Creating named famous captains

[James Wilmore]

Possibly somebody has suggested this already;

How about creating a deck of cards to represent named famous captains and officers of the time for the various nations? By combining existing special abilities, such as those captains included with the HMS Victory and the USS Constitution?

Does anyone have some cards templates that could be used?

[Baxter]

Hi Stian, Take a look at Oak & Iron on their Facebook page. They use Admiral cards that each have a unique set of advantages. Also maybe the Aces cards from Wings of Glory could be adapted.

[Bligh]

You could use this entry in the files section as a starting point Stian.

https://www.sailsofglory.org/downloa...do=file&id=196

Rob.

[Dobbs]

One thing I've considered is Ship Cards. Individual ships of the same class often had different sailing characteristics. Also, the amount of time in between cleaning a vessel's bottom would affect its handling.

[James Wilmore]

You could use this entry in the files section as a starting point Stian.

https://www.sailsofglory.org/downloa...do=file&id=196

Rob.

Thanks a lot. Unfortunfately, this seems to be one of those strange files that I need to log in to download - only that I can never manage to log in.

Stian

[Capn Duff]

You will need to speak to Rob about your logging in problem.
But if you pm me your email I will see about downloading the file for you and attaching

[Diamondback]

Got it covered over on Discord.

"On it, like a bonnet."--British Sniper in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

[James Wilmore]

You will need to speak to Rob about your logging in problem.
But if you pm me your email I will see about downloading the file for you and attaching

Thanks a lot! Do you have editable versions of the file?

[James Wilmore]

Got it covered over on Discord.

"On it, like a bonnet."--British Sniper in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Thanks you! I received a PDF version

[James Wilmore]

I have now made some early attempts at house rules for famous captains. I made three generic house rules; Commodore, Flagship (replacing the useless optional rules from the rulebook) and Linked (somewhat "stolen" from WizKids Pirates). I have done some research about who commanded the various ships in the game in the Napoleonic times, as well as famous fleet Commodores. I have then linked the captains and admirals to their historic ships. This is only a beginning, but I found it quite fun :-)

[James Wilmore]

The point cost for the Commodore equals 3 points per ship in the fleet. This is to symbolise that you can use a generic Commodore. However, when using one of the named famous Admirals, the point cost for the Commodore rule is incorporated into the point cost for that Admiral.


PS. I have updated so that Admiral Nelson is also linked to HMS Vanguard, as that was also his Flagship at some point.

PPS. The special rules for Captain Sir Richard Goodwin Keats is to commemorate his deed of passing through between the Spanish ships Real Carlos and San Hermenegildo with HMS Superb at the Battle of Algeciras, making the Spanish ships sink each other.

[Diamondback]

I would also add some obvious anti-exploit rules:

1. If you have multiple Captains or Flag Officers (Commodore/Admiral) on the same ship, only ONE of each may use his abilities until killed, incapacitated or relieved.
2. "Personas" - you may not have two versions of the same character in your fleet. (From one of my WK Pirates players who was trying to make it a challenge of getting every one of the endless variations of Captain Blackheart on the same ship and all active at once.) So you ma have the younger Capt. Nelson of HMS Agamemnon, the midstage Adm. Nelson of Cape St. Vincent, or the senior Nelson of Trafalgar, but NEVER more than one of them in the same game.

[James Wilmore]

I would also add some obvious anti-exploit rules:

1. If you have multiple Captains or Flag Officers (Commodore/Admiral) on the same ship, only ONE of each may use his abilities until killed, incapacitated or relieved.
2. "Personas" - you may not have two versions of the same character in your fleet. (From one of my WK Pirates players who was trying to make it a challenge of getting every one of the endless variations of Captain Blackheart on the same ship and all active at once.) So you ma have the younger Capt. Nelson of HMS Agamemnon, the midstage Adm. Nelson of Cape St. Vincent, or the senior Nelson of Trafalgar, but NEVER more than one of them in the same game.

Totally agree with this! Very good and valid points!

[James Wilmore]

Here's an updated version of the famous captains.



The point cost for the Commodore equals 3 points per ship in the fleet. This is to symbolise that you can use a generic Commodore. However, when using one of the named famous Admirals, the point cost for the Commodore rule is incorporated into the point cost for that Admiral.

PS. My logic for the point costs, is that it should roughly represent the same points as those skills would, only slightly cheaper. Haven't yet played around with it to test, but I'm happy to take feedback :-) Perhaps the points should be upped a little, due to the Linked rule.

PPS. The suggestions from Diamondback will apply:

1. If you have multiple Captains or Flag Officers (Commodore/Admiral) on the same ship, only ONE of each may use his abilities until killed, incapacitated or relieved.
2. "Personas" - you may not have two versions of the same character in your fleet. (From one of my WK Pirates players who was trying to make it a challenge of getting every one of the endless variations of Captain Blackheart on the same ship and all active at once.) So you ma have the younger Capt. Nelson of HMS Agamemnon, the midstage Adm. Nelson of Cape St. Vincent, or the senior Nelson of Trafalgar, but NEVER more than one of them in the same game.