Training Exercise?

[7eat51]

I think the slalom idea is some good training in the subtleties of basic movement. I've noticed a significant problem when coordinating with others.

It could be an interesting exercise to have two identically prepared mats with ordered points to sail across. Have two players work their way through the sequence and see how close they are to sailing the same course. You can discuss the overall route before beginning, but seeing how each other sets sails and which cards are chosen, you can get an idea of each other's thinking. This could also be a good way to practice signaling. Have the lead ship set a course, and signal to the other ship where to go and how to get there. This could be especially interesting if you set up a wall between the two mats so the trailing ship cannot see the maneuvers, but solely rely on the signaling.

[fredmiracle]

It could be an interesting exercise to have two identically prepared mats with ordered points to sail across. Have two players work their way through the sequence and see how close they are to sailing the same course. You can discuss the overall route before beginning, but seeing how each other sets sails and which cards are chosen, you can get an idea of each other's thinking. This could also be a good way to practice signaling. Have the lead ship set a course, and signal to the other ship where to go and how to get there. This could be especially interesting if you set up a wall between the two mats so the trailing ship cannot see the maneuvers, but solely rely on the signaling.

This brings up an interesting idea--maybe it will be fun to play SoG using the solitaire rules, but as a cooperative. When playing with the kids, it can get old sometimes for us to always be in adversarial mode.

Perhaps we'll do something like the Nile--set up line of static enemy ships, maybe add some forts, and then take our squadron in with each of us piloting one or two ships and only communicating with signal flags, and see how well we operate as a fleet

Do people ever do that with WoG?