgium).
Since the start of the Dutch Wing (with just three) we have grown over 50%, but to be honest I wouldn't call that progress

We do however play more often than the reports/pictures on the Anchorage/Aerodrome make it seem ... but not regularly and mostly in small groups of 2-3/4 players.
There are more players in The Netherlands (even on the Aerodrome) but they don't seem to be interested to join a group.

cheers,
Guus

[Bligh]

Well compared with my Nottingham group that sounds pretty vibrant to me Guus.
I have myself and Captain Kiwi, McDorf, and now Captain Smithers when he can get signed in as a member. Mrs Bligh occasionally plays, and that is about it.

Rob.

[Niek_vD]

Some more pictures, taken by Mathieu de Hingh, one of the Casus Belli (the Nijmegen club) participants.



The starting position, Royal Sovereign heading for Santa Ana.





Custom-made ship mat and base for Bellerophon, using the Bellona model. Three ships were out of the box (Tonnant, Royal Sovereign, Santa Ana), did this for the other eight.

[Bligh]

Thanks for posting these other great shots Niek. The more of this sort of AAR we get the better.
Rob.

[Niek_vD]

The game in progress, more pictures by Mathieu de Hingh.















We ended with rather fewer than 11 ships

[Aardvark1430]

Niek, well done, just what we needed ... more (and better !) pictures...
REP broadside fired !
And say thanks to Mathieu from me as well
cheers,
Guus

[Niek_vD]

Casus Belli Nijmegen has a rather large RPG contingent, meeting every two weeks or so. At the beginning in 1988, the core was more wargame-oriented, hence the name. Wargames are still being played, but mostly by members at home. We even playtested Sails of Glory. A few times a year we are hosting something bigger. We have an annual Wooden Ships & Iron Men game, with 14 participants last November, and I am aiming at a Wings/Sails event twice a year. We started this last September with Boches over Belgium (May 1940), and now this Sails scenario. Next time's theme is probably WW I WoG.

Some of our core members are active in the Dutch branch of the Megagame Makers. Their next game is Sengoku, a mix between war- and RPG in 16th century Japan, also in Nijmegen on May 16th. They are still looking for some players.