2016 Campaign Rules

[Union Jack]

Scenario and AAR Guidelines

If in bold scenario has been posted as a BRF (Briefing) Thread.

Nation v Nation Scenario writers:

January: Union Jack (Neil)
March: Bligh (Rob)
May: Dr.Maturin (Reg)
July: Capn Duff (Chris)
September: Bligh (Rob)
November: 7eat51 (Eric)

Letters of Marquee Scenario Writers:

February: Union Jack (Neil)
April: Bligh (Rob)
June: Capn Duff (Chris)
August:
October:
December: 7eat51 (Eric)


Nation v Nation.
January BRF to be posted by Jan 7th. AARs to be played and posted by Feb 28th.
March BRF to be posted by Mar 7th. AARs to be played and posted by Apr 30th.
May BRF to be posted by May 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Jun 30th.
July BRF to be posted by Jun 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Aug 31st.
September BRF to be posted by Sep 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Oct 31st.
November BRF to be posted by Nov 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Dec 31st.

Letter of Marque
February BRF to be posted by Feb7th. AAR to be played and posted by Mar 31st.
April BRF to be posted by Apr 7th. AAR to be played and posted by May 31st.
June BRF to be posted by Jun 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Jul 31st.
August BRF to be posted by Aug 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Sep 30th.
October BRF to be posted by Oct 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Nov 30th.
December BRF to be posted by Dec 7th. AAR to be played and posted by Jan 31st 2017.

Scenarios
• Provide a background story to the scenario. The story can re-enact a historical event, can be an adaptation of a historical event, can be based on a type of historical event, or can be purely fictional. Keep the scenario as nation-free as possible given the various navies for which players are sailing. It is acceptable to have the AI ships represent a specific nation not chosen by any of the players.
• Provide clear setup instructions.
1. State how large of a playing surface is needed. This will accommodate players who do not have mats.
2. State the number and relative sizes of ships. (Please try to give balanced alternatives).
3. State where ships are initially placed. If possible, include a diagram. Use phrases such as "Within a ruler of the Player's side of the board" or other helpful phrases.
4. State the wind direction. It is best to use a phrase such as "The wind is blowing from the AI side toward the Player's side" or some such thing. The clearer the phrasing, the better it will be understood by players.
• Provide any special rules that are to be used in the scenario, e.g. Player's ships hold fire until in short range.
• Provide victory conditions, for example, Player loses 2 points for every AI ship that exits the board on the Player's side, AI ships score 2 points for every Player ship sunk and 1 point for every Player ship that escapes, if the Player has 5 more victory points than the AI side, the Player achieves a decisive victory. The associated victory points do not need to match the captain ability attainment points; all captain ability attainment points will be determined based on AAR guidelines. Scenario victory points are used solely as a means to help players determine how well they played a given scenario.
• Provide any scenario-specific goals that go towards captain's ability attainment points, for example, Player prevents all enemy ships from exiting player's side of the board.

AARs

Please post AARs in the 2016 Campaign sub-forum under Normal Threads.

At the end of each AAR, please post the following for each player and AI captain:

Captain's name (P or AI) / condition at the end of the scenario / victories and accomplishments
e.g.: Lieutenant Gerard Dujardin (P) / returned to port / no victories
e.g.: Commander Edward Wright (AI) / severely wounded - miss 3 scenarios / captured 1 ship/ 5 prize money

At the end of each AAR, please post the following for each ship.

Ship Name/Game damage Hull:Crew/End of scenario Repair/Prize money hull repair/Prize money crew recruitment

eg: HMS Vanguard/3:2/1/2/2

Link to Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...NlA/edit#gid=0