tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60315407861061657792024-02-19T07:45:52.355-08:00RED IN THE MORNING......a sailor's warning!
Tabletop Naval Wargaming with Scale MiniaturesQueen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-64189495701169039932022-02-16T13:36:00.002-08:002022-02-16T13:42:12.299-08:00Fighting Sail [S&T 1981] - Engagement Point and Wind<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><b>Old Ducky may have My Touch...</b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSKxQLK47781-2ENpaTVsc52KiH8kj9HHj1X-8GZhNNEndgBWggHHy1JkUGf69jdTlkIEB_vbYKo8mPaTbxilEzA9YNiNIUOa6Lw3aB8c19ehvhNA4qQ7j_MFfrBBVly7N50tWW58qLPbuIiWC_EPV1LPKzv7Sq58zt1OGY9EpAra6HqJcC2VO-S2v=s433" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="433" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiSKxQLK47781-2ENpaTVsc52KiH8kj9HHj1X-8GZhNNEndgBWggHHy1JkUGf69jdTlkIEB_vbYKo8mPaTbxilEzA9YNiNIUOa6Lw3aB8c19ehvhNA4qQ7j_MFfrBBVly7N50tWW58qLPbuIiWC_EPV1LPKzv7Sq58zt1OGY9EpAra6HqJcC2VO-S2v=w640-h532" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">from [<a href="https://britishheritage.com/history/nelson-battle-trafalgar">click</a>]</span></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">but he doesn't have my strategic sense, that's for certain!</span><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When determining if a game has the right "feel", we need to consider if it gives us:</span></div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Historical decisions the Commanders had, at the right level,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Events and outcomes like</span> the historical narratives we read,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Opportunities for a different outcome to the battle, e.g. Napoleon wins Waterloo [if the French players play well], but in mechanics presents us with the likely results, keeping us in the 90%, 9% and 1% [typical, atypical, and once in a lifetime] of results.</span></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For this, some analysis is required outside of gametime, as we are usually too distracted when playing to do much figuring!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So in a set of naval wargame <u>rules</u>, how likely is the historical outcome for the naval battle of San Domingo, 1806? As I'm playing Fighting Sail [1981] these days, these are the rules I'll compare to history. However, I'll present a close description of the the battle that is good enough for you to compare your favorite rules out. I'll finish by examining if FS is likely to provide similar results if:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">players make the same decisions as the captains and admirals, and...</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the players roll about average and/or equally well.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As this was a very eventful battle, the victory conditions should give the French the ability to do better than their historical counterparts [like even one ship escaping?] and ideally should come down to the last few die rolls if both sides play equally well [note that this could be equally poorly, or equally excellently!].</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Battle
of San Domingo, 1806 from Wikipedia [<span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo">CLICK</a></span>]</span></b></div><div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Note: the below account is mostly from the Wiki article, but I've re-organized and edited it for clarity and ease of following tactically.</i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31;">At 06:00 </span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">on 6 February Duckworth's scouts sighted the
French, observing two frigates, five ships of the line and one large merchant
ship anchored in line at the entrance to Santo Domingo.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC189-11"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[11]</span></a></sup></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">The French hurriedly set sail. T</span>he
French Adm. <span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Leissègues form</span>ed
a line of battle, Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierre-Elie_Garreau&action=edit&redlink=1">Pierre-Elie
Garreau</a> in <i><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Alexandre</span></i> leading with <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Impérial</span>, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Diomède</span>, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Jupiter</span> and <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Brave</span>
following. The frigates and corvette took a position Northwest between the
battle line and the shore. </span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31;">At 08:00 </span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Duckworth's ships divided into three
divisions: </span></span></div>
<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">a
westerly battle line </span><span style="background: white; color: #6aa84f;"><b>to windward</b></span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"> under Duckworth </span>with
<span style="color: red;"><i>Superb</i></span>, <i><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Spencer_(1800)"><i><span style="color: red;">HMS Spencer</span></i></a> and<span style="color: red;"> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1781)">H</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1781)" title="HMS Agamemnon (1781)"><span style="background: white;">MS Agamemnon</span></a></i><span style="background: white;">,</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">an
eastern battle line under Louis with </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Donegal_(1798)" title="HMS Donegal (1798)"><span style="background: white; color: #0645ad;">HMS <i>Donegal</i></span></a><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #202122;"> and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">. </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">The four British frigates were in battle line to the west of the British battle lines,
awaiting orders to assist if required.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RG23-18"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[17]</span></a></sup> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Duckworth
was c<span style="background: white; color: #202122;">oncerned that there might be
other French forces to the west. He therefore angled his line of attack to pass
across the</span> front of the French line and signaled to his squadron to
direct their fire at the front three ships: <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Alexandre</span>, <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Impérial</span> and <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Diomède</span>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC189-11">[11]</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">Over the next two hours [16 Turns] the British slowly closed with the French squadron, the British divisions breaking up as the faster ships outpaced the slower. Louis' squadron fell behind Duckworth's, while </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Agamemnon</span></i><span style="background: white; color: red;"> </span><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">dropped behind the other three vessels in Duckworth’s division, which otherwise remained in a tight formation. </span><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">A slight shift in the wind allowed Leissègues to adjust his direction to the southwest, but the close presence of the land restricted French movements</span></b><span style="color: #202122;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking at the scenario in FS1981, the British appear to be in the wrong place, on the French windward side, between them and the coast to Northwest [top left]. The French are already at the point of being engaged at the scenario start, and there is little time to maneuver without being fired upon.</span></i></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBJf60g1F1xgGuyInRpEIN8RBR1dH_wYNVeI7umnupOxdRnNKFgOFHbr4sfiAY3Y29pNsfz9ot07UNMBSJFChes89GbP6SYkyGZrRH27KPfqCfpmomuINCVUsHrmvOwCFhZ2n8d2OE5Emjau_fgBvWDQ9sIq1iPa3Mq9ownQYZQyeU8naKC3-K78u=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBJf60g1F1xgGuyInRpEIN8RBR1dH_wYNVeI7umnupOxdRnNKFgOFHbr4sfiAY3Y29pNsfz9ot07UNMBSJFChes89GbP6SYkyGZrRH27KPfqCfpmomuINCVUsHrmvOwCFhZ2n8d2OE5Emjau_fgBvWDQ9sIq1iPa3Mq9ownQYZQyeU8naKC3-K78u=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></i><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The below diagram appears to be more in synch with the narrative, placing the British to leeward and between the French and the open sea. </span></i></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: arial;">At 10:00</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, on below
diagram, Hispaniola [Dominican Replublic] coastline is to the Northwest, from
which the wind is coming. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Adm. </span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Leissègues</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> was
sailing from San Domingo southwest to Nizao, following the coast</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">. Therefore
the French have little sea room to Windward [upwind], and the British fleet is
to Leeward [downwind].</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGnDisd9J5yr5_cRXu-qFiypzUiOolswlo3OD2_-Vl6Gx0TkRPVKzCIi53yEMLA7TKbLQaKRB3gv2R-qKU3Bklx4hnmq0t0MtlJM1E_5P9vYNG2wRA0p9V9xfPX8Hz3KUzFaAAm9_83_J8rbYbD78G-zuwn7niTewDmbt4GyFbXeKcg6GvYneavQs_=s800" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="800" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGnDisd9J5yr5_cRXu-qFiypzUiOolswlo3OD2_-Vl6Gx0TkRPVKzCIi53yEMLA7TKbLQaKRB3gv2R-qKU3Bklx4hnmq0t0MtlJM1E_5P9vYNG2wRA0p9V9xfPX8Hz3KUzFaAAm9_83_J8rbYbD78G-zuwn7niTewDmbt4GyFbXeKcg6GvYneavQs_=w640-h492" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
</span><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>image from
Wiki [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/6031540786106165779/6418949570116903993">CLICK</a></span></b>]</i></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-size: large;">
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On the game board, this would look something like this:</span></i></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi10-vxq6UBAjbNdCVsJtuOOXrXX3IFn4u9IHUpEuJrSl28CCzAR2MGUXg6vxS6BGT-xIKKiVVRwFzhuolYbQ8zLRY_qhesJdky2x6PVdIzj_USOlUxoBzV701F3MY3fIVdJnLLnLYsrGWT8la2U7bgBLvwLX9wRudb1OsXnN81i0TAcAmepdQ-hqmI=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi10-vxq6UBAjbNdCVsJtuOOXrXX3IFn4u9IHUpEuJrSl28CCzAR2MGUXg6vxS6BGT-xIKKiVVRwFzhuolYbQ8zLRY_qhesJdky2x6PVdIzj_USOlUxoBzV701F3MY3fIVdJnLLnLYsrGWT8la2U7bgBLvwLX9wRudb1OsXnN81i0TAcAmepdQ-hqmI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><i><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Note that the green and red die mark where the lead ships will be on Turn 3, and show the engagement point of close range Fire.</i></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div>The French are paralleling the coast to the north or northwest, so shouldn't be allowed to exit the board from 0110 to 0101 to 1501 [the top left corner area]. As the French were trying to evade the British fleet, they should get victory points for any French ships that exit the board and are faster than British pursuers, as well as for destroying British ships. The British should get the usual victory points.</i></span></div></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Analysis
from Wiki article, in game terms:</span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31;">At 10:10 [Turn “1”] </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background: white; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">was able to open fire on </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">.<sup id="cite_ref-WJ4:191_19-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:191-19"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">[18]</span></a></sup></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">With the
British flagship engaged with the leading French vessel, </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background: white; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">opened fire on the next in line, Leissègues'
flagship </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">. The French ship carried 120 guns to <i>Northumberland</i>'s 74, but Cochrane engaged closely, rapidly
supported by </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background: white;"><span style="color: #202122;">, which opened fire on </span><i style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="color: #202122;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span><i style="color: #202122;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Diomède</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">simultaneously. <sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:191-19"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">[18]</span></a></sup> For 15 minutes [two
Turns] the British continued to close, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #ffa400;">both squadrons sailing westwards along
the coast with the wind [<i>both westwards and WITH the wind? So the wind is from the East then?</i>]</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #ed7d31;">At 10:25 [Turn 3]</span><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">, the damaged </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">suddenly swung out of the line in an attempt to
drive between </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">[2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> ships in Duckworth’s
first division] and </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raking_fire" title="Raking fire"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">rake</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"> them both. Captain </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stopford_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer)"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">Robert</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">Stopford</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;"> on </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">responded rapidly, passing across </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">'s <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">bow and raking her, before turning along the opposite [far? Starboard?] side
of </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and opening fire from close range. In the smoke and confusion
neither </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">nor </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">noticed </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">'s <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">move; both fired several shots into </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">before they realized their mistake.</span><sup id="cite_ref-WLC190_20-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC190-20"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">[19]</span></a></sup> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">With </span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background: white; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">out of the way, </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">was able to engage both of the leading British
ships, threatening to overwhelm them. Cochrane moved to defend the flagship by pulling
</span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">between </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">, suffering terrible damage but preserving
Duckworth's ship intact. </span><i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #00b050;">'s <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">fire was so heavy that several shot passed
straight through </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background: white; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">into </span></span><i><span style="background: white; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background: white; color: #202122;">.<sup id="cite_ref-WJ4:192_21-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:192-21"><span style="color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;">[20]</span></a></sup><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: white;">Destruction of <i>Brave</i> and <i>Jupiter</i>
in the French rear</b></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">As the combat raged at the head of the line, the remainder of
both squadrons strained [hurried</span><span style="color: #ed7d31;">?</span><span style="color: #202122;">] to join the battle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;">At 10:35 [Turn 4]</span><span style="color: #202122;">, the British eastern division under Adm. Louis reached the
battling </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">the two ships locked [</span><span style="color: #ed7d31;">grappled?</span><span style="color: #202122;">] together
