How many ships?

[Kustenjaeger]

Greetings

While I wait for the reprint of the starter set, I am reading the pdf of the rules and picking up various SoG expansions from eBay and cheaper UK retailers.

Presently I have 2 ships arrived (Neptune and Impetueux) plus quite a few on order. I can’t see myself using more than about 8 at a time - even assuming I get some friends to play. I’m basically aiming for 4 ships of the line plus 4 cruisers per side (and a sloop each for sundry scenarios).

How many ships do people typically deploy for larger games and how many per player (I am assuming 1-2)?

Regards

Edward

[Comte de Brueys]

4 vs. 4 is the most common in my games at Prague.

Or 6 - 8 vs. an AI controlled enemy like my "Abukir" scenario or Rob's "Battle of the Basque Road" scenario.

[TexaS]

If you get a player for each ship or at the most two ships per player there's no upper limit to the size of a game.

[Bligh]

If you look at our solo campaign AARs it may suprise you just how many one person can handle with a few aids Edward.

https://sailsofglory.org/showthread....t-for-Shot-AAR

Rob.

[Kustenjaeger]

Thanks.

When I was talking to my wife just now she asked who I was going to play the game with. While I could answer it I also pointed out that one could play solo - which mollified her a bit as she is concerned about me buying stuff and it not getting used.

Regards

Edward

[Bligh]

Anything I can do to help you with solo play just ask Edward.
i will even re-open the Solo campaign after Christmas if I can get a couple of players interested.
Rob.

[Vagabond]

Anything I can do to help you with solo play just ask Edward.
i will even re-open the Solo campaign after Christmas if I can get a couple of players interested.
Rob.

Rob - If you do decide to resurrect the solo campaign would you mind PM'ing me, I would certainly be interested and would confirm one way or the other, I have 4 frigates and 4 SotL per side but no small ships or 4th rate 50 gun ones so would be limited in what I could do.
Cheers

[Kustenjaeger]

Rob

Thanks.

I’ll have a read of the solo material and will plan to do some solo games early next year once I have the starter set.

Regards

Edward

[Ferrante]

This looks very interesting Rob . I am going to read more about this because I am very interested .
Main problem is have enough time to be an active member of the solo campaign

[Bligh]

If you choose carefully it may only be one game every two months Ferrante.
Rob.

[Kustenjaeger]

Greetings

I think I am aiming to have a reasonable mix of frigates and SOLs in hand (with a couple of sloops) - mainly British and French with a few Spanish. Some of the French Ares models look like they are flying Royal flags from the 1780s as they did not last till the Revolutionary Wars.

Regards

Edward

[Bligh]

There are actually three period ensigns for France. They also have the white with a Tricolor in the corner.
The British of course should be flying the old Jack before 1801 but they all have the Union. I guess it only really matters if you are a purist, and then you can always switch ensigns.

Rob.

[Vagabond]

That is very kind of you Rob, thanks

[Corsair]

Four ships per side is the most I have played with at conventions. But these are designed to be beginner friendly and not go on for hours upon hours, so one ship per player. At home, again, four per side, but that is usually with two ships per player. And really, that’s been what I’ve purchased around, with enough middle-sized ships to have a sliding scale so that I can smoothly transition from frigates into fourth rates and on up into smaller ships of the line through standard 74s and into tip of the spear 1st rates. One extra set of ship mats, two play mats plus the coastline WoG if I want some extra space - all pretty much built around maxing out at four per side.

I’ll be able to go six a side soon (Ares reports they will have the starter set in their warehouse this week, and I won a set in their recent contest), but I don’t really anticipate using that many ships at a single go, even though I have enough British, but might have to team up France and Spain for certain mixes.

[Bligh]

Sounds like a very balanced approach Bruce. I sometimes wonder why I have a cupboard full of ships which have never seen the sea in anger, even including some of the ones I customize to represent different navies. Half my Peruvian navy has never set sail for instance and now Admiral Cochrane has set sail for the Brazil encounters.

Rob.