I went the other way. I won a second set direct from Ares, but had four ships mats already. Didn’t think I’d ever need 12 ships fighting at once, and a friend was sitting lonely at home during the...
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I went the other way. I won a second set direct from Ares, but had four ships mats already. Didn’t think I’d ever need 12 ships fighting at once, and a friend was sitting lonely at home during the...
I was only talking about point values. Specific examples? Incorrect gun values/stats are annoying, but within the game itself, immaterial - so long as the point values reflect the model’s...
Never noted one that I felt was off - but I haven’t examined every ship. Examples?
Well after the fact, but Ares maintains a points value list on their site, so you can check out ahead of time the relative strengths of ships that otherwise isn’t apparent from their descriptions. ...
Had all sorts of weird little glitches to my order, but Roberto intervened and made everything work. Of the five ships on my “Enemy in Sight” (buy) list, found four of them, plus a few WWI Wings.
Four ships per side is the most I have played with at conventions. But these are designed to be beginner friendly and not go on for hours upon hours, so one ship per player. At home, again, four...
Figures from The Illustrated Companion to Nelson’s Navy.
1811
74 gun: 80
All ships 60 guns or more (ships of the line): 107
You can see the proportion is exceedingly high. Now, I am not sure...
I currently live as about as far as I ever have from the Pacific Ocean, 40 miles. I miss the smell of salt air when I lived a couple of miles from the ocean.
I was introduced to the game with the advanced rules, so I pretty much always play with them.
The US Coast Guard is exceedingly vague about what constitutes “small craft”. Basically, from their standpoint, anything threatened by conditions is small craft, which would seem to mean that it is...
Yeah, I know, not the ridiculous priced ones. $29.99 Prime. After my buy...three left. Only took me two years to get any of these for under list (I’m cheap). Thought I’d give a heads up.
In a boat. More specifically, a wind-powered sail boat? Did you actually help handle the craft?
Everything but the last two for me.
Though I did polish up the handles so carefully...
Edit...
Yes, now I feel the desire to get a third copy. Really would like a Constellation/Congress model from Ares. I suppose a Hebe class would reasonably do for the Chesapeake.
Yellow. I usually seen the Constitution depicted with white, and the United States with yellow, though those things seemed to vary at any particular moment. The President I’m not sure about one way...
Thank’ee, sir!
Attention. Salute!
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Simply wow! Wonder if I can get these the right size from my iPad, if not, i’ll Have to see what I actually have on my computer (photoshop at the worst).
(Edit in: glad I tried that in b&w first...
Thank’ee all!
Base card, whatever the rules call it, I just didn’t have them in front of me (opening the box and looking...yes, base card). Presumably the same as the Constitution: 5 veer, 5 Burden, Manuever Deck...
eBay. Oh, wait, $12.99. Nobody bid against me. The same guy had a beautiful modified Victory that went for something like $15, but I didn’t really need a second one. Not quite as good as getting...
$12 for another USS Constitution? Sure! It’s in my mailbox now, have to brave the rain to go get it. Just need a reversible ship card to place in the holder and wondered if someone out there had...
2nd rates. I’d say 6th rates, but the system isn’t really scaled well for that end of small. United States/President. Constellation/Congress. More development of the Spanish and US in general. ...
Was thinking more Napoleonic era than American Revolution, but good suggestion nevertheless. Thanks.
Thankee, Cap’n! I was just going to limit them to double-shotted, no regular shot, so as to give them more punch but a shorter range, but I’d rather go with official.
Okay, so multiple copies of the Constitution for the United States and President, and Java and Guerriere if I ever felt the need. But the Constellation and Congress seem in a no man’s land between...
British
1 First Rate
2 74 gun Third Rate
1 50 gun Fourth Rate
1 40 gun Frigate
2 32 gun frigates
French
Same mix