to the south of the main engagement. As they passed, </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">all [</span><span style="color: #ed7d31;">bow?</span><span style="color: #202122;">] raked </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, bringing down all her masts and leaving her in a crippled state.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">then steered straight west – to join </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span><span style="color: #202122;"> and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"> </span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">around</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial </span></i></span><span style="color: #202122;">while </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">turned northwest to intercept </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Brave</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Jupiter</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">respectively.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RG23-18"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[17]</span></a></sup> </span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span style="color: #202122;">When </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">moved alongside </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Jupiter</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Pym" title="Samuel Pym"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Samuel Pym</span></a> in </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">abandoned his brief engagement with </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Jupiter</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and steered to join </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i>, </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #202122;"> and </span><i><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"> </span></span><span style="background: transparent;">around</span><span style="background: transparent; color: red;"> <i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial </span></i></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="color: #202122;"> around </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"> .<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC191-22"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[21]</span></a></sup> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulteney_Malcolm" title="Pulteney Malcolm"><span style="color: #0645ad;">Pulteney Malcolm</span></a> on </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">attacked </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Brave</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">directly, firing his
starboard guns and then crossing </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Brave</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;">'s </span><span style="color: #202122;">stern, inflicting
severe damage with a raking broadside, before pulling alongside again and
engaging from close range.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RG23-18"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[17]</span></a></sup> Badly damaged, </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Brave</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">surrendered. Malcolm then ordered Captain Richard Dunn in </span><i><span style="color: red;">Acasta</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">to take possession while he moved </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">forward to engage </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Jupiter</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">. </span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">Taking advantage of </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">‘s superior speed, Malcolm pulled ahead of </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Jupiter</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and then rammed her bow, securing the ships together to prevent
the French vessel from escaping. Recognising that further resistance was
hopeless, Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaspard_Laignel&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Gaspard Laignel (page does not exist)"><span style="color: #ba0000;">Gaspard
Laignel</span></a> surrendered immediately. Malcolm then sent 100 men on
board as a prize crew and attached a towline to the French ship, just as the
trailing </span><i><span style="color: red;">Agamemnon</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">finally reached the battle.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:192-21"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[20]</span></a></sup></span></span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;">At 11:00 [Turn 8]</span><span style="color: #202122;">, </span><i><span style="color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">followed </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">to join </span><i><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i>,<span style="color: #202122;"> </span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #202122;">and </span></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: red;"> <span style="color: #202122;"> around </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"> as </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;">'s </span><span style="color: #202122;">crew was preoccupied with extinguishing a fire on board. </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">was so badly damaged that she was unable to either escape or
continue the action; she formally surrendered ten minutes later.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC191-22"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[21]</span></a></sup></span></span></span></div>
<h3 style="background: white; margin: 0in;"><span class="mw-headline"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></h3><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="mw-headline">Admiral Leissègues
drives ashore</span></b></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">Under the shroud of heavy smoke that confused the positions and
identities of the ships at the head of the line, maneuvering became
hazardous: </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span>arrived and fired <span style="color: #202122;">two
broadsides into </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">then raked the French flagship
before her <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiller" title="Tiller"><span style="color: #0645ad;">tiller</span></a> jammed just as </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Diomède</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">loomed
out the smoke. Receiving a heavy broadside from the French ship, </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">subsequently
collided with </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">as she too appeared immediately ahead, tearing off her bowsprit
in the collision.<sup id="cite_ref-WLC191_22-2" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC191-22"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[21]</span></a></sup> </span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">Turning back into the
battle, </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">engaged </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Diomède</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">at close
range as the rest of the British squadron concentrated their fire on the
beleaguered </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, with the exception of the damaged </span><i><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, which
was drifting out of the line.<sup id="cite_ref-RG24_23-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RG24-23"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[22]</span></a></sup></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ed7d31;">At 11:30
[Turn 12], </span><span style="color: #202122;">With his main and mizzen masts collapsed and escape impossible,
Leissègues turned his ship towards the shore outdistancing the fire from the
drifting </span><i><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and leaving </span><i><span style="color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">behind; Duckworth
was reluctant to risk his ship in the shallow coastal shoals.<sup id="cite_ref-LG2_24-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-LG2-24"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[23]</span></a></sup> </span><i><span style="color: red;">Canopus</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">maintained
the pressure, pursuing the French flagship until it was clear at 11:40
that </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">was hard aground on a coral reef,
less than a mile from the beach. </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Diomède</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">, under
attack by </span><i><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and the recently returned </span><i><span style="color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="color: #202122;">,
followed </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">ashore. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As they struck the reef, both
French ships lost their remaining masts and suffered severe damage to their
hulls. Their crews then gathered on deck and made preparations to abandon ship
as the British squadron pulled back out of range of fire from the shore.<sup id="cite_ref-WJ4:193_25-0" style="unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:193-25"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[24]</span></a></sup> </span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122;">During the engagement the French
frigates and corvette had all slipped between the battling squadrons and the
shoreline and escaped to the westwards. The British frigates were too
preoccupied with boarding and towing prizes to initiate a chase.</span><sup id="cite_ref-RLA173_26-0" style="color: #202122; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RLA173-26"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[25]</span></a></sup></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="background: white; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">As Duckworth gathered his squadron, </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;">'s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">mainmast collapsed across the deck, causing severe damage to the
ship's fittings. Although Cochrane's flagship was the most severely damaged of
the squadron, all had suffered to a degree: </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Superb</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;">'s </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">men counted 60 shot holes while </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">was out of control and </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Donegal</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">had lost one of her topmasts.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WJ4:197-27"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[26]</span></a></sup> Casualties were also
distributed throughout the fleet, with </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Northumberland</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">and </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Spencer</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">suffering the worst and </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Atlas</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">the least except for the barely engaged </span><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: red;">Agamemnon</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #202122;">. Total losses were 74
killed and 264 wounded and several ships were damaged, but Duckworth was
rapidly able to effect repairs as his ships remained on station to observe the
situation ashore.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-RW217-28"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[27]</span></a></sup></span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #00b050;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">and </span><i><span style="color: #00b050;">Diomède</span></i><span style="color: #00b050;"> </span><span style="color: #202122;">had both run aground
between Nizao and Point Catalan, their hulls broadside to the beach and their
bottoms stove in by the reefs that lay offshore.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Domingo#cite_note-WLC192-29"><span style="color: #0645ad;">[28]</span></a></sup> Using the remaining ship's
boats and with assistance from the shore, the wounded and survivors were
ferried to the beach. </span></span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Historical result:</b> None but the French frigates survived. While the British fleet was badly damaged, since they held the field they were able to recover their own ships and those they captured. If any French ships of the line survive and escape, the French should get at least a minor victory.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Morale</b>. Morale was clearly an important factor in the above narrative - some French ships surrendered quickly, while others fought it out. Therefore, it may be an issue for some players that there is no morale mechanic in FS - you just destroy hull boxes until the ship Strikes [surrenders]. Note that this does not include sinking, just Striking; ergo "Striking" in game terms may actually just mean enough hull damage that a ship will no longer fight. Given that it takes on average 7 Turns to force a typical 3rd Rate Ship of the Line to strike, which is 1 hour 45 minutes, that would synch with the 2-hour battle with no ships sinking but all Striking [or running aground...same thing].</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>- overall, depends on if you like a Morale Check mechanic to Strike sooner [or later], but the rules use a damage mechanic instead.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Ship Speeds</b>. This is critical in any naval engagement, as the faster ships always have the choice of fight or flight, while the slower ships are forced to fight if the faster opponent wants to, and can't flee unless they damage the enemy ships and slow them down. [<i>the other possibility is a surprise attack caused by low visibility, or the faster fleet is caught in harbor].</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this scenario, as set up according to the FS rules, the British may be in the wrong place historically, but they are in the right place to be able to catch the French ships and force an engagement! If you correct the British placement per the above historical narrative and switch the British from the French starboard to their port side, the French ships will "have the Weather Guage" and always be able to react second and shoot first by the FS rules. <i>Being on a Beam Reach, gives all the French Sailing Value A ships 4 Movement Points [MP], while the British will all be at 3 MP, unless they immediately turn the Frigates to port</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi10-vxq6UBAjbNdCVsJtuOOXrXX3IFn4u9IHUpEuJrSl28CCzAR2MGUXg6vxS6BGT-xIKKiVVRwFzhuolYbQ8zLRY_qhesJdky2x6PVdIzj_USOlUxoBzV701F3MY3fIVdJnLLnLYsrGWT8la2U7bgBLvwLX9wRudb1OsXnN81i0TAcAmepdQ-hqmI=s4032" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi10-vxq6UBAjbNdCVsJtuOOXrXX3IFn4u9IHUpEuJrSl28CCzAR2MGUXg6vxS6BGT-xIKKiVVRwFzhuolYbQ8zLRY_qhesJdky2x6PVdIzj_USOlUxoBzV701F3MY3fIVdJnLLnLYsrGWT8la2U7bgBLvwLX9wRudb1OsXnN81i0TAcAmepdQ-hqmI=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even using the rules for "Studding Sails" [might be better termed "Full Sail" or something - FS1981 doesn't have variable sail speeds, altho they'd be easy to tweak to do so, and I have] doesn't make a difference, as the French will still have a better wind angle and get more advantage from the Studding Sail rule:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKC3pGL9lU63hUXDdpLW-ed09WPtbqZ7SR6lxnJm3Uwt1svU-G0kk-D_kiiMEWjkxi6-KzjaEHy7Z8CtpJeUDyA9KEsg_UPvCUzg9m8mtd76KgkEwG_LO_H8-EU25XFd3YwhK8_SpvIXKTaiztcR33U-qCkjt2gEikuBiOxb0j8G3soYajZB9Yi9YH=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKC3pGL9lU63hUXDdpLW-ed09WPtbqZ7SR6lxnJm3Uwt1svU-G0kk-D_kiiMEWjkxi6-KzjaEHy7Z8CtpJeUDyA9KEsg_UPvCUzg9m8mtd76KgkEwG_LO_H8-EU25XFd3YwhK8_SpvIXKTaiztcR33U-qCkjt2gEikuBiOxb0j8G3soYajZB9Yi9YH=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Additionally, the presence of the 1st Rate <i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i> is significant - it can easily engage ships much farther out due to how the Fire mechanic works - it uses a linear model and bigger ships easily make up for the range penalty with more guns. This translates into about 2-3 Turns of shooting first, depending on the wind angle. It's a bit like a battleship in a cruiser fight! