This coming weekend we have a table at the Sheffield Triples wargames show.
The intention is to have a sails tables on the Saturday.
If you about drop by and say hello
Triples 2016 Sheffield 19 & 20 March
This coming weekend we have a table at the Sheffield Triples wargames show.
The intention is to have a sails tables on the Saturday.
If you about drop by and say hello
Arrggghhhh Cap'n Duff, fair weather and all that for I shall be sailing w'the birds I shall. (sorry old bean see you there).
Neil
Behold our new Banner courtesy of Mav and his sons graphics skills.
Thanks shipmates.
Bligh.
And superb it looks too. UK Fleet lead the way.
Game one from today's action.
Chris initiates a punter.
The British squadron set out to eradicate the Pirate scourge.
Avast! there they be shipmates.
Black Pearl slips between the British without a scratch.
To add insult to injury Spartiate now gets raked.
Maneuvering is obviously the order of the day.
Belleraphon gives chase.
An exchange of opinions takes place and Spartiate wins the argument.
OOps sorry chief.
The Black Pearl returns.
I open fire with a Raking shot.
And then we trade broadsides.
HMS Bellerophon now goes on to sink the Black Pearl.
Jack Sparrow is reported to be seen rowing away.
Rob.
Game two and three.
The British Squadron sets out full of hope to combat the French.
Not quite the Line of Battle we envisaged.
Oops! Still I should get a stern rake on the Frenchie whilst they are entangled.
What! They did not entangle,and Monsewer has now turned and exchanged broadsides with me instead.
That hurt!
Now I can only get my forward battery on the Frog.
Even more pain
Well that's it for me then.
What can Chris do.
Not a lot and then they all went home very hurt.
Game three.
Cpt Rafer J Larwood joins us, and I go off to photograph the Aeroplanes.
When I get back he is aground.
Never mind we still have two to one now against the Frenchman.
OK one to one now, but ours is undamaged, and Monsewer Citizen Mav is on his last legs.
What do you mean you have run aground too!
Mav now sailed around the Island and reduced the British ships by raking their sterns.
Too boring to bother with photographs.
A French victory, and I did not have enough Captains left to form a Courts Martial.
Bligh.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-20-2016 at 04:40.
Enjoyed today, we had four good games, although we did pick on the pirates a tad with two 74's.
However they did cause a lot of damage nearly causing HMS Spartiate to strike, only one box left
Just love Simon pirate ships. When's he joining the Anchorage Chris?
Great photos and report!! Thanks much!
"It's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves a ship."
–English Proverb
Oo! Pirate ships! Tell me more :D
"And we'll rant and we'll roar, like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar, all on the salt sea
Until we strike sounding in the channel of old England:
From Ushant to Scilly, 'tis thirty-five leagues."
See Neil's post 8 Mike.Originally Posted by TroubleAtTMill
Rob.
Comment stands :D useful inspiration for later in the year's club campaign.
"And we'll rant and we'll roar, like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar, all on the salt sea
Until we strike sounding in the channel of old England:
From Ushant to Scilly, 'tis thirty-five leagues."
Hi Mike take a look at post5 pics 3 onwards, One of our members has painted three Frigates as the ships from Pirates of the Caribean, Black Pearl etc.
Prriodically on ebay there is someone who sells the ship card and mat insert for the three ships from the film and we used.
Also in the WMMS thread there are a few more pics including a close ip of all three
Just back from Triples weekend. The show was enjoyable but was very light on punters this year.
The sails table did good and we had gamers there most of the day, however looking around the show it was pretty empty which was a shame.
Sunday was even more quiet as a show but got in three games, was a bit tiring as was only me on the table, but really ejoyed the weekend.
Will post pics later in the week
Last edited by Capn Duff; 03-20-2016 at 16:15.
Bravo Zulu!
I am experiencing difficulty seeing your pictures, Rob. All I can see are a blue icon, the image reference, the number of views and file size.
No idea what that could be Dave.
I just posted them as normal.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Rob.
Nope Rob, for me they are all present and clear
They look good to me, too.
Are those islands Kallistra/Hexxon?
"And we'll rant and we'll roar, like true British sailors
We'll rant and we'll roar, all on the salt sea
Until we strike sounding in the channel of old England:
From Ushant to Scilly, 'tis thirty-five leagues."
The large green flocked ones are Kallistra mountains from their hex system, the small blue based islands are from the two box sets of Whizkds Pirates Island sets, which I have managed to pick up
Pictures fine for me Rob.
Nice pictures and AARs, my friends.
Those different pirate ships look intersting and I really like the setup and the large gaming area.
Three ships run aground in the last game?
Two Brits aground. The other fought to a standstill sinking the other two Frenchies.
Two onto one badly mauled Frenchman should have been a walkover.
Rob.
Let's see how the admirality in London judges this incident...
Well one Captain is squeaky clean. The other two had better men of means, so that they have something to fall back on when they are dismissed from the Service.Let's see how the admirality in London judges this incident...
Here we see the Presiding Senior Captain positioning the sword on the table.
____
Bligh.
It looks that you had a lot of fun
Told him flying was for the birds but he just wouldn't believe me...and swimming is for fish for that matter....oops that's Tim's line sorry.
Last weekend saw us attending what was one of the Premier Wargames shows in the UK calendar. This year was quite disappointing from a gamer s perspective as there were not a lot of punters, however both the Wings and Sails tables after a slow start did have people playing most of the time.
Here is the table, showing off our new Banner for Sails
The Table layout, I am trying to get some 3D terrain to break up the Blue table top, so this year I am also using a playing mat from a local Furnishing chain, this is a Blue table covering but has a marble effect which gives a wave impression.
Here we have Rob (Bligh) and Simon discussing the day’s programme
The display table showing my models in their KR homes
First Game, the young lad wanted a Pirates game, so we had two Pirate Frigates against two Pirate hunting 74’s HMS Belleraphon and HMS Spartiate ( Yes I know it’s not fair but they be Pirates !)
Game 2 Saw a French V British SOL encounter
Myself on the left with Bag getting ready to deal out the punishment while Rob (Bligh) is waiting his chance to Rake the Frenchman already engaged
The battle continues, now 2 SoL each
But then it was 2-1 in France’s favour
Both sides call it a day due to damage
Next game, Started off as a 2V2 SoL action, but Rafa J Larwood joined in so the French were outnumbered....again
Sunday I was Solo so didn’t get many pics of the games as was helping the punters
There are some more pics in my album marked Triples 2016
Last edited by Capn Duff; 03-25-2016 at 14:39.
Great guns there Chris was Chris all aground? (He should have stuck to planes, is what Tim would have said.)
Nice addition to our set of pictures Chris.
Things are looking up on the Sails front.
Thanks for posting these.
Rob.
Sailed into action, blasted one Frenchie out of the water - got so excited forgot the scenery (just used to flying over it I guess) - got myself totally run aground - at the crew were able to disembark for a picnic and a game of beach cricket whilst the rest of the battle unfolded. Good fun while it lasted....
Never knowingly undergunned
I blame the supplier of the charts, Master, Master's Mate, Helmsman, leadsman, lookouts, Officer of the watch, and any Midshipman in view Chris.
After all the Captain has more than enough on his mind during a battle than to watch out for any great big sandbar, lump of rock, or island that happens to get in his way.
Only just managed to dodge Australia myself and I was in a 14 foot boat without any smoke screen at the time.
Bligh.
I did hear you were with the original crew Rob, way...way back then.
Only just managed to dodge Australia myself and I was in a 14 foot boat without any smoke screen at the time.
Bligh.
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