Glorious First of June was a great success!

[fredmiracle]

'Twas indeed a glorious event. Dave and his team have been working for months to prepare it, and all their attention to detail showed.

We even got to use their tarp conveyor-belt setup to shift the fleets by one map-length and avoid sailing off the table!

I think we had 17 players + 2 game controllers, which was just about right. It would have been nice to spread the ships across a few more people, but physically it would have been very challenging to fit more folks around the table.

The French played well, and the general consensus was that they were winning. But we Brits felt we might turn the tide, if only we had had a bit more time.

I'm not sure anyone really had a handle on the entire battle. Probably much like captains in a real fight, I tended to have a general sense of each fleet's momentum, but real situational awareness only about my immediate vicinity. I think when we ended the French were leading in prizes by something like 7 to 5, but I may well be off.

Here's how things looked around turn 7 as the British (left) began breaking through the neat French battle line (right). We played roughly 10-11 turns--enough for the British to finish breaking through and some confused melees to develop.



Will provide a more detailed AAR about the rear division fight later :)