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqdYf0xhFm1eDlNO0Z859Vo0gQuZkxE5ZAt_LGgIRbV9aDyZk6fPHnGJ1WcIO6r6GpbmV-ZyKNWb2P1GxO3HuHLxBbBu0d8yUUpp3PXJtb9T9tuX2D0uXGe9P-9rcZLUxkO5aItLd52JE50IcvPNdcZ24QF265vvoNetSpx6F0Mqk5GCB-CNiOOXMx=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqdYf0xhFm1eDlNO0Z859Vo0gQuZkxE5ZAt_LGgIRbV9aDyZk6fPHnGJ1WcIO6r6GpbmV-ZyKNWb2P1GxO3HuHLxBbBu0d8yUUpp3PXJtb9T9tuX2D0uXGe9P-9rcZLUxkO5aItLd52JE50IcvPNdcZ24QF265vvoNetSpx6F0Mqk5GCB-CNiOOXMx=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Above, note that the </span><i style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i> will hit on a 51 or less, so over 70% chance; <span style="color: red;"><i>Northumberland</i></span> in return needs a 21 or less, about a 35% chance. <span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i> also moves at the same speed as the 74's [which is historically accurate, it seems]. In one run-thru, </span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Impérial</span></i><span> managed to get four Hits on <i style="color: red;">Northumberland</i> before she could effectively reply! </span><span>This also goes against the above historical narrative which states that the British opened fire on </span><i style="color: red;"><span style="color: #00b050;">Alexandre</span></i><span> first. Thus we see that the rules allow an engagement point that is much earlier and give the advantage to the French.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>So, time to check another historical narrative!</span></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Brian Tunstall's "Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail" published in 1990 [great book, btw] has the wind astern the British and French: "Duckworth immediately chased and with the wind <u>almost</u> directly astern of him, gained rapidly." This would make the wind from the East. If the British are gaining rapidly, and both sides' ships perform about the same, then the wind is likely East South East, astern the French but with the British just able to make a broad reach and force the engagement on the French who were trying to avoid a fight. Overall, this seems like the most likey combination of wind angle and sailing direction. </span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Interestingly, the Wiki article's most recent source is 2006, so the question is who is correct? The later books? According to the above narrative the French are heading west, turning a bit to southwest as contact is about to occur.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">Another change for the scenario would be to </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>switch the wind to come from the Southeast</b></span></span><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">, heading to Northeast [the opposite of the scenario], which completes the change of the British to the French fleet's port side and still having a wind advantage. The deployment would now look something like the below:</span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFCDedd1JJqNx6Y4d9NqBnEkqBZm0pMrLW2MgjAS6p2GYrnl8ASacIEIqihK2d3tsknEyUAqxgDTO5rUWLLXQcF-3hmGD7i62iQ7JtL3VaOdy09S3zjyPeme_lPf_oSWJBjv_S0vP7gNXDSubDPDR7XmL9HXoWNaFHmTZZkbw_IcU8pwnC3qJDIwDT=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFCDedd1JJqNx6Y4d9NqBnEkqBZm0pMrLW2MgjAS6p2GYrnl8ASacIEIqihK2d3tsknEyUAqxgDTO5rUWLLXQcF-3hmGD7i62iQ7JtL3VaOdy09S3zjyPeme_lPf_oSWJBjv_S0vP7gNXDSubDPDR7XmL9HXoWNaFHmTZZkbw_IcU8pwnC3qJDIwDT=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now there's no way for the French to escape without a fight. The British on Turn 1 will be at black die '1', same for French. But the Superb will be moving three squares a turn and quickly block Agamemnon's forward movement. She, and the French line, will have to turn a point to starboard, and start fighting it out. The alternative option would be to do something more radical, like a hard port turn, tack, and sail in an opposing direction to the British. They'd have to fool them at a key point, and it would affect their shooting a bit, but it is possible to do against a careless British player. The French may even destroy the trailing British ships.</span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This seems to put the engagement point of the two opposing squadrons at the right place, with the right wind and the right options. The French player will have to think outside the box and act boldly, but there's a good chance of doing better than the historical encounter!</span></div><div><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: arial;">So back to the original question, will FS 1981 </span><span style="font-family: arial;">give:</span></span></div><div><ol><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Historical decisions the Commanders had, at the right level,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Events and outcomes like</span> the historical narratives for San Domingo above,</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Opportunities for a different outcome to the battle, but in mechanics presents us with the likely results, keeping us in the 90%, 9% and 1% [typical, atypical, and once in a lifetime] of results.</span></li></ol></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As presented in the FS rules [picture below], the scenario for San Domingo should easily have the British able to close assault the French - they start across their bows and ready to bow rake the lot, plus they've the Weather Gauge. I predict a similar outcome to history as long as:</span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">players make the same decisions as the captains and admirals, and...</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the players roll about average [at at least equally well].</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The French could make a 90 turn to port, which would still leave them in that strange echelon formation, however the British are suffering from it also. This would enable Alexandre and Imperial the opportunity to batter Supurb while both sides straightened out their battle lines.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBJf60g1F1xgGuyInRpEIN8RBR1dH_wYNVeI7umnupOxdRnNKFgOFHbr4sfiAY3Y29pNsfz9ot07UNMBSJFChes89GbP6SYkyGZrRH27KPfqCfpmomuINCVUsHrmvOwCFhZ2n8d2OE5Emjau_fgBvWDQ9sIq1iPa3Mq9ownQYZQyeU8naKC3-K78u=s4032" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPBJf60g1F1xgGuyInRpEIN8RBR1dH_wYNVeI7umnupOxdRnNKFgOFHbr4sfiAY3Y29pNsfz9ot07UNMBSJFChes89GbP6SYkyGZrRH27KPfqCfpmomuINCVUsHrmvOwCFhZ2n8d2OE5Emjau_fgBvWDQ9sIq1iPa3Mq9ownQYZQyeU8naKC3-K78u=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is slim chance of the French doing better unless they immediately turn tail and run away, which is possible as the scenario rules don't prevent that! As FS gives the French ships better Sailing Values generally [B to C for most Ships of the Line] they may even get away with it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my modified and - seemingly - more historical scenario, the wind and ship locations will result in the British again having an advantage but this time it would be hard for the French to flee, so I predict another bruising encounter that would largely depend on the British player to make a few errors to lose.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Overall, my verdict is that both as originally presented [if not historically accurate] and as modified, Fighting Sail [S&T 1981] should give both sides an opportunity to re-fight history.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How do YOUR favorite rules stack up, you think?</span></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-84805984777065240472022-02-11T12:35:00.002-08:002022-02-13T13:13:40.616-08:00Fighting Sail [S&T 1981] - Playtest #2, Squadrons<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Playtest #2: "Action Off Venice" 1812, Frogs v. Limeys</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3604" data-original-width="2708" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQS-3-FS_CrH91yjHOej1Umbz8joJz2tw5Qxmq1Qp-XhqA23GSsmCSbTFpflskUCujPtK5kcnb3oGS0YfXtdwe9qEiJ0YYsuLXM4-ePz24EeioCiuipVgRdUyQZGiL2QSZYyu5JVSl3olCi7VWvm9y-_t044yYmdjK_F1LEBkcQ5R9K37-fUjLzQ1z=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So after an interesting playtest with the Shannon v. Chesapeake dual, the next test of the mechanics had to be with multiple ships. I chose a smallish fight, four French v. two British ships in the Adriatic, 1812. It seemed a perfect intro to larger actions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With a west wind, and all ships heading east, the French fleet is a bit scattered. I don't know if this is historical, but they are seperated by about a nautical mile each. The British are similarly separated. My tactic has been to consolidate the French quickly as possible by having the bottom two ships move north, and the top two ships move south; generally takes a couple of turns. This puts the burden on the British to close and engage the French Squadron. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMAshKxP5OktBZRH_EQ58MSr61CDfU7FJi2yrz6XVU3kJf0MKo_N89CGoowyA7_xhdAA5jGW9GtCCSsCHN6Arvqxl4IHok5kIzvB9AbAhwUGE4TJG9gybyKu1gK0PWlChBDThBxRDQ4s8d5D6Ba5Q4umaApgYoHQCzQWfsjyxnQbvvlddrC-NPA-0s=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMAshKxP5OktBZRH_EQ58MSr61CDfU7FJi2yrz6XVU3kJf0MKo_N89CGoowyA7_xhdAA5jGW9GtCCSsCHN6Arvqxl4IHok5kIzvB9AbAhwUGE4TJG9gybyKu1gK0PWlChBDThBxRDQ4s8d5D6Ba5Q4umaApgYoHQCzQWfsjyxnQbvvlddrC-NPA-0s=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The foremost French and British ships are both 3rd Rate ships of the line, <i>Rivoli</i> and <i>Victorious</i> respectively.. The other British ship is the 5th Rate frigate <i>Weazel</i>, of which the French also have one, <i>Mercure</i>. The other two French ships are a clumsy frigate <i>Jena</i> and a a poor 7th rate brig <i>Mamalouke</i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bottom line is that the British ships have an equal opposing French ship, altho the French have lower quality; this is supposed to be made up by the extra two French ships. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scattered around the ships on the map are the order counters, organized by Sailing Value. This makes things a bit quicker when issuing Commands. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The first outing was quite a mess, as I forgot several rules and was interrupted several times by family, and made a lot of mistakes. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The second outing went much better, as I reviewed the rules sections a bit and then played - also, it was late evening and no one bothered me! This time the British couldn't have hit the broadside of a broadside at ten paces, and were forced to use a wind advantage to sail out of range, an ignominious retreat! I also didn't play them very well, finding myself continuously surprised by sailing opportunities of the French, despite the fact I was playing both sides.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Third outing was quite interesting. The British scored an early Critical Hit against the Rivoli, slowing her down. Then some fortunate rolling got them a bit ahead of the French and they were able to cross the "T" unexpectedly, resulting in the sinking of both Rivoli and Jena.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Final positions of playtest #3. Mercure is about to get shot up pretty badly, and Mamalouke is neither fast nor lethal, so game was called.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFr_P-sJv3pT0Y6pq6cfbZizM4Vez8hgIo7eioa1R_jRNhYm30zdvuWyNks8lWfjTFKAFFnSk5hkhVGKAAP-_P2-Ez3Yke0TCSX4UXe2nU6UcCCnws-THq-hqeNZ6-kGvgk1wBjS0-To2XP3Zw-ceR7aEGswM2WrXzVml1CjST5iDyG7ZK1eB9G5Rx=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFr_P-sJv3pT0Y6pq6cfbZizM4Vez8hgIo7eioa1R_jRNhYm30zdvuWyNks8lWfjTFKAFFnSk5hkhVGKAAP-_P2-Ez3Yke0TCSX4UXe2nU6UcCCnws-THq-hqeNZ6-kGvgk1wBjS0-To2XP3Zw-ceR7aEGswM2WrXzVml1CjST5iDyG7ZK1eB9G5Rx=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Below is the ugly recorded reality - two ships sunk!</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjknfdij_LVCGVnXFXwUG5MyFSoTfxbJeJ_W7JrorE8fZZGrdVVBAZ8jDIHHzLUQASJpdpGy3rYLucZZj0e6Pr94L_LbkSjzUQxzgQMzsOJorDHqklXIqS_Tm2Ymr-uItahE4l_pJoLJOQKXfdLJNscwM2xOLLpxzVhXGRFi57WQB7UwXIIis8n-QOo=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjknfdij_LVCGVnXFXwUG5MyFSoTfxbJeJ_W7JrorE8fZZGrdVVBAZ8jDIHHzLUQASJpdpGy3rYLucZZj0e6Pr94L_LbkSjzUQxzgQMzsOJorDHqklXIqS_Tm2Ymr-uItahE4l_pJoLJOQKXfdLJNscwM2xOLLpxzVhXGRFi57WQB7UwXIIis8n-QOo=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The French didn't roll well on their Fire dice either, resulting in very little damage to the British squadron.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPIQH7aZ3fRE4xnro31mqu7UqidDCwFlwDawcQYvFwHw0e9gxVQdgRGnYov0uraUomhNF6_lx89KsknxOOf35vYpf0QSFbP8STHIoH14H-1i_6peUSNj_OjFy7QZOAsxQHoalYM5jblknnHZvFr_Q2dfbLvQ57wb-FacHB-ZNYFHvj1Suzjtsr2yvb=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPIQH7aZ3fRE4xnro31mqu7UqidDCwFlwDawcQYvFwHw0e9gxVQdgRGnYov0uraUomhNF6_lx89KsknxOOf35vYpf0QSFbP8STHIoH14H-1i_6peUSNj_OjFy7QZOAsxQHoalYM5jblknnHZvFr_Q2dfbLvQ57wb-FacHB-ZNYFHvj1Suzjtsr2yvb=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A fourth turn at bat resulted in a very different situation. This time, the Rivoli decided to start shooting as soon as possible, and on the first shot scored a critical hit, a 1/36 chance! The Victorious lost a mast. A re-read of the Damage section of the rules was helpful, as I'd forgotten that a few more Rigging Hits and a dismasted ship is Dead In The Water! This immediately became the main goal of the French. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Turn 3 below. </b>A damaged Rivoli is at a critical moment - will she successfully win the Weather Gauge and cross the Victorious' "T" for a bow rake?? The remaining French squadron trails behind, with the Weazel putting solid damage on her opposing number, Mercure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD33jnzEIQhfQcKfR9FOEOdCEsMsVuunnxmBtGWdVi5VD-Jo7yBSCUD18P9PP6vEI8VicVz1ng-8X_1KYJ9YjWVPQwoKKcw1gO8LFnk5mSuf38rZaVaXHqaVcVpwYRQCcKopsejUqK8eAxWr3t-qoB4JMy4aWkFiRC0KGTqSWyqW4dZ4p4azfXHITu=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD33jnzEIQhfQcKfR9FOEOdCEsMsVuunnxmBtGWdVi5VD-Jo7yBSCUD18P9PP6vEI8VicVz1ng-8X_1KYJ9YjWVPQwoKKcw1gO8LFnk5mSuf38rZaVaXHqaVcVpwYRQCcKopsejUqK8eAxWr3t-qoB4JMy4aWkFiRC0KGTqSWyqW4dZ4p4azfXHITu=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div>The critical moment - orders are revealed, and...the French have the Weather Gauge. This will be ugly...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVRRZzCn21TKwh5r0TmOzGs8gPtsX7UViPg-Ii2rEBMEAPI6YnRGqLRyvyg0zCr6T-XS7RudYpqJ6NARDFA_FW_zAGJlIN3NT6V3Pf6oZoWsH5zO_4ufTWRuN13OveSoNiTMz8dxK5rEAu6Ja5sxe7nz6Q6BU7MjJ7Ct2HQ3lQzVab0gLB9pOVedAV=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVRRZzCn21TKwh5r0TmOzGs8gPtsX7UViPg-Ii2rEBMEAPI6YnRGqLRyvyg0zCr6T-XS7RudYpqJ6NARDFA_FW_zAGJlIN3NT6V3Pf6oZoWsH5zO_4ufTWRuN13OveSoNiTMz8dxK5rEAu6Ja5sxe7nz6Q6BU7MjJ7Ct2HQ3lQzVab0gLB9pOVedAV=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div>Thanks to some skillful handling, Rivoli manages to rake Victorious, and Jena scores a Critical Hit. This is randomly decided to be a Wheel hit, so Victorious is presently unable to steer....</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEX4Igte0NvWMjhOUpYleJRoyNwE9odl5tthRqibm0eSC18f-kVbyJPp2mL0IeHxLMOmrKBoDI7WcQmr0pFS9CkPXu3FTGcQHnPmgCSxsqhBC8uKvOxgPLaYYXmECKujikGoR_2gMTccaaqu-MdM2NabjAiuQERC63BMcN-cMavMLTTc3Hu7fHMjET=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEX4Igte0NvWMjhOUpYleJRoyNwE9odl5tthRqibm0eSC18f-kVbyJPp2mL0IeHxLMOmrKBoDI7WcQmr0pFS9CkPXu3FTGcQHnPmgCSxsqhBC8uKvOxgPLaYYXmECKujikGoR_2gMTccaaqu-MdM2NabjAiuQERC63BMcN-cMavMLTTc3Hu7fHMjET=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">...so Drifts, ending with her bow several points to Port. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_qF6ct0skBDKR5cJWShQHQfNHN4FAGsJJXFglTWoC2sj422vhsU66YoBK9o-06RmSedWiwfLk4l8E-A5X6lVyR4rUvSE8OIJiADKKJ6CRoQjfDNJ_J1D3DlJ6BJPg2fhtLqimV2OSOOtUiknjGI9xoWyj9-UrmxwSoZf6Cepw_nFsnej-LgC0cl6c=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_qF6ct0skBDKR5cJWShQHQfNHN4FAGsJJXFglTWoC2sj422vhsU66YoBK9o-06RmSedWiwfLk4l8E-A5X6lVyR4rUvSE8OIJiADKKJ6CRoQjfDNJ_J1D3DlJ6BJPg2fhtLqimV2OSOOtUiknjGI9xoWyj9-UrmxwSoZf6Cepw_nFsnej-LgC0cl6c=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div>Victorious cannot Fire, and Rivoli and Jena have, so all are turned over.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOY8slQT4B2EAEmB6qmFf5xMn5TPIIjpyGx1YyTHf1E0G_kMoi2VEUlwG7PaHttd6OFS07KmTQqV1xy0PZUBXML-c8ENal2CWqV39h0-Y_MTSOiEouFI_rsUuwQgn0UU1fLPaQfPzeHZfdPd2AdMM2hczstPLdONkRWR_7lVBzMtK4o5diSWaGwb64=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOY8slQT4B2EAEmB6qmFf5xMn5TPIIjpyGx1YyTHf1E0G_kMoi2VEUlwG7PaHttd6OFS07KmTQqV1xy0PZUBXML-c8ENal2CWqV39h0-Y_MTSOiEouFI_rsUuwQgn0UU1fLPaQfPzeHZfdPd2AdMM2hczstPLdONkRWR_7lVBzMtK4o5diSWaGwb64=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Below, the ship log, showing that Victorious is able to Fire pretty well still, but can't sail worth a tinker's damn.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQXWKdqKIzpTjoDowaKq0RZdNwRomZfHWGOoOGsOdN4YhyOQMDw83q14h8LKalcLW6ORsbivmB6H7hOCpYb2LiS3QUABdobQj0bwICqyDAbfwzbcs3OHSVe92yc6QPIfFGL3D2-MxKQx3VYzpdGArjd1r53cQVuXT2Xw3WSmy6X1dAHGMhMkev38S2=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQXWKdqKIzpTjoDowaKq0RZdNwRomZfHWGOoOGsOdN4YhyOQMDw83q14h8LKalcLW6ORsbivmB6H7hOCpYb2LiS3QUABdobQj0bwICqyDAbfwzbcs3OHSVe92yc6QPIfFGL3D2-MxKQx3VYzpdGArjd1r53cQVuXT2Xw3WSmy6X1dAHGMhMkev38S2=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><b>Turn 4 ends</b> with Weazel squring off [no pun intended] against Mercure, damaging her quite badely.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9WHBaT7P5Rs6Sy1DElLfrTjwAn8hq6xAan2M9YzgDRthMnv0vL0ka8uUpHKB94BFGCzhkLFHoxH8q9FlDjl8TWjyrzKNSuJcR94y8RAAa_I4vER82I2s2DnJzkUhFMX5JNwP21LP2Jsat8SPAj5CfieaVuoS_krj2WqNTagJkKqDDL1Z-iwzrNLXo=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9WHBaT7P5Rs6Sy1DElLfrTjwAn8hq6xAan2M9YzgDRthMnv0vL0ka8uUpHKB94BFGCzhkLFHoxH8q9FlDjl8TWjyrzKNSuJcR94y8RAAa_I4vER82I2s2DnJzkUhFMX5JNwP21LP2Jsat8SPAj5CfieaVuoS_krj2WqNTagJkKqDDL1Z-iwzrNLXo=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 5</b>, Commands are revealed and the Weazel will have the Weather Gauge as the French are sailing slowly and methodically around Victorious, looking for some more Hits. Weazel needs to really make a big impact against Rivoli, or else the fight is lost! <i>Rate of ship is very important in these rules - if you've a bigger ship, it is tough for smaller ones to take them on in a gun fight. The only chance they have is a critical hit, rolling amazingly well, and perhaps shooting at Rigging...</i><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGHGJx1txOUdjwahvns-xY8vp15JlJ76Ew2BITD9dsuuCRzE_NQItTdzem1x0FEMKQzH7fbPMPnDCScnnQ_9duI7vGU0Pqn911urBZqSLn5PtEetGgSd3FZSky3ndV0rMbzSCorEMHXwJiWd8nFh-MCm9g8FduIjlfcdhrPuHDh-SV4kd3Z3XRMFL=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGGHGJx1txOUdjwahvns-xY8vp15JlJ76Ew2BITD9dsuuCRzE_NQItTdzem1x0FEMKQzH7fbPMPnDCScnnQ_9duI7vGU0Pqn911urBZqSLn5PtEetGgSd3FZSky3ndV0rMbzSCorEMHXwJiWd8nFh-MCm9g8FduIjlfcdhrPuHDh-SV4kd3Z3XRMFL=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Turn 5 continues</b> to develop, with the French frigates ineffectively shooting at Victorious, while the Rivoli gets a solid hit.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRrR6yakYnlUwX_MwGymVxIDFQyhqNHQ9RbVDdtI_KTNDRdgc8TYnP3AZk3BN56OJK5V8FXl3n8h_SeiGgSCdjJLVYpx06R5S7IdlncGUZ_2SihIctdojFictiXNh5sk_tg6a4IeBxILbr4Jl95FeXf9dv1iHA76Lt0OyC17Tm1nwyxsBSpDuaD2Hj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRrR6yakYnlUwX_MwGymVxIDFQyhqNHQ9RbVDdtI_KTNDRdgc8TYnP3AZk3BN56OJK5V8FXl3n8h_SeiGgSCdjJLVYpx06R5S7IdlncGUZ_2SihIctdojFictiXNh5sk_tg6a4IeBxILbr4Jl95FeXf9dv1iHA76Lt0OyC17Tm1nwyxsBSpDuaD2Hj=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Weazel is making a mark against Rivoli, but it is really Victorious that has done the most important damage - Rivoli can not Tack with her present Crew Value.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghFbVeUMLHESneV-0TT5EfqNVFZssEJFVij8CeYuiyCBdfZvQy5WW4cdlSKyI6-kctv0xwzF5KDnnIOSqkDVsDvzsAzqwoEWGtKqnNiVlz6_sjEst4AQTEekCPL8DEvraGfqPuewqNDkX-nFmEzI8wlFB_zgT3bhoiVyIJxxWRLz0EiifHAKIVTZ2C=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghFbVeUMLHESneV-0TT5EfqNVFZssEJFVij8CeYuiyCBdfZvQy5WW4cdlSKyI6-kctv0xwzF5KDnnIOSqkDVsDvzsAzqwoEWGtKqnNiVlz6_sjEst4AQTEekCPL8DEvraGfqPuewqNDkX-nFmEzI8wlFB_zgT3bhoiVyIJxxWRLz0EiifHAKIVTZ2C=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 6</b>, the British win the Weather Gauge - but will Weazel be able to make a difference?<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUyiV03scT8HTsQzUGmRvdvrKsmO_bNw2Cd4d5tVv5kuOsR8U3V0GNarXP5LKTYoAC0Y5vrVqDS7Q9OM9UTax8bLdfQCq1LQVuX27o3n3wowsw5D9qwtUPVNSFXYBfa3zWXiKAajAruZ1fxMnflGKhY-KR_dc9yhHn2PxM-QDB84tfoKxw6gcX1MLg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUyiV03scT8HTsQzUGmRvdvrKsmO_bNw2Cd4d5tVv5kuOsR8U3V0GNarXP5LKTYoAC0Y5vrVqDS7Q9OM9UTax8bLdfQCq1LQVuX27o3n3wowsw5D9qwtUPVNSFXYBfa3zWXiKAajAruZ1fxMnflGKhY-KR_dc9yhHn2PxM-QDB84tfoKxw6gcX1MLg=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Mercure sails into the Rivoli's square. In the rules, this results in immediate and automatic Fouling. <i>With 500 yard squares, that doesn't seem likely, so I give Mercure a roll against her present Crew Value of '4' to avoid Rivoli - rolling a '3', she passes.</i><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUNg_twTGfz-ueo8zt3iNv2Uo9LlnQ7qFQUsceRHAJVCD3V42sYaZngIhuqcJYMMinE7CYS6YRJSXaUHGgHkx2wusf3llhe98b1159KOp-HRpkWE17UCZP-633WpTuwLFMGztAUfYjwUwMFVkcIsyr3De7KVju-SW6gvc3HlB2f5FQUJh7JNyJ3o-3=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUNg_twTGfz-ueo8zt3iNv2Uo9LlnQ7qFQUsceRHAJVCD3V42sYaZngIhuqcJYMMinE7CYS6YRJSXaUHGgHkx2wusf3llhe98b1159KOp-HRpkWE17UCZP-633WpTuwLFMGztAUfYjwUwMFVkcIsyr3De7KVju-SW6gvc3HlB2f5FQUJh7JNyJ3o-3=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div>Turn 7. The British again win the Weather Gauge, and Weazel seizes the chance to destroy Mercure, raking her bow and sailing away to get distance from the Rivoli.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Fi4nrX_irQ3jx_j3gdmpQ0SrTW91Ga9RMhatn8aeTqArIF1x3yhpNUyChLbkDLSFLfmkfAwLkXJZzK526VFwx0bBFNDVj815ckLeqxiIryF61bTBksK3fNVV7E3LSpkT9YIXu2Q5nY-zV7iHSwmHLmuh2M610MooAuotWJWHkLiRLYSe7Z-64ueA=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8Fi4nrX_irQ3jx_j3gdmpQ0SrTW91Ga9RMhatn8aeTqArIF1x3yhpNUyChLbkDLSFLfmkfAwLkXJZzK526VFwx0bBFNDVj815ckLeqxiIryF61bTBksK3fNVV7E3LSpkT9YIXu2Q5nY-zV7iHSwmHLmuh2M610MooAuotWJWHkLiRLYSe7Z-64ueA=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mercure is now Dead in the Water and Strikes with the British aside her [well, 500 yards away, really]. In any event, she is combat ineffective so I remove her. In reality, she wouldn't strike with Weazel sailing away and a large friendly ship nearby, and in the rules most likely not, either.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Turn 8, there is some more Fire into the Victorious, and she has to roll to be affected by ocean Swell - this would cause her to move a square downwind - but she rolls a '2' and doesn't. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I hurry on to <b>Turn 9</b>, resulting in the Weazel getting a nasy broadside from Rivoli and needing to sail away or also become Dead in the Water. Victorious is not victorious, and is forced to Strike, with the enemy surrounding her and no help in sight.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNJusLq0XI028oxOX-7IVZEYz97SmfNSTPx8kCF_quQXPfZNMpnDXn-Pp1x6xMlvjze2gjBuRNAevqjGePjOLLuuCJN_O0nG9VnMuaHD2_CAGMcsMb8rPKXWvqLcnfYOolJ0xuLUvXbAWcdgaIpwk0vAAeqmtuV-nuLxpoXWbUnuEdZr8ptSbzq3GR=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNJusLq0XI028oxOX-7IVZEYz97SmfNSTPx8kCF_quQXPfZNMpnDXn-Pp1x6xMlvjze2gjBuRNAevqjGePjOLLuuCJN_O0nG9VnMuaHD2_CAGMcsMb8rPKXWvqLcnfYOolJ0xuLUvXbAWcdgaIpwk0vAAeqmtuV-nuLxpoXWbUnuEdZr8ptSbzq3GR=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Final results - a battered British squadron, and hopefully the Commodore went into captivity with a resilient attitude, as he won't be commanding again, most likely!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCNvyu0dNh0vFpPuR-eBXXwW5FAg4H3Z8F1xaQaXpgEwNDhkT6J9voxTbt3zp75DOM2mDoEQSuCHxzklfgSx70crvT4MSpuGnn1S0g6WZEKatWzQD59A_8VZp2KWKQYp1C0uGsFK6IaTU4WSGiNY-7ps1krUKTspGQmayf6n7wrpL5Wi01T9jU3fhw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCNvyu0dNh0vFpPuR-eBXXwW5FAg4H3Z8F1xaQaXpgEwNDhkT6J9voxTbt3zp75DOM2mDoEQSuCHxzklfgSx70crvT4MSpuGnn1S0g6WZEKatWzQD59A_8VZp2KWKQYp1C0uGsFK6IaTU4WSGiNY-7ps1krUKTspGQmayf6n7wrpL5Wi01T9jU3fhw=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span>So four playtests, and what did I learn?</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Some conclusions:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) The Fire mechanics <i>usually</i> limit possibilities to 0-1 hit per turn between ships of the same rate. This can make the fight attrition oriented [<i>note that this is quite historical - no complaints there!</i>]. The main possibility of an unusual event is the Critical Hit mechanic; this occurs when there's a Hit with doubles [a 16.7% or 1/6 chance per <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">HIT</span></b>, not per shot]. This most often results in losing a mast [a real problem as two more Rigging Hits and you are Dead In The Water] or steering [also a problem]. There's a small chance [8%] of a Fire starting [bad...]. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Overall, I'm satisfied with these, but I do miss Critical Hit Tables with lots of variety and preferably humorous and unusual events!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2) The Fire mechanics heavily penalize smaller ships fighting larger ships. Again, this may be quite historical, but a ship with a lower Fire Value has almost zero chance of harming a larger ship. This may make sense in these rules, which are aimed at the historically likely. I'd prefer a small chance at a Critical Hit and the ability to damage rigging, at least.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3) While the game generally succeeds and succeeds well with managing the squares as a mechanic, the additional rules to explain square mechanics are ultimately more complicated than an open-table method. There is no time saved with eliminating the need to measure distances with a tape/ruler, as you have to add up the Movement Points / Range Points, and of course there are a few fiddly things that happen - common sense can sort them out. <i>Interestingly, I've found this the case with pretty much all gridded games, both on land and at sea.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4) Adding more ships to the mix really changes the game! There are opportunities for your bacon to get fried especially when the ships are close together. And of course gamers are always ready to run risks that real captains would not...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This last time out, I played with the below changes and was pleased with all of them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Rule Changes:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dicing for additional movement, by the fraction of the MP available v. the total needed, e.g. if you need 3 Movement Points to move diagonally, and only have 2, you move another square on a 1-4 of a d6 [2/3] if you want to try it. <i>I was torn between using Crew Value and just approaching it as a time/distance issue, and went with the latter</i>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Setting a sail speed that is lower than the total MP available at that wind angle, e.g. if your max Movement Points is 5 on a Beam Reach, you can set sail for anything less so 1-4 MP.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Presently, you subtract the Rate of the Firer from the rate of the Target, so a 6th Rate ship firing at a 3rd Rate ship starts at -30. This takes into account the mass and hull strength [damage resistance] of the larger ship, as well as the lower "weight" of the smaller ship's broadside. I don't think this should apply to rigging, however, as all rigging is vulnerable to even the smaller 9 and 12 pound guns, and Fire at rigging is already -10.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The oddity of the square grid results in an diagonal moving ship crossing a diagonal moving ship can't rake it at one hex distance - I just allow it when it moves anyway.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tacking results in a -10 Fire Penalty, but not Wearing. My understanding is that while Wearing is easier, it is still crew-intensive, so should also incur the -10 penalty.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Entering a square of an enemy ship is automatically a fouling event. A bit odd since the square is about 400-500 yards wide! So I roll a d10 - you have to roll under your present crew value to miss or to successfully foul [grapple]. The opposing ship has to miss their roll to avoid you. Grappling was historically quite rare and very difficult to do.</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A few other little things I'd like to see:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) Crew Value needs to be used more. I like it to avoid Fouling and for Grappling - perhaps one could have sailing mishap on more difficult maneuvers like Tacking and Wearing if a CV test is failed?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>2) </span><u>Missing</u><span> on Doubles - could result in a mishap of some kind?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>3) </span><b>Studding sails</b><span> </span><span>can only be set/taken in every 8th game turn. This is an odd mechanic and somewhat cumbersome to use. They give an extra movement point to ship speed. However, most actions will be over by Turn 8! So I'm going to allow starting with the studding sails set. I also want to try allowing them to be set in just a few turns, perhaps every 4th turn, or just rolling v. Crew Value to set or take them in. This will be a lot more important at the start and end of battles, mostly.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Overall, I'd say that these rules are a bit busy, around the same amount of work as Wooden Ships and Iron Men IF unusual events happen. However, if the ships choose to keep their distance and peck away at each other, then these would play quite a bit faster than WS&IM. Both sets of rules are a bit "gamey" in that there is sometimes more emphasis on mechanics over reality. Both also feel a bit gamey since they both use gridded playing areas, squares and hexes respectively. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ultimately, I think FS it is a great introduction to the Age of Sail for someone who is good at reading and practicing with the rules a bit, and not turned off by having to re-read a few of the paragraphs, or refer to rules about unusual occurences. These are not a fast-play set of rules, IMHO. Except for 1:1 ship duals, expect to play for 1-2 hours partly due to checking the rules. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That being said, I still recommend them as a good choice for anyone interested in Age of Sail or square-gridded games. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The next task is to try out larger squadrons of ships of the line, which would be the most classic sea battle anyway. A quick look at the counter mix shows about 5-7 ships a side is possible with what is provided.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Until then, happy sailing!</span></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-72790019640639560382022-02-01T22:28:00.000-08:002022-02-01T22:30:01.245-08:00Fast-Play WWII Naval "One-Hour Wargames"<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"I fear we have awakened a sleeping wargamer..."</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMS9RVWyBqiAEKXcEH7DBxpeNT6DH3ov5jDyhlgmNAGg5ho535Gns9dYVXZ-YzSoXZUMaoODGF_v8F4HZqd9xbmeG2UK_f3FX7B5mYVFF92eTZQJiM_YSE0QDJGbbyqEG9aTkEbzp2JRo1WS5CF8bXPiJJc7g1rO-1YFuF-TpTEn4ocFd1ZCWdz2m=s899" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="661" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhSMS9RVWyBqiAEKXcEH7DBxpeNT6DH3ov5jDyhlgmNAGg5ho535Gns9dYVXZ-YzSoXZUMaoODGF_v8F4HZqd9xbmeG2UK_f3FX7B5mYVFF92eTZQJiM_YSE0QDJGbbyqEG9aTkEbzp2JRo1WS5CF8bXPiJJc7g1rO-1YFuF-TpTEn4ocFd1ZCWdz2m=w470-h640" width="470" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"...and filled him with a terrible resolve!"</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">from: [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=7100">click</a></span></b>]</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Well, at least a terrible resolve to play a lot more WWII fast-play naval games!</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With building excitement for my periodic naval wargames projects, I redid my fast-play WWII naval rules previously posted [<span style="color: #999999;"><b><a href="https://redinthemorning.blogspot.com/2017/04/naval-gaming-w-admiral-winkie.html">CLICK</a></b></span>] in the distinct style of One-Hour Wargames. I used the 6-Hits and 3-dice mechanics, which are very similar but give less attritional outcomes [ie you can totally miss] as naval battles in this era are focused more on gunnery than attriting your opponent, and well, you really can miss completely in naval gunnery!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Mr. Winkie is getting to be a young man, so I will have to see if I can convince him to play this out on the table so for now this version has NOT been playtested! You have been warned... Do submit questions and ideas below, as Fb is well, evil, and a pain to track things on. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">These rules are focused on ship fighting, but give some - reasonable, I believe - nods to subs and airpower, which on most occasions were supporting the ship effort in a surface battle. My main thinking has been the USN v. IJN in mid-war, and perhaps the RN v. the RA in the Mediterranean, circa 1940-1942. You can tweak these to be a bit more specific as you like, and please send me your ideas!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Without further ado:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">One-Hour WW2 Naval Warfare<br /></span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By
Alexander A. Moore of </span><a href="https://redinthemorning.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%;">RED IN THE MORNING...<br /></span></a><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">SCALE<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This
is not very NT/OHW to define, but the scale is a 6 minute turn, 1”=1,000 yards.
This works out to 5 knots of speed is 1” for example, and 2” is a nautical mile
[nm].<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">SHIP
TYPES<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Battleship BB, Cruiser CA, Destroyer DD,
Submarine SS. <br /> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Force Composition</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> is using the regular charts
substituting as follows:<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Infantry = CA, Archers = 2xDD,
Skirmisher = CA or 2xDD as desired. Cavalry = BB.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Basing</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> should be about ½“ - 1” wide and long enough to give ½” of
space front and back. Put the naval flag, class and name of the ship on the
base!<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">TURN
SEQUENCE<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
Attacker takes the first Player Turn, the Defender then takes a Player Turn.
This ends one Game Turn. Each Player Turn is composed of the following Phases:<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Movement</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Player sequentially moves all his
ships.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Fire</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Player declares all Fire at a Target,
resolves it, then moves on to the next Target, until all his ships have Fired.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Incidents</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Opposing Player removes his smoke,
then rolls to sink his ships with six or more Hits.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">MOVEMENT</span></b><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">End of Move<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">End of Move<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">90°<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Start and/or End of Move. *<i>Submerged
Movement</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Turns</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Ships can turn up to 90° at the start
and/or end of the move as indicated.<br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Minimum
Move</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Ships must move
2” a turn.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">TERRAIN<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
terrain features in the OHW scenarios must be adjusted for nautical warfare as
follows:<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Woods
= <b>Fog/Squall</b>. Half move speed, Range within is 2” @ -1d6 to all Fire.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Town,
Hill = <b>Island</b>. No ship movement into area; blocks Line of Sight.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Marsh,
Lake = <b>Shallows</b>. Only Small ships may enter, or none at all as seems
best.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Rivers
= <b>Peninsulas, Reefs and Sandbars</b> [take your pick[ which count as impassible
terrain.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Bridge,
Ford = <b>Channel</b> thru Peninsulas 2-3” wide; may be passed by all ships.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Roads
= Remove from scenario.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">FIRING<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The
arcs of Gun Fire are 45°off the front, rear and right and left sides. Measure
between closest points of a base, or the closest smoke stacks. Roll 3d6 scoring
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Size<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Torpedo<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Battleship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">18”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">L<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">N<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Cruiser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">4+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">M<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">N<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Destroyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">5+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">S<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Y<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Torpedo: 6” Range,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3d6 @ 4+ to Hit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Submarine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">6+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">S<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Y<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Shore Battery<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">12”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">4+<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Yes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">L<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">N<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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Hits<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">If
target is Small or Armored, lose 1d6 for each.<br /> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">If
at half range or less, add 1d6. If Firing out to an additional 6”, lose 1d6.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Gun
Fire through Firer’s Front or Rear arc, lose 1d6.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ship
Torpedoes are only fired through the Side Arcs; Submarine torpedoes thru the
Front Arc.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ship
Damage and Sinking<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Each ship can take 6 hits, after which
they are Sinking. Roll a d6 for Sinking ships each Turn:<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">1-2 ship stays afloat, 3-4 ship catches
Fire obscuring like Smoke, 5 quietly sinks, 6 explodes! Attach all ships within
1” with 3d6 @ 5+, become 3”x3” burning oil slick obscuring as Smoke.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Suggestions
for Scenario Rules<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Fortified
Islands</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. If scenario
has a Fort, e.g. #15 or 22, the island may have shore batteries, which count as
Armored ships with 12” Range, Firing 3d6 @ 4+ to Hit. These are assumed to be
scattered around the island, so draw Range and Line of sight from any point.
Alternately, base them on two DD bases, and actually deploy them on the island,
then draw Range and LoS from them at 180°.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Mainland</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. If a side can’t go within 6” of the
table edge, the mainland is there, shallows, reefs, etc.<br /><b><o:p></o:p></b></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Mountainous
Terrain.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> Large island,
may have shore batteries or airfield.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Confusion</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. No Fire on Game Turn 1.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Scouting</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Morning mist blocks the player[s] Fire
one turn; the sun then burns it off.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Blundering
into Contact</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Both
fleets move in a column [line ahead] until 6” of the center island; each then
rolls a d6 to see if they leave it to port [left] or starboard [right] and
turns in that direction, keeping the island 3-6” away, until one of their ships
sights the enemy – they then move normally.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Wooded
Hill</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. The shore battery
is concealed by terrain, and Fire at them loses another -1d6.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Surprise</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Red ships may not move Turns 1-3, or
fire Turn 1. Get +1d6 Firing at Stationary Ships.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Scenario
23</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Eliminate the
river, keep the exit point – should play fine.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Red
Disorganization</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Red
Ships may not move Turns 1-3 so are Stationary. They Fire normally.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Elite
Defenders</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. The Shore
Battery hits on a 3+.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Redoubt</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. This is a Shore Battery that replaces
one CA and counts as Armored due to concealment. If invaded, a Landing Force is
delayed a turn dicing an attack while the obstacles are negotiated.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Optional
Rules<br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Submarines<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Only
the Defender may have a Submarine, which is exchanged for a CA.<br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Arc
of Fire</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Submarine
torpedoes fire out of the Front Arc; its Gun fires into any arc.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Start</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Submarines must start the game on the
board and Submerged. They set up with 2 dummy markers anywhere in the setup
area that may move like a Submerged SS. A dummy marker is removed when Hit by Gun
Fire, or a DD comes within 2”, or if the SS Fires Torpedoes or surfaces. <br /> <o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Submerged.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> Submarines may Surface or Submerge at
the start of their Movement Phase. When Surfaced, they are like a slow DD per
above rules. When Submerged, they have a 2” Move with no minimum, count as a
Target in Fog/Squall, and can’t Gun Fire.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Deep
Dive</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. A submarine may
Deep Dive at the start of its Movement Phase. This removes it from play. It
does not count as destroyed but as having left the play area.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Aircover.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> If one force has BBs and the other has fewer,
Aircover is available to the force with fewer and attacks on Turn 1, or the
first turn an opposing BB is on the table. Airpower attacks 1-3 Targets [1/2 d6
round up] and each target gets one air attack. The value of the attack is:<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3d6
@ 3+ to Hit if one force has one BB and the other none;<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">3d6
@ 4+ to Hit if one force has two BB and the other one.<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Air
attacks get +1 d6 if attacking a Large ship or Island.<br /></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Battleships
attract significant opposing resources as impressive targets!<br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">National
Characteristics for Torpedoes<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">IJN
Type 93 “Long Lance”: 12” Range, 3d6 @ 3+ to Hit. Cruisers may have torpedoes!<br /></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">USA
Mark 14 Torpedo: 6” Range, 3d6 @ 5+ to Hit<br /></span><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">If
using this rule, it is advised that the USN force get Aircover.<br /></span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Torpedo Hits</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> result in the loss of 1d6” of of
movement each – halve for Armored ships. Once all movement is lost, the ship is
Stationary. If using this rule, switch all Torpedoes to 2d6 instead of 3d6.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Island
defense</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. In scenarios
with a town that has no Fort, the defender may exchange one CA to give the
Island a Shore Battery as above.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Airfield</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. For the cost of a second CA, an atoll
/ island may have an airfield. This is an unarmored ship that may attack one
ship every other turn [8 total attacks] with a sortie of planes worth 3d6 @ 4+
to Hit and with unlimited Range. If an Island has an Airfield, it must first
have Shore Batteries.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Two
Targets</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Most BB and CA
in this period had two Fire Direction Centers and could handle two Targets.
Accordingly, 1 dice may be fired at one Target, and two dice at another target.
Each Fire is then modified according to the circumstances.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Target
Acquisition</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Ships
generally picked a target and stuck with it until it was out of the fight. This
is because acquiring a new target was difficult and took time and skill. One way to handle it is to penalize a ship -1d6
if it has started firing upon a Target this Turn. Another way to handle it is
to give +1d6 for “Fired upon the same target as last turn”. If the Target moves
out of Line of Sight, the acquisition is lost and the penalty is applied again.
<i>I prefer the -1d6</i>!<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Smoke</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Many ships could lay smoke as an
obscurant to enemy Fire. Smoke is a linear terrain feature along the path the
laying ship took this turn. If a Target is completely on the other side [ship
model or entire base, as you prefer] of the smoke, all Fire at it is -1d6. A
black pipe cleaner is perfect smoke!<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Variable
obscurants</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Fog,
Squalls and even chemical smoke laid by ships can be quite variable, largely
depending on the effect of wind. It is therefore more realistic to have a ship
decide on a Target that is obscured by these and roll 1d6 for the number of
inches to the Target that it can see. If it fails to roll enough inches, the
Target can’t be fired upon. <i>Alternately, subtract another 1d6 from its Fire
– it’s your scenario</i>!<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Minefields</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. Some setups may need an obstruction
that attacks, e.g. Scenario #6 Zone 1. For the cost of a CA, the setup area has
a minefield that attacks any ship moving through it once a movement phase at
3d6 @ 3+ to hit.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Hit
the Beach!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> Some
scenarios seem to demand that a Town/Hill be seized, not their batteries merely
silenced – consequently, the Island must be invaded! If both players agree, the defense gets a
Shore Battery, and the Attacker may substitute Transports for 1-2 Destroyers
[or 2 for a Cruiser]. The Transports may attack the island with a landing force
which has a range of 2” and attacks at 3d6 @ 4+ to Hit. If the Shore Battery is
based, then the landing Force advances up to 1” a Turn and attacks on contact,
per the Melee rules! Neither side may shoot into a melee.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Night</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. The IJN made huge efforts to prepare
for it, and even early radar didn’t improve USN performance much. The best one
can say is it enabled a sort of parity for a while, until the USN improved both
the tech and the technique of radar fighting. Easiest is to limit ranges to 6”
or three nautical miles on a moonlit night, using one marker per ship until
they are at that range. You could shorten it to 3” even for a new moon. Expect
the fight to be short and violent! For
variable visibility, roll a d6 and add it to the Range you set each time a ship
Fires at a Target – if it falls short the target is out of Line of Sight. Ships
that fire always replace their marker. For flares, Fire them at the start of
the Fire Phase, make visibility 6” or 3” around the flare depending on the moon.
Ships that do not Fire and are not illuminated or within Line of Sight may
become markers again – markers cannot be Fired upon.<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> <br /></span><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Traditional
OHW Fire Dice</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">. You can
return the Fire mechanics to the OHW by giving the ships firing at 3+ the d6+2,
the 4+ the d6, and the 5+ the d6-2, and all ships get 15 Hits. But why?? </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span></div></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-61026961844768462142021-12-19T09:38:00.005-08:002022-02-09T19:40:27.476-08:00Review & Dual Playtest: Fighting Sail [S&T 1981]: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot, 1775-1815<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">A Trip Back to '81...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQS-3-FS_CrH91yjHOej1Umbz8joJz2tw5Qxmq1Qp-XhqA23GSsmCSbTFpflskUCujPtK5kcnb3oGS0YfXtdwe9qEiJ0YYsuLXM4-ePz24EeioCiuipVgRdUyQZGiL2QSZYyu5JVSl3olCi7VWvm9y-_t044yYmdjK_F1LEBkcQ5R9K37-fUjLzQ1z=s3604" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3604" data-original-width="2708" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQS-3-FS_CrH91yjHOej1Umbz8joJz2tw5Qxmq1Qp-XhqA23GSsmCSbTFpflskUCujPtK5kcnb3oGS0YfXtdwe9qEiJ0YYsuLXM4-ePz24EeioCiuipVgRdUyQZGiL2QSZYyu5JVSl3olCi7VWvm9y-_t044yYmdjK_F1LEBkcQ5R9K37-fUjLzQ1z=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">...no, not 1781 - 1981!</span></b></div></b><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stumbled across a top ten list of Age of Sail board games at Board Game Geek [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/132944/top-10-naval-wargames-age-sail-and-shot">CLICK</a></span></b>], and couldn't resist checking them all out while on a dull bus ride. One immediately stood out despite the simple title that requires a lengthy sub-title to differentiated it from several other rule sets - "Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Era of Canvas and Shot, 1775-1815". This is designed by the distinguished author, historian and wargame designer <b>Joseph M. Balkoski</b> [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Balkoski">CLICK</a></span></b>] who authored many other titles of note [<b><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/673/joseph-m-balkoski">CLICK</a></b>], any of which I'd consider based upon this design!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This caught my attention because it uses a grid with 8 directions / facings, which I have thought for a while was better than the 6 available thru a hex game board, and a bit faster than measuring with a protractor all the time on an open table. Also, the commentary sold it pretty hard:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px;">"Fighting Sail is a brilliant little gem. It's innovative, easy to learn, easy to play, and has excellent historical flavor without bogging down in mundane detail. This is probably the best balance between playability and authenticity I've ever seen."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>REVIEWS, AARs, etc.</b> B</span><span style="font-family: arial;">est summaries are at Board Game Geek, unsurprisingly [</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5142/fighting-sail-sea-combat-age-canvas-and-shot-1775">CLICK</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">]. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">There are also a couple of interesting ship v. ship AARs on the famous HMS Shannon v. USS Chesapeake [</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/488130/fighting-sail-session-report-james-lawrence-vs-phi">CLICK</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">] and [</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1130294/session-report-chesapeake-v-shannon-1st-june-1813">CLICK</a></b><span style="font-family: arial;">] </span><span style="font-family: arial;">unfortunately without pics. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>GAME AVAILABILITY.</b> There were three good copies for $16 or so at BGG so I was literally "sold" acquiring a mint copy very easily. There is also a rules summary pDF provided by a gamer here [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5142/fighting-sail-sea-combat-age-canvas-and-shot-1775">CLICK</a></span></b>] at the bottom under "files". So if you are not interested in the physical components of the game, you can still check out the rules.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When the game arrived, I cracked it open and checked it out.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE COUNTER SHEET</b> is quite limited since this is a magazine game. The markers are order chits that show a ships Sailing Value, A - C [A is best], on one side and the other shows an order and the number of Movement Points the ship has. The ships are <span style="color: red;">British</span>, <span style="color: #38761d;">French</span> [one <span style="color: #38761d;">Portugese</span>] and <span style="color: #2b00fe;">American</span> with the usual top-down silhouette that works so nicely in many other games. Overall, they are quite functional if not eye-catching, but I like them better than Wooden Ships and Iron Men, anyway. Typical of S&T back in the day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOIOPjDEfKLlGX51RzWc3KF-qnF5zUYiz9J_TD_9p9oo4CAE9kW4HmI96S-iEWdIMnp3G_olGTiPC6Pc_tkFMi1hiezudokjZ_y4r_Du6ol3NHwn_Ta3UpGnhBf00YTNkT-rk0Ilf85zD4V6iLrZLe3xvJR7bal01ho8xuesN9glZX-Miti63sxa2p=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOIOPjDEfKLlGX51RzWc3KF-qnF5zUYiz9J_TD_9p9oo4CAE9kW4HmI96S-iEWdIMnp3G_olGTiPC6Pc_tkFMi1hiezudokjZ_y4r_Du6ol3NHwn_Ta3UpGnhBf00YTNkT-rk0Ilf85zD4V6iLrZLe3xvJR7bal01ho8xuesN9glZX-Miti63sxa2p=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div>Back side shows the order selections and the numbers are rotated to show the ship's available movement points. Once a ship has fired, it is flipped onto its white side which has a Fire Value of "0" to show it has Fired. Obviously, more important in fleet actions. But a handy way to keep track with the color change to white.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD26wRSeX6-L80hv1muhgiz_7UT5UbESoe_Znvim7EzRxCxBpCTOpEdHd7CaNdNQD45JlgmkSjC4-WBiZoA7b4jawe_W0D6cK_Tt2M7ZDojFT5d7nbNobRcvBjjMaABg8RuSmwVy2s_YKJqWcU_u3G3BAYwETVeoY1Q6V5KOyQhPimKPPv93ZSxVX5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD26wRSeX6-L80hv1muhgiz_7UT5UbESoe_Znvim7EzRxCxBpCTOpEdHd7CaNdNQD45JlgmkSjC4-WBiZoA7b4jawe_W0D6cK_Tt2M7ZDojFT5d7nbNobRcvBjjMaABg8RuSmwVy2s_YKJqWcU_u3G3BAYwETVeoY1Q6V5KOyQhPimKPPv93ZSxVX5=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div>THE GAME BOARD</b> is 8 folded sheets for a generous 22x30 squares, enough to contain a sizable fleet action in these rules.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuzCHodIe5g7k-5HV8CVCGoNuOguNhLdqPHJWBu_m7r9Y2arUGxu31fZJ7gqQ1nxxzaJmHWBPoTCvZlpUzjcAmSd6q84_VM4nMKKkEZUTRvTirHPpbq5peZZMuq0ktSeFT6zWC5qN8JYZYDwpIBjspNMyFpyrXsjl5dEx0p6LNTYSAn1CNdWHv4ZQd=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuzCHodIe5g7k-5HV8CVCGoNuOguNhLdqPHJWBu_m7r9Y2arUGxu31fZJ7gqQ1nxxzaJmHWBPoTCvZlpUzjcAmSd6q84_VM4nMKKkEZUTRvTirHPpbq5peZZMuq0ktSeFT6zWC5qN8JYZYDwpIBjspNMyFpyrXsjl5dEx0p6LNTYSAn1CNdWHv4ZQd=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I cover the board in plaskolite sheets to help flatten it out and preserve it - this venerable game is 40 years old! I needed to play on the raw paper so the light wouldn't reflect in the pics, and the blue ink is smudging a bit on the yellow order counters I'm noticing.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpSCPKqYGe1bfh-9g3-so_m_TdPvBw4jVth6wKdALr1Ovxr53GUHHCtCmBbwa4yigkYrNEhMFnpEmaxMZweiIqTQSieIC_DoCuXfH4uFM3q4xtumFCfjuPWEarnbj7bSJvBDBVJ8StM_4u60xs8Sfm163X8EZ5Tx3HICm8CtRCz367AlCEgrFxiyb4=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpSCPKqYGe1bfh-9g3-so_m_TdPvBw4jVth6wKdALr1Ovxr53GUHHCtCmBbwa4yigkYrNEhMFnpEmaxMZweiIqTQSieIC_DoCuXfH4uFM3q4xtumFCfjuPWEarnbj7bSJvBDBVJ8StM_4u60xs8Sfm163X8EZ5Tx3HICm8CtRCz367AlCEgrFxiyb4=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Felt bad to cut up this counter sheet, but it's a game meant to be played, after all!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt8ES6K1YGr-91uhdihiHbFMZUevDuzQmnvk3cEKqmgABC6FPnG7H6oTrL00UgrdMz2IGqT7g0RNQnGt9SYQkQwvMEG1Q7iWZbqki4R_gSNw8P1W0LAspiUM6NPs8MjZsJFpW-ff3novZCXIWa0MK9PKcKQ9wSdahmv6mjIx_AnNMrNSAW1y-NI2zC=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt8ES6K1YGr-91uhdihiHbFMZUevDuzQmnvk3cEKqmgABC6FPnG7H6oTrL00UgrdMz2IGqT7g0RNQnGt9SYQkQwvMEG1Q7iWZbqki4R_gSNw8P1W0LAspiUM6NPs8MjZsJFpW-ff3novZCXIWa0MK9PKcKQ9wSdahmv6mjIx_AnNMrNSAW1y-NI2zC=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unfortunately I had to depart on real-life military adventure for ten days, so had to wait a few weeks until I could playtest. I read the rules very closely a few times, and then photocopied them so I could mark them up without damaging an antique! The read pretty clearly, definitely among the better written sets of rules I've read.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE RULES</b> cover all the essential aspects of naval warfare in the age of sail, including: ocean swell, Studding Sails, Boarding Actions, Fouling and Unfouling, and gun Fire. <b>Fire</b> has modifiers for the Rate [size] of ship, Range, Damage, Firing at Rigging v. Hull, Critical Hits [masts, wheel, and fire], Rakes and Initial Broadsides. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE SCALE</b> is given at 7.5 minutes a turn, which makes for 8 turns an hour. This is reflected in the Strategic Cycle of the Turn Sequence where ocean swell, ship fires and studding sails are handled. There is no ground scale [ocean scale?] given, but some simple math with ship speeds under fighting sail settings [about 4-8 knots] comes up with about 480 yards per square. This could easily be enlarged to 240 or even 120 yards per square with proportionate multiplication of ship movement points and range points, but the map would start to get small. Altho it makes the fouling rules a bit unrealistic, the fact that ships fire effectively against a peer at only around 1-2 squares seems about right for this scale.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE SQUARE GRID</b> is handled brilliantly, providing <b>8 directions and turning points of 45 degrees</b> at which the ships can sail, two more than a hex grid provides [6 of 60 degrees]. More importantly, the nautical compass had 32 points so <i>eighths</i> fits nicely into that convention. <i>It is worth reflecting that most nautical / English measurements are in halves and quarters, not tens / decimals [which is a metric convention]. Why? My thought is that it is easy to halve a length and then halve it again, quartering it, then halving it again, making eighths, etc</i>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>DIAGONAL v. ORTHAGONAL</b> is also smartly handled. Ships spend 3 MPs to move diagonally and 2 MPs to move orthaganally. This is 94% accurate which should be enough for even a picky gamer!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE ABSTRACTION LEVEL</b> is "just right" in that if you are playing the larger scenarios of 6-15 ships total, you can see what is happening with your squadron but don't get bogged down in useless details - the admiral doesn't care if the fire is in the galley or the sail storage locker. It is effects that are usually shown in the rules. While the ship v. ship actions could fit in some more details, they aren't necessary and only add color / flavor at the risk of bogging down the game. As it is, a ship v. ship action is a nice quick game of 30-45 minutes or so.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I selected 1-on-1 ship dual, the <b>Shannon v. Chesapeake</b> from the scenarios because the ships are very similar and I wanted to concentrate on the rules and tactics, not ship differences. Also, there are already two AARs posted about it at Boardgame Geek - may as well add to the list! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Altho the historical placement is different according to Mark Joseph's AAR [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/1130294/session-report-chesapeake-v-shannon-1st-june-1813">CLICK</a></span></b>] and the wiki article [<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_USS_Chesapeake">CLICK</a></span></b>] I stuck with the Rules As Written [RAW] for now as this is a playtest and review. Only change is I moved them closer to the center of the board to show the wind and game title better. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Below, wind is from the NorthWest. Cpt Broke's Shannon at top and Cpt Lawrence's Chesapeake 4 squares [sq] below.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgogx_zxKS0plDdHWsoawXP3xNiLvlibcbz_rPT4SmIknBuOroZXn-zgcwAdIqvdOHZQM5nw6LQ7vCbvFIoZx0EeRbJ9MqJUO0kVnbatPFD-X8y2Dz6373yJ2-lZ07FkQrTBO2aSagf1FlrLgPPJA1U3AA7dY72Uwt8TnsCzxk5-AzfdKJFiZQhvhrx=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgogx_zxKS0plDdHWsoawXP3xNiLvlibcbz_rPT4SmIknBuOroZXn-zgcwAdIqvdOHZQM5nw6LQ7vCbvFIoZx0EeRbJ9MqJUO0kVnbatPFD-X8y2Dz6373yJ2-lZ07FkQrTBO2aSagf1FlrLgPPJA1U3AA7dY72Uwt8TnsCzxk5-AzfdKJFiZQhvhrx=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Also needed are <b>THE ORDER COUNTERS</b> and two dice each of different sizes - the large dice is the "tens" and the small the "ones" so they would read 63 and 41 respectively if rolled for the above results. <b>The orders</b> all show the ships Sailing Value, A B or C, on one side, so the order can be hidden on the other side.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggV7KSb2TyKARVphX4oCKgWdsBl6JzSjoTV49dOz4Fr1dXG9om_I6RUeAoRYVupynKY65MmXgSbrFo3Yig2C-HIFwYWsE9Pi3aOXw1vzDsZRvDy6xNHW3EtBpFppHcqTOkO1ggWXn_XQudQ2dvA9PcZ6ma4kurS1frMdShrKr31Wd5u1Fangp6iYAc=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEggV7KSb2TyKARVphX4oCKgWdsBl6JzSjoTV49dOz4Fr1dXG9om_I6RUeAoRYVupynKY65MmXgSbrFo3Yig2C-HIFwYWsE9Pi3aOXw1vzDsZRvDy6xNHW3EtBpFppHcqTOkO1ggWXn_XQudQ2dvA9PcZ6ma4kurS1frMdShrKr31Wd5u1Fangp6iYAc=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A closeup of the orders showing the options. <b>Ahead</b> is forward. Turns are <b>Port</b> / left and <b>Starboard</b> / right, requiring one but allowing up to two 45 degree turns to the side selected. <b>Wear</b> is to turn around with the wind behind you: <b>Tack</b> is the same but with the wind in front of you. When you reveal orders you also rotate them to show how many Movement Points [MP] a ship has - there are 5 total wind angles resulting in MP values from 3-6. Also, the side with the most ships with the highest MPs gets The Weather Gauge and can dictate the order in which ships move. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>The Weather Gauge</b> rule is a powerful mechanic and probably has to be toned down a bit. For a 2-ship action, it is pretty easy to manage as most of the time a ship can only move one sq, so it is usually only affecting who moves [and fires] first and who gets the counter-move and counter-fire. The rule plays like an old-school overwatch mechanic in that you can interrupt any ship's Move to move and fire your own ships - this risks the game bogging down a bit. Again, not a big deal with two evenly matched ships.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>SOLO PLAY</b> is quite easy thanks to the Order counters. To play solo, I decided the Chesapeak's move first then selected likely order choices for the Shannon. Below, Port seems the right move for Chesapeake, allowing her to close the distance, while I can see the Shannon benefitting from Ahead, Starboard or Wear orders...</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1mnSusTf-wQdUSeTvO4uLf0LnGV-cnWpmvxaGPsSoJppC208FUotDZ_q7p_xXkGs33P83t1a_JmVlaJony3ZXYMi75lAUNlzcPNBNlxAHWU2J4CvqpMvD9rFwFv3_54_TWlglDInCwnvz76wS3czucctcBeFp6CClRsCH0uN_8kG7JgWhDVBWonSW=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1mnSusTf-wQdUSeTvO4uLf0LnGV-cnWpmvxaGPsSoJppC208FUotDZ_q7p_xXkGs33P83t1a_JmVlaJony3ZXYMi75lAUNlzcPNBNlxAHWU2J4CvqpMvD9rFwFv3_54_TWlglDInCwnvz76wS3czucctcBeFp6CClRsCH0uN_8kG7JgWhDVBWonSW=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">...so I flip them over and mix them up and select one randomly...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqq199-5CH-iHLarNTf_fRHeIRGTBz83yGTJ-mL4ozGm6UCOPJ6PCASIOWPwrx8XROYCFp8yBO-JrFmK__3q0X2UZmts0jDta1aAyy63Gp2IVjbCMMuoCxA7F-Qq6r_3MLFYexLIao_h0OKgCOosHRVXao7Qxv4buBCVeo6hBtrcDFf2Ei7-1dQiC=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqq199-5CH-iHLarNTf_fRHeIRGTBz83yGTJ-mL4ozGm6UCOPJ6PCASIOWPwrx8XROYCFp8yBO-JrFmK__3q0X2UZmts0jDta1aAyy63Gp2IVjbCMMuoCxA7F-Qq6r_3MLFYexLIao_h0OKgCOosHRVXao7Qxv4buBCVeo6hBtrcDFf2Ei7-1dQiC=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">...resulting in Ahead for Shannon. I did this nearly all the time unless there was one order that was so obviously the right one there wasn't really a choice.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI4oP85_zdSBvHU4MbQkmGrauBKupAI6HdDGqLqWRXN98insTddDdB1boiBBYg0ebX9D7oeiowUTRKeVFdCvHW7tuHkPT0c9ZMtvqREBg4OrurtCyDAxGRfcH47qtEj_cBZ6CjQkQ3bN-8GPHWjW8oHMKKhQZb_8U5Liq2lOx0cigEMv7zCJ6ZLpPj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhI4oP85_zdSBvHU4MbQkmGrauBKupAI6HdDGqLqWRXN98insTddDdB1boiBBYg0ebX9D7oeiowUTRKeVFdCvHW7tuHkPT0c9ZMtvqREBg4OrurtCyDAxGRfcH47qtEj_cBZ6CjQkQ3bN-8GPHWjW8oHMKKhQZb_8U5Liq2lOx0cigEMv7zCJ6ZLpPj=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Shannon has an Ahead with 4 MP from her wind angle of Running. Chesapeake has a Port order with 6 MP from her wind angle of Broad Reach, the best wind angle for these ships to to sail. Chesapeake automatically has The Weather Gauge.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi12snTaI29fyREzBke0bH-VwSSvU-fQG2D1y_7q3IneFJVFkI2vzIuuj4MhtSaXwo5wovbCpUmdbYBAXzexcSOmDKNZsB76UTv0OeWZupizr2v1SGd3jLP-ycZZaP94F7sRXlN2_xHe-GmaavV0qbbSo_AEPcdV0Hyxe2DHrGufQPXnD3vDWDXEnsI=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi12snTaI29fyREzBke0bH-VwSSvU-fQG2D1y_7q3IneFJVFkI2vzIuuj4MhtSaXwo5wovbCpUmdbYBAXzexcSOmDKNZsB76UTv0OeWZupizr2v1SGd3jLP-ycZZaP94F7sRXlN2_xHe-GmaavV0qbbSo_AEPcdV0Hyxe2DHrGufQPXnD3vDWDXEnsI=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake forces Shannon to move first, resulting in her moving closer but still too far away to get a good shot - a perfect use of The Weather Gauge advantage!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7xab5OYlA6qZDG2XDgfwsSRMzLCiftK2b0g2ktVMBDl1WJ84vOUwmuP5KurJSsPQwWIuIEmYbS_sG3ilOIIU5WaDpW9U113_M9K6MvnnMdUtPaELSGOvaDiCF8TGydkHPag2gVhn2HTDKV3AZ29ZafHXFcCs1U2gka5DGtSV6L5to6we8G7tsYYNh=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7xab5OYlA6qZDG2XDgfwsSRMzLCiftK2b0g2ktVMBDl1WJ84vOUwmuP5KurJSsPQwWIuIEmYbS_sG3ilOIIU5WaDpW9U113_M9K6MvnnMdUtPaELSGOvaDiCF8TGydkHPag2gVhn2HTDKV3AZ29ZafHXFcCs1U2gka5DGtSV6L5to6we8G7tsYYNh=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake then uses her superior MP to move a sq forward, turn left one point [each point is 45 degrees] and move another sq forward. This closes the distance enough for a good shot in terms of both range and a bow rake! Rolling a bit low with a '24' means that the Chesapeake inflicts two hull hits - and each ship only has 5 before they Strike their flag and surrender! <i>Rolling low is better in this game...</i></span></div><div style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Turn 1</b> ends with two hits for the Chesapeake and none for the Shannon - but Shannon still has both first broadsides while Chesapeake has used it's Port Side. </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It just took a few minutes to make the below ship logs - it took a lot longer to figure out what should be on it from reading the rules! <i>There was no example</i>.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqcvnQAP_SOqJe1ArmxbaxzemhN6ZzgVjneOx2kqb9FXbPSyGBBV31pe0mAc6dYmjKnYJ5CF3Z2H-5W4UfPdSNdBtg8Vc287_VBC1tkEhlhJ13MKahVDUnyHrarMUbk7-sIzzMRuIrp3p3Dq6Dkj_vOaVKW1TUJ6LRmxW2TxWmGoO1nuq_4EayZx4E=s2464" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2464" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqcvnQAP_SOqJe1ArmxbaxzemhN6ZzgVjneOx2kqb9FXbPSyGBBV31pe0mAc6dYmjKnYJ5CF3Z2H-5W4UfPdSNdBtg8Vc287_VBC1tkEhlhJ13MKahVDUnyHrarMUbk7-sIzzMRuIrp3p3Dq6Dkj_vOaVKW1TUJ6LRmxW2TxWmGoO1nuq_4EayZx4E=w640-h520" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As 5th Rate ships, both have 5 <b>Hull Hits</b>, after which they will Strike [haul down their battle flag and surrender]. At two and four Hull Hits, they have a penalty to their Fire Value. They also lose a point of Crew Value for each Hull Hit. The Shannon has a Crew Value of 9 and Chesapeake 8 - when CV is 5 or less a ship cannot Tack, and when 4 or less it cannot Wear [<i>these were crew-intensive actions</i>]. <b>Rigging Hits</b> affect MP in that at 2 a ship can only have 4 MP total regardless of wind [so more likely to lose The Weather Gauge] and at 4 Hits it can only have 3 MP total.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><b>Turn 1 ends</b> with the ships positioned as below.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9_S3ikyugG-q7suG-Du0Cpkv5ZJLjZpelHmC-cZ4ITkEny81vcQAE7kuzGXmR5cjBOIBjhy9Jm7zBnmErA4Usx6VuafmmIV9Q_hr5LZxvd_VmtaMF-tj84idgNZO_6GictdUtYYvXvf8fIeKiUgx1oT4x1vUaIt-npNbI45qDy1pt0-JsM_u5ksWa=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9_S3ikyugG-q7suG-Du0Cpkv5ZJLjZpelHmC-cZ4ITkEny81vcQAE7kuzGXmR5cjBOIBjhy9Jm7zBnmErA4Usx6VuafmmIV9Q_hr5LZxvd_VmtaMF-tj84idgNZO_6GictdUtYYvXvf8fIeKiUgx1oT4x1vUaIt-npNbI45qDy1pt0-JsM_u5ksWa=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 2 </b>and both ships have MP 4 based upon their wind angle, and will have to dice off for who has The Weather Gauge. Chesapeake could select Ahead and attempt another bow rake, Starboard is a bit risky and a Wear would possibly position her to fire her other initial broadside - that would be ideal! Shannon will have to move into sq 1311 and may benefit from Port or Starboard turns or just select Ahead.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe8f746w9D_Nr-MP5_s9QF_bjA924oaEyZTRPL0fVWC7A4aTxxY5THasErydyIvussk20UhgcCjdx5rVzQq94R9dBImtUGXnx86p9C660qQMpM20-93C1poutGbgxwGqZ9ZqHIQziLgJu2c5oDdfcnByVVyEzqA18rS94iWVGz0EQhCs8HoaYN9Vhs=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe8f746w9D_Nr-MP5_s9QF_bjA924oaEyZTRPL0fVWC7A4aTxxY5THasErydyIvussk20UhgcCjdx5rVzQq94R9dBImtUGXnx86p9C660qQMpM20-93C1poutGbgxwGqZ9ZqHIQziLgJu2c5oDdfcnByVVyEzqA18rS94iWVGz0EQhCs8HoaYN9Vhs=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Orders are selected then revealed: Chesapeake wins The Weather Gauge 5 - 1.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02xHt1tqyuzKgoOLPOl_G8Hp3JpYaBRn6j_ZWJgmx4CK4qIS3qnvHHsxoQ9sBwjV_ZhaowLItxcIh6mNXYyKfOyp6dv9ed1MySj8pmKpl_0uDijyWUoGL0PVDonGAtjG1a_k-5kQyPVfedv9bgosq9mRWhw-48ySFvea8rMOfC2MdtTpJDGe4xsU-=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh02xHt1tqyuzKgoOLPOl_G8Hp3JpYaBRn6j_ZWJgmx4CK4qIS3qnvHHsxoQ9sBwjV_ZhaowLItxcIh6mNXYyKfOyp6dv9ed1MySj8pmKpl_0uDijyWUoGL0PVDonGAtjG1a_k-5kQyPVfedv9bgosq9mRWhw-48ySFvea8rMOfC2MdtTpJDGe4xsU-=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If Chesapeake chose to move first, she'd end up farther away and decrease her Fire's effectiveness but fire first...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8-1ZZzPWryKH99pWpqjyefZS-iDF2LWX6G9eesGPjdvJWhxJUApg9Z1_NuLFFvh2Xp2uG9Td4NMkiqWvGSJJFRg7VR4c8VO_gU4DAOokSJHKywYShD__AIwJrKVOldQrSPJAoGgIHJfxPxNuWeInZhBFwdJ6jskl8nUhayQbK1PZ3t0wcqU_fOg8F=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8-1ZZzPWryKH99pWpqjyefZS-iDF2LWX6G9eesGPjdvJWhxJUApg9Z1_NuLFFvh2Xp2uG9Td4NMkiqWvGSJJFRg7VR4c8VO_gU4DAOokSJHKywYShD__AIwJrKVOldQrSPJAoGgIHJfxPxNuWeInZhBFwdJ6jskl8nUhayQbK1PZ3t0wcqU_fOg8F=w640-h480" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So instead, she lets Shannon move [and fire] first. Shannon moves one sq Ahead and turns two points to Starboard [oops, should have been Starboard order]<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHrvjmrUVe6Cdvzq7fzH1MOogALB10T0FLOxy_Ial62gnGkvhiYV8jdcLfDzrkXIxDsTYSHCFYyEY-rHmHMALsZ1iq4wTg4152uMDAGUYBfWq5Hm-OzVmILZ_CyyBhu6YpVCZdKVWc9b8Cz4hrTfEQzlNahQGYFqZErThuCIsjid7vUSwEsPx9ryaZ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHrvjmrUVe6Cdvzq7fzH1MOogALB10T0FLOxy_Ial62gnGkvhiYV8jdcLfDzrkXIxDsTYSHCFYyEY-rHmHMALsZ1iq4wTg4152uMDAGUYBfWq5Hm-OzVmILZ_CyyBhu6YpVCZdKVWc9b8Cz4hrTfEQzlNahQGYFqZErThuCIsjid7vUSwEsPx9ryaZ=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shannon fires for a 41 which is under her Fire Value of 55 and inflicts a Hull Hit. She's then flipped to her fired [white] side.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7eqfaZYW4BCkxiCmYxOSKqP0f9uk9olsfWtYNG33qF11IJvDEtXVXNrcEU3FX534WDd-TR_LyDk8hnKHQlpFEZU_h80fPYUy78alpM1sTASgh2qv5w-D6AWgCKXxHOUMz2e7cqdOIrdzEo_cwbN7X7bKjFrgu7r9-B-oJksQgVj5bQgZad-oINGgj=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7eqfaZYW4BCkxiCmYxOSKqP0f9uk9olsfWtYNG33qF11IJvDEtXVXNrcEU3FX534WDd-TR_LyDk8hnKHQlpFEZU_h80fPYUy78alpM1sTASgh2qv5w-D6AWgCKXxHOUMz2e7cqdOIrdzEo_cwbN7X7bKjFrgu7r9-B-oJksQgVj5bQgZad-oINGgj=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake then Wears downwind and rolls low, but misses inflicting 2 Hull Hits by 1 pip - she needed a 14, not 15. This would have left Shannon crippled and almost ready to Strike! A close call...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLjFTGF0blwLb081F9oqMGKYPIWcSDExVBnXhhnkNA99TPuW3Q2hjQOBEX2wvneLpyua-aV_W-rIzA61tMWRnDUp81Jw7pKZ_0mRJNBkIQJnlIOwDot_EysKgFSpgu1UiREXyaVeehgE35rall6PLvzhGV-dIHYHoPJ3hONrno87Qao62cgjey9U79=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLjFTGF0blwLb081F9oqMGKYPIWcSDExVBnXhhnkNA99TPuW3Q2hjQOBEX2wvneLpyua-aV_W-rIzA61tMWRnDUp81Jw7pKZ_0mRJNBkIQJnlIOwDot_EysKgFSpgu1UiREXyaVeehgE35rall6PLvzhGV-dIHYHoPJ3hONrno87Qao62cgjey9U79=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Turn 2 ends</b> with both ships having fired. Damage is heavily in Chesapeak's favor at 3-1 Hull Hits. But she has used both Initial Broadsides.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrqUWUH91i_d8Xq9VwQ09VHaitb3GmDqWtXKV07hjKpjAv3bmh8mGjwjmGxHBW93qccWinwoJHxIzcO7oPz5BDvbyjzE67RuyAxmWfQWIam5NhPRe03XBuJqu2-gCipkQZaoPXB9feHvS_ZXHXZk5bJEvzOPk0i8lrc5v5AZ837KqaahWG0o2GkRKu=s2492" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="2492" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrqUWUH91i_d8Xq9VwQ09VHaitb3GmDqWtXKV07hjKpjAv3bmh8mGjwjmGxHBW93qccWinwoJHxIzcO7oPz5BDvbyjzE67RuyAxmWfQWIam5NhPRe03XBuJqu2-gCipkQZaoPXB9feHvS_ZXHXZk5bJEvzOPk0i8lrc5v5AZ837KqaahWG0o2GkRKu=w640-h514" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 3</b>, Shannon orders a Wear and Chesapeake Starboard, but both have 4 MP so they dice off and Shannon gains The Weather Gauge winning 5-4.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiTz2qObRYrNmtETvTEQJQmk7rXIqDHPTi0V3UbypayWVDKAPmXGqGwB_dOUOEQEnjep1-qxsbcbkGVkWqYUbGFwpRCc_zPm7fLFQERZwsGiVHQLh_yCrL2z_68cNPi5tEn4vboNDGvtPojl7lUNhQJ92_AjVSDpP3D8-atyfVQWq2VE2u-EwFL6yo=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhiTz2qObRYrNmtETvTEQJQmk7rXIqDHPTi0V3UbypayWVDKAPmXGqGwB_dOUOEQEnjep1-qxsbcbkGVkWqYUbGFwpRCc_zPm7fLFQERZwsGiVHQLh_yCrL2z_68cNPi5tEn4vboNDGvtPojl7lUNhQJ92_AjVSDpP3D8-atyfVQWq2VE2u-EwFL6yo=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She goes first and Wears downwind and Fires, inflicting a Hull Hit. As the dice are doubles it is also a <b>Critical Hit</b>! Chesapeake rolls a Mast Critical and her max MP is now 4, even at a more favorable wind angle.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBc2aTNDrBBjiaL-UXCajuDvZ27wWnUIG8e8E4VDzkX1WkQD9yb6_a8kpevd5iHj-rsQbmTPX-PIsmP1J5w5USt7NFd8qXdEwaFfHXTab0EohAXo4vnR510qxVGWS3T5kPUzeaV0BFYcqHCoReO-Wa6v0pKoJQ3jZoci24NChOvmhNz6AzzV2N0_CU=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBc2aTNDrBBjiaL-UXCajuDvZ27wWnUIG8e8E4VDzkX1WkQD9yb6_a8kpevd5iHj-rsQbmTPX-PIsmP1J5w5USt7NFd8qXdEwaFfHXTab0EohAXo4vnR510qxVGWS3T5kPUzeaV0BFYcqHCoReO-Wa6v0pKoJQ3jZoci24NChOvmhNz6AzzV2N0_CU=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake Fires and misses. Too bad...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkSrIN67K9nQujDdsK2PB1y84Rr8dk56micz1c6MH237hBEzWoabYNQrx2EaZj9MEGnKTOfvkSy1WFt3d4058YyUiTS-oqAV52XHO_Tcv4XIUhu3QGVAWZpmBzO32joujHE0q26AgkOIBVJGcrXNbppSnP_3KNqDD1javeSPkweZOCoUXjDwCfB36R=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkSrIN67K9nQujDdsK2PB1y84Rr8dk56micz1c6MH237hBEzWoabYNQrx2EaZj9MEGnKTOfvkSy1WFt3d4058YyUiTS-oqAV52XHO_Tcv4XIUhu3QGVAWZpmBzO32joujHE0q26AgkOIBVJGcrXNbppSnP_3KNqDD1javeSPkweZOCoUXjDwCfB36R=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">...as <b>Turn 3 ends</b>...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8V-0XzgxSX3WeNsTMkLlGF16HBRAFGCw5TzW7kxcUvFA0JikEI26PNprkV5_gEtOCnJHFLJPjtiReeZ_X-q4O4Wygm37YIocj1T6cOeIJZ1I1elku0b1qOwvE1EfT2RVrGHfGXmFtqHfau67BUdi0eaDctb4hvr9YGs63kyE7Y5A9ShPmgEyxATCp=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8V-0XzgxSX3WeNsTMkLlGF16HBRAFGCw5TzW7kxcUvFA0JikEI26PNprkV5_gEtOCnJHFLJPjtiReeZ_X-q4O4Wygm37YIocj1T6cOeIJZ1I1elku0b1qOwvE1EfT2RVrGHfGXmFtqHfau67BUdi0eaDctb4hvr9YGs63kyE7Y5A9ShPmgEyxATCp=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shannon has closed in a bit on the damage, but is still behind, and has also Fired both Initial Broadsides.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2C_Lyd_O_ccalN4ckj9-x2Ge69hUABmQSTF-JBnprMjii-0HqUh072NoPgrbarGpwbL-pQXOYwE2r7HDZQrfNj41vF4gmKLQ3Z0q2KGKld2DEDGBR0Nu7wqlgsB5kYVbx8Hik6HyWBHs9CV5kkcmRpPRChQsGadNwLOrE8unHYra0Y6g8zR4PFh_b=s2776" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2776" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2C_Lyd_O_ccalN4ckj9-x2Ge69hUABmQSTF-JBnprMjii-0HqUh072NoPgrbarGpwbL-pQXOYwE2r7HDZQrfNj41vF4gmKLQ3Z0q2KGKld2DEDGBR0Nu7wqlgsB5kYVbx8Hik6HyWBHs9CV5kkcmRpPRChQsGadNwLOrE8unHYra0Y6g8zR4PFh_b=w640-h498" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 4</b>, Shannon had the luxury of knowing she would have The Weather Gauge with 4 MP to 3MP regardless of order. Choosing a Wear was therefore not risky.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK1oGTqQ9wLYLBarSyiABgB_ThygYK-VsDkpoU4QJoYWI24i0rL41U3vMDkSwQ8EcMkvxTWtPU5z7df19fE2__35rmQ_W1ojy8rAwU-OKUXlfESVoLVOQrf0XYEXQTF64yMVj19kb6AD8nxzupk3ctnHpn88J891BIaANIJR1WrMfUGhqcuMhOAIyc=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK1oGTqQ9wLYLBarSyiABgB_ThygYK-VsDkpoU4QJoYWI24i0rL41U3vMDkSwQ8EcMkvxTWtPU5z7df19fE2__35rmQ_W1ojy8rAwU-OKUXlfESVoLVOQrf0XYEXQTF64yMVj19kb6AD8nxzupk3ctnHpn88J891BIaANIJR1WrMfUGhqcuMhOAIyc=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shannon Wears downwind and Fires for another Hull Hit with a stern Rake!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8q5YNAdr3tDXICQvaENPlD-xbq_EIFFVps9blsPB66Uyee1aaM0MnJYuE5zaQPbDzZIUBdmOCphxpqHhxQZsx1uZ9nEtaNMjM2wZEU1i3ERGZHKs-8CjQa82gZ0CYpyQmnyjkZ0DExrSEbzITQTSefl-oE8kxBpomVtVpL84wNVOlTSg27THntd7u=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8q5YNAdr3tDXICQvaENPlD-xbq_EIFFVps9blsPB66Uyee1aaM0MnJYuE5zaQPbDzZIUBdmOCphxpqHhxQZsx1uZ9nEtaNMjM2wZEU1i3ERGZHKs-8CjQa82gZ0CYpyQmnyjkZ0DExrSEbzITQTSefl-oE8kxBpomVtVpL84wNVOlTSg27THntd7u=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake then Tacks but her Fire roll is too high so misses again!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfmkG-xim9vwDxpFR_aP2WB5upnC6zn9ZddaHlzWRjuudzzPtKT99qQ5vR38YOX5X8YXZizNqm0QPn4IXnWE9J3qDYZOp2p_0l-NQWRFJ6CS59nV_9_BPbDpVctfe9WRo4Wvux1cIcXxG4znIWE7KXUXKSwyqiyb6GKYza-jRckboS9J6Cs9nQT8n3=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfmkG-xim9vwDxpFR_aP2WB5upnC6zn9ZddaHlzWRjuudzzPtKT99qQ5vR38YOX5X8YXZizNqm0QPn4IXnWE9J3qDYZOp2p_0l-NQWRFJ6CS59nV_9_BPbDpVctfe9WRo4Wvux1cIcXxG4znIWE7KXUXKSwyqiyb6GKYza-jRckboS9J6Cs9nQT8n3=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Turn 4 ends</b> with Shannon on the opposite tack from Chesapeake and again certainly holding The Weather Gauge for next turn.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghOkd7qb8Yq9HmTIyBiXwSLZsj761p1RdBfnRSfTuMqWtIB9Ppr8t2x4S8NmTXKM4ga44gudnoRnizXybgEK3XFfkpmVgdYlcpS792ac3e9yS2_tDxjly3C1sY-zmv4zzpUH2_BJAV4WO6IVQ_PRlZ3_Q3augSeiYDgdfQ4iZMByoCZY7NxyCfjgKd=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghOkd7qb8Yq9HmTIyBiXwSLZsj761p1RdBfnRSfTuMqWtIB9Ppr8t2x4S8NmTXKM4ga44gudnoRnizXybgEK3XFfkpmVgdYlcpS792ac3e9yS2_tDxjly3C1sY-zmv4zzpUH2_BJAV4WO6IVQ_PRlZ3_Q3augSeiYDgdfQ4iZMByoCZY7NxyCfjgKd=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 5</b> begins with both ships choosing to close in on each other with Starboard turns.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKLSq1_VxGANIWREixDZ8vClccX5PkdaviEV7oyGqVmg_mUHRixpSaBe-ksVJyFhIUYv5JPiS50NivoC9tu24sq2YeV8lG7vyEP8-5Y061ncfGDJ07_YCGmh9kJpdtoLwCPyUbyySFfT1-3S4ofC-Sfxad9cnsyiaYPGRyZZ2k3RKVDoSReImPl629=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKLSq1_VxGANIWREixDZ8vClccX5PkdaviEV7oyGqVmg_mUHRixpSaBe-ksVJyFhIUYv5JPiS50NivoC9tu24sq2YeV8lG7vyEP8-5Y061ncfGDJ07_YCGmh9kJpdtoLwCPyUbyySFfT1-3S4ofC-Sfxad9cnsyiaYPGRyZZ2k3RKVDoSReImPl629=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With 6-3 MP, Shannon automatically has The Weather Gauge and chooses to go first, rolling well and inflicting 2 Hull Hits! This reduces Chesapeak's fighting ability, to worse than Shannon's so she now has the advantage. </span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM_6t2Xg8UDsPngfID7fw3jec1LazOGmva1x5nTmAi5K7UJoLmeAyGCH4xu6wB8dUMOZElNSYAONCvPA1dtB0dB_LPQLy6-ykO0ekslTt4apNNFjVdyfwlE3ctozRGJ5DTwpx3V6BcKQ7U6AJBPQQdzf1BXLdCG7P0Oj910_e_AfDzg0-NgPV9DFze=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhM_6t2Xg8UDsPngfID7fw3jec1LazOGmva1x5nTmAi5K7UJoLmeAyGCH4xu6wB8dUMOZElNSYAONCvPA1dtB0dB_LPQLy6-ykO0ekslTt4apNNFjVdyfwlE3ctozRGJ5DTwpx3V6BcKQ7U6AJBPQQdzf1BXLdCG7P0Oj910_e_AfDzg0-NgPV9DFze=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Chesapeake then goes, bearing farther off the wind and rolling quite well - the 24 will be good enough for another Hull Hit despite her damage penalties. The game is nearly tied at 4 Hull Hits each - one more and either ship will strike! The only advantage Shannon has is the mast hit that reduces Chesapeak's top MP to 4.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwn9AxxqfKJgRRpD6VApyDPRxGVUnjnCIPsvqOl0xE-SRdQWh4G9QOXb_d9YBJwgm4OhstR3Tc_0KgS2-hEosiRx-dxgd2yorpiyhNCvbxcYzqYkSDsqPh0dtkPv3FfRyyhrDBABbFdG1mYM6oS_5nnIQo7TJwSjWAlUE3NhOTg06G--evHCAhfrL8=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwn9AxxqfKJgRRpD6VApyDPRxGVUnjnCIPsvqOl0xE-SRdQWh4G9QOXb_d9YBJwgm4OhstR3Tc_0KgS2-hEosiRx-dxgd2yorpiyhNCvbxcYzqYkSDsqPh0dtkPv3FfRyyhrDBABbFdG1mYM6oS_5nnIQo7TJwSjWAlUE3NhOTg06G--evHCAhfrL8=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The turn ends with damage as below. Note that Chesapeake can no longer Tack due to reduced Crew Value.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5xvQqN3ImBipFSG3vVG3i4PQlwBDNn8e7NgKJSChAqBtxHPLX9hKRHd2KS1IhXJVXIEQuQ2cPjwxdEjrAEM8UcWnmXJIinQwrijnDnClWoGcIyybYK9j-NQ_8paqzDe1jZ4UDP0WeUcnNoZy8NXJfvhgXW49nYlVD1sljXL_QeXwsADOK6pH-mzzn=s2716" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="2716" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5xvQqN3ImBipFSG3vVG3i4PQlwBDNn8e7NgKJSChAqBtxHPLX9hKRHd2KS1IhXJVXIEQuQ2cPjwxdEjrAEM8UcWnmXJIinQwrijnDnClWoGcIyybYK9j-NQ_8paqzDe1jZ4UDP0WeUcnNoZy8NXJfvhgXW49nYlVD1sljXL_QeXwsADOK6pH-mzzn=w640-h518" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><b>Turn 6</b> begins with orders selected and Chesapeake winning the dice roll for The Weather Gauge - this could be her big chance to win the game!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC7kHYE4XMJPYbudj8KGUIdb8UUfajXU2CLIHrid2poc9dAOdtFu1OhRg7bg2pHdeS6l-tRNyb_5fwe1pjp9007qp1yEZBDsgF3k7WOGBx2dqf6pjyzTlHTiqZyv9B6ARgiixhqCss9vICqRS3FBRmEvZtZhXTWGbGpO4FUP642KJ9UdK3Ze9TYn8T=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgC7kHYE4XMJPYbudj8KGUIdb8UUfajXU2CLIHrid2poc9dAOdtFu1OhRg7bg2pHdeS6l-tRNyb_5fwe1pjp9007qp1yEZBDsgF3k7WOGBx2dqf6pjyzTlHTiqZyv9B6ARgiixhqCss9vICqRS3FBRmEvZtZhXTWGbGpO4FUP642KJ9UdK3Ze9TYn8T=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She Wear's downwind and puts herself right next to Shannon in a brilliant display of seamanship, then dices for Fire...and completely misses!<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHxD_g_pYb7mUpR2Pdh6KM1CjCPStBTguR0epzQYkIgB5rMNQ8OSZ6KqeVRoECzkXdieUlNMQLXh9Mlpu-STpjZC87KW9OObK3w4h8upLRXyS7tBfBItf8hzuMcIfPqNeOH216FojLJ_QtvP1rSqOuKQBXdHQBtHPCR5_3yGSMC2NaDjlXMxd3NdC=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCHxD_g_pYb7mUpR2Pdh6KM1CjCPStBTguR0epzQYkIgB5rMNQ8OSZ6KqeVRoECzkXdieUlNMQLXh9Mlpu-STpjZC87KW9OObK3w4h8upLRXyS7tBfBItf8hzuMcIfPqNeOH216FojLJ_QtvP1rSqOuKQBXdHQBtHPCR5_3yGSMC2NaDjlXMxd3NdC=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shannon then executes her Starboard turn and Fires...<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1pEDI165hweFuwx4AznlTU1rC0SOZej8ni10DGpox15AUya4kAoQQ6nCEB4swNEUAbXt-IuF95qOHSpvwF9TESqynxUzRO7WEzowucmG2knlWMvi0QXCOGdZMMaafhneWmyWCquNNo3fJzRnrXM54AE_8WcPEgTv4aYeRO_YdGghgtfD5faLn3nXN=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1pEDI165hweFuwx4AznlTU1rC0SOZej8ni10DGpox15AUya4kAoQQ6nCEB4swNEUAbXt-IuF95qOHSpvwF9TESqynxUzRO7WEzowucmG2knlWMvi0QXCOGdZMMaafhneWmyWCquNNo3fJzRnrXM54AE_8WcPEgTv4aYeRO_YdGghgtfD5faLn3nXN=w480-h640" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div>...rolling a 33 and a Critical Hit! This is diced off and results in a second Mask Critical, which would reduce Chesapeake to a max of 3 MPs a turn, so unlikely she would win The Weather Gauge if Capt Broke was diligent in handling Shannon. Chesapeake has 5 Hull Hits so Strikes and surrenders.</div><div><br /></div><div>Final damage result is that Chesapeake has a lowered max speed and can no longer turn across the wind. Even if she didn't Strike, her options would be limited to attempting to get away or a Boarding action at tremendous odds.</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSI3G4DDvgkuQXQvOuDZfUhCAbQCHBdood5IZqmMEfuAeajLJscIE8EggC3YP5yQlDQtjynex5sSo09MJMBrK-HWyo2eqnF5rPQx1EPcVa-Op6fKQHlcFYT1pEiv-277lKMO4ROh1tXy51VbKCkxQj5Yw45iv6A4LhOvgIOrVGm_ou8MUhT4lnFrbC=s2652" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="2652" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSI3G4DDvgkuQXQvOuDZfUhCAbQCHBdood5IZqmMEfuAeajLJscIE8EggC3YP5yQlDQtjynex5sSo09MJMBrK-HWyo2eqnF5rPQx1EPcVa-Op6fKQHlcFYT1pEiv-277lKMO4ROh1tXy51VbKCkxQj5Yw45iv6A4LhOvgIOrVGm_ou8MUhT4lnFrbC=w640-h476" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">An historical result that was filled with command [player] decisions and a few critical dice rolls settling the matter. Interestingly, Shannon's gunnery played the critical role in deciding the action, just like it did historically. Chesapeake's gunnery also missed a couple of important rolls that would almost certainly have turned the fight in her favor.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Review Summary</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The bottom line here is grab a copy of this wonderful little game! If you don't want the board game, then check out the rules pdf and try it with miniatures or counters from another game. I'm looking forward to a play with multiple ships per side.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Positives</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) The game rules are well written, cover all significant aspects of war at sea during the Age of Sail, and easily play any size action from ship to ship to fleet actions; the only difference would be game length.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2) The game is quite portable, and could be played on any modest kitchen or hotel room table - a ship v. ship action would mostly be on two 8x11" papers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3) Abstraction level is excellent - you get effects and what you need to know to make tough decisions.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4) Sailing is nicely handled. Altho the sailing mechanics are bent a bit to fit onto the grid, in a fleet action this is totally fine anyway. At the ship v. ship level, I would add a bit more variety in speeds, possibly doubling them and the ranges for a bit more handling and firing details.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5) All the mechanics flow easily and one is quickly only looking up a few things like Critical Hits and double-checking the Tack and Wear rules.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">6) The grid squares and sailing / movement mechanics force players to focus on decisive aspects of maneuver rather than the minutia of maneuver. This is great because sailing is FULL of minutia and few gamers need it. The most important decisions are presented and it makes for a great game.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">7) thanks to the order counters, the game provides an easy solo play system - just select the likely orders for the non-player side, choose one randomly, and have at it. The best part is you get some unexpected results and even occasionally mistakes that add drama and excitement to the player turn. Probably more interesting than the real thing!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Negatives</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) The Weather Gauge mechanic could be abused, I think. It could easily be toned down to deciding if your SIDE [as in all ships] goes first or second, with the resulting advantages or disadvantages of the decision.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2) There is no point system to create your own actions, and the selection of ships presented heavily favors smaller ships and smaller actions. If you want to refight Trafalgar, you will have to do some work or steal relative ship qualities from another more detailed game and adapting them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3) Crew Value [quality] has more potential to be developed, but it really wasn't. Mr. Balkoski could have used a few d10 v. Crew Value for more difficult sailing functions, which seems like a bit of a lost opportunity for some great optional or advanced rules.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So... </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">GET THIS GAME!</span></div></div></div></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-41620103598003154062020-04-24T12:09:00.001-07:002020-04-24T12:10:30.176-07:00Star Blazers Miniatures<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was shown in small episodes on Saturday morning reruns. I can't say it had a profound influence on my life or anything, but it is good - if lite - entertainment. At some point, we all need gorgeous bug-eyed enigmatic women to save our planet, don't we? Especially if they are offering us free engineering solutions to win our war against Ming the Merciless of Planet Mongo. Oops, I mean Desslock and the Gamilons, supported by Grand Moff Tarkin. Whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, what does this post have to do with Starfire? Well, the unavailability of Starfire miniatures at the time had me looking for an alternative to play Starfire rules in miniature. I wanted a very small, quick project, and this was the right one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Star Blazers Wiki <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Blazers">[<b><span style="color: orange;">HERE</span></b>]</a> explains the video distro - useful if you want to find/buy it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Star Blazers Fleet Battle System reviews <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3892/star-blazers-fleet-battle-system">[<b><span style="color: red;">HERE</span></b>]</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Star Blazers Miniatures are [<b><span style="color: orange;"><a href="http://www.starblazersonline.com/products.html">HERE</a></span></b>]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My order was from 08-29-2014, as the flat-rate box shows. It is focused primarily on the first few episodes with some space battles between Earth Defense Forces [EDF] and the Gamelons. It is easily among the most realistic space battle footage ever. Ha ha, just kidding, but it is fun and there is some maneuvering of the ships and blaster / missile action along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below, is the entire order. A bunch of physically small ships with just a couple of exceptions. My concept was to run a series of likely battles and encounters, and transports, minelayers, tankers, provide a great excuse for lots of encounters. Originally was going to use Starfire without any changes, as most weapons are there, including fighters and carriers. Of course, the Argo always provides a number of exceptions to any rule set, except maybe Battlefleet Gothic, which has a 40K equivalent of the Wave Motion