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    I invited my friend Caleb over to play Sails of Glory this evening (he had a blast the last time we played), and we managed to have enough time two play two games. (I will be reserving the next two posts for images of the battles).

    The First Battle
    My Fleet:
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    -Hermione

    Caleb's Fleet:
    -USS Constitution (Captain Charles Stewart)
    -HMS Meleager


    The wind blew south. As usual, England, siding with the American colonists, began upwind from the French. They sailed in from the east while the French came from the west. The French ships took a two-turn side slip while the Constitution moved to put the wind to her back as she sought to line up a shot with the Genereux. She moved in just outside of the French ship-of-the-line's forward firing arc on the port side and let loose from fore-starboard. Pelting the hull, the the flying balls took out a few members of the crew, starting a fire, and opening a leak below the waterline. But through intuition the French crew was prepared for both of those eventualities, dowsing the fires while carpentry teams fixed the gash before too much water could get into the holds.

    In game terms, I had preemptively planned Extinguish Fire and Repair actions in case the damage I was bound to take would cause a fire or deal some other form of damage.

    Curving to starboard, the Genereux brought her port broadside to bear and unleashed a close-range barrage of steel into the Constitution's side. Hermione was close enough to help, firing off her front cannons to deal some additional long-range damage. In all, two leaks sprung on the American frigate. But fast as her repair crews worked to patch the holes, time would tell that it wouldn't be enough to save the ship.

    Meanwhile, Hermione also had her sights on the HMS Meleager sailing around in the north. She opened fire with her full port broadsides, taking damage from the Meleager's starboard-aft cannons in return. Both ships lost a mast and the Hermione sprung a leak.

    The next maneuver had the Constitution's stern lined up perfectly to be raked. Her rudder was smashed to pieces, two masts toppled over. Many American sailors lost their lives. And to top it off, the remaining leak in the hull brought on enough water to founder. After watching the Americans go down, the crew of the HMS Meleager thought the better of the situation and fled the battlefield as the French ships attempted to circle around and give pursuit.

    Victory to France.


    The Second Battle:
    My Fleet:
    -HMS Victory (1805)
    -HMS Vanguard

    Caleb's Fleet:
    -Commerce de Marseille
    -Le Swiftsure

    England and France basically switched places for this game, meaning the wind direction swapped as well.

    The HMS Vanguard and Commerce de Marseille, being the ships at the front of their respective lines, side-slipped toward each other and let loose a full broadsides at each other from long-range. The french first-rate lost two masts, took some damage to the rudder, and had a fire start while the English third-rate lost some of her crew and some maneuverability as well. The rest went to her hull. Le Swiftsure followed up the Marseille's cannon fire with her own, effectively taking the eye that the Vanguard took from the Marseille, adding a bit more hull damage to the exchange.

    HMS Vanguard swerved away from the Swiftsure while HMS Victory maneuvered to engage the Marseille. Unfortunately, the French ship moved into position to rake the Victory's bow, doing an incredible amount of damage all the while crews shot at each other with musketry fire. Her cannons couldn't reach the Marseille's hull, but there was the Swiftsure off starboard. Both she and the Vanguard let loose with their cannons, taking out a bunch of the Swiftsure's crew.

    After a round of maneuvering, the Victory and Swiftsure found themselves in a firefight. But the Victory came out on top as the French ship fled the battle (her next maneuver was a straight that wouldn't have saved her even at Backing Sails). At this point, it turned into a cat and mouse game, with the mostly hurting English ships on the run from the Commerce de Marseille. We eventually called the game, giving victory to the French given the relatively good state the Marseille was in compared to both the Victory and the Vanguard.
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    After-Action Thoughts:
    -Fires, leaks, broken masts, etc, are actually pretty balanced when you plan actions to prepare for them.
    -Remaining action slots in the Planning Phase should have Repair or Extinguish Fire actions in them.
    -Controlling multiple ships in the advanced game is actually pretty easy once you get the hang of maneuvering.

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    Can't wait for the pics Salem. After Doncaster SoG has and is, fast becoming a definate favourite of mine.

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    Just what I needed to tide me over whilst I'm wallowing in the post Manley Doldrums.
    Seriously, I'm actually feeling a bit better today. Sorry Dave.
    Rob.

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    FWIW I'm as dead today as I was last weekend. At least I'm not coughing up green gunge today

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
    Just what I needed to tide me over whilst I'm wallowing in the post Manley Doldrums.
    Seriously, I'm actually feeling a bit better today. Sorry Dave.
    Rob.
    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    FWIW I'm as dead today as I was last weekend. At least I'm not coughing up green gunge today
    My Shipmates, what happened? I have not been on either site much except for admin work, so I am far behind on news.
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    Sorry to hear you are still under the weather Dave.
    It really was a stoomer. I have now managed to pass it on to my son James. As he is my tech support this is bad, especially as the nice man at Virgin has decided to change the way my E-mails are processed, and in the process has managed to foul up (or fowl as in cock) my retrieval and storage folders.
    Hope you are back on form soonest.
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    I'm prone to chest infections so this one will probably last a month or so

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    Quote Originally Posted by 7eat51 View Post
    My Shipmates, what happened? I have not been on either site much except for admin work, so I am far behind on news.
    Dave brought the dreaded Lurgy to Doncaster, and several of us have been struck down over the past few days. For a full report see Doncaster on UK sub forum of Wings.
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    I just updated the first post with a report of the second game. Pictures still being edited.

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    If playing with special damage Commerce de Marseille would have struck after the first broadside.
    Two masts are enough.

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    I thought it was three. Besides, she ended up repairing one soon after, nor is OTK any fun.

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    There are historical examples of fighting after loosing all masts so...

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexaS View Post
    There are historical examples of fighting after loosing all masts so...
    A good excuse to board and take the other ship.
    Bligh.

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    But it might be hard to get close enough for boarding, though...

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    Been just over 12 months with this one David!

    Quote Originally Posted by David Manley View Post
    I'm prone to chest infections so this one will probably last a month or so

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexaS View Post
    But it might be hard to get close enough for boarding, though...
    True Jonas.
    I was envisaging the sort of dis-masted hulks locked alongside that you see in the paintings.
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    Ah, you mean like this
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    Didn't work that well in this case though...

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    Cruel Jonas! Cruel.
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    Oh Jonas, you had to rub salt into the wound........

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    I'm sorry. I just couldn't help myself.

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