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I always average out the overall weight of shot Dave, otherwise it would overcompliceate the record keeping. Having Carronades on some ships is enough of a headache in big battles at my advanced...

Thanks shipmates, that pretty well backs up my knowledge as far as it goes. So now we have eliminated plunging fire except for shore or the Bomb Ketch, I can stick with what I have been doing prior...

I was not really thinking about shells coming from Forts DB. Just incoming from Bomb Ketches onto Forts and into harbours and moored shipping, but now you mention it Gunboats in the offing I had...

I agree Dobbs.
A mortar shell is certainly also an anti personnel weapon, and on a ship hit should also stand a good chance of setting fire to it. Not sure about impact value of those old shells on...

Thanks Dobbs that clarifies the issue very well for me. I should have remembered the lack of elevation available on guns of the period because of the inability of the carrage to take the strain. I...

Another question which has come up as we pondered about the firepower of my new Algerine castle. We had been working on the extended range that the elevation would give, and just anout decided that...

I like this idea DB. I will try this out with Captain Kiwi once the Quarantine period is over.
Any ideas how we could extend this to include AI's in some mild form?
Rob.

One interesting conundrum arose in our game yesterday.
A sip had a load of ball and grape. When fired the grape was just out of range and thus a miss was called. It was then realized tat the ball...

I got this PM just before Christmas, and have not had time to give it much thought.
Has anyone helpful answers to any of the questions raised?

I'm curious on your thoughts about a carronade only...

I agree that is a really good rule. Could apply to all smaller ships.
Rob.

That is the sort of quick fix I like Dobbs. Nice and easy to implement without a lot of book keeping.
Rob.

Sounds good to me Dave.
Maybe once we have Christmas out of the way we could take a look at it.
Rob.

Sorry, I think I misunderstood your meaning here Dobbs. Along with Aaron's remark, " I see where you are going with this. I forget there are some big hitting chits in there".

Thinking that it...

Good point Dobbs.
This brings us back to the fact that tinkering with the carefully trialed and tested balanced rules can have a bigger effect on game play than it at first appears. Guess it is best...

It would certainly extend a game if using a sloop. I will give it a try next time I use my sloops.
Could also make Great Lakes games worth the playing.
Rob.