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  • Dobbs's Avatar
    04-27-2024, 17:34
    Dobbs started a thread Fortifications in House Rules
    I've been trying to make fortifications more interesting, adding critical hits like the ships have, and other stuff. One question I've come up...
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  • St vincent's Avatar
    04-23-2024, 09:01
    St vincent started a thread I am aboard in Welcome Aboard
    I am new to the ship wargame scene, however been wargaming for a long time, mostly ancients. Site seems a great resource, already had a go at...
    2 replies | 458 view(s)
  • Zap's Avatar
    04-25-2024, 05:47
    Hello everyone, Thank you for welcoming me to this forum. Since I was 3 years old, I have been playing with model kits. My father, a former...
    2 replies | 318 view(s)
  • 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?
    1 replies | 302 view(s)
  • Dobbs's Avatar
    Yesterday, 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
    Today, 15:30
    Bligh replied to a thread New members signing on. in Wardroom
    This evening we are joined by a new shipmate from the USA. He is Steven, aka Stoney77 from Indiana. Rob.
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  • Bligh's Avatar
    Today, 10:15
    Bligh replied to a thread August 1776 in After Action Reports
    Superb Dobbs. Just what we need to keep the Royal Navy on their toes. Swanning about in New York harbour indeed. Bligh.
    2 replies | 145 view(s)
  • Dobbs's Avatar
    Yesterday, 10:24
    Dobbs replied to a thread August 1776 in After Action Reports
    The practices and mission shall follow. Once I feel confident that my game mechanics for Turtle vs. Eagle are functional and fun, I will post...
    2 replies | 145 view(s)
  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-15-2024, 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.
    1 replies | 302 view(s)
  • 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...
    9 replies | 1484 view(s)
  • 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?
    9 replies | 1484 view(s)
  • SkeenaH's Avatar
    05-05-2024, 16:26
    Many thanks Sirs!
    1245 replies | 1051069 view(s)
  • 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...
    9 replies | 1484 view(s)
  • Bligh's Avatar
    05-04-2024, 01:09
    :hatsoff: The top monthly poster for April is Howard, aka SkeenaH. Congratulations. Bligh. :salute:
    1245 replies | 1051069 view(s)
  • 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.
    36 replies | 12344 view(s)
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