DeRuyter (Eric) and I met for an afternoon engagement between the Chesapeake and Shannon. It was to be more playtesting of my latest rules tweaks including carronades.

Wishing to avoid the closequarters bloodbath of the historic battle, I, in Chesapeake chose initially to stay at long gun range. I got some hits in and felt like I had an advantage, so closed to let the smashers do their thing. Unfortunately, Eric in Shannon was whittling down my crew, and in close quarter fighting, we became entangled with Chesapeake in an awkward firing arc. I was able to take out Shannon's main course mast, bringing the whole thing down which was very dramatic, but I couldn't compete with the musketry and boarding, so once again, the crew of the Chesapeake was required to give up the ship.

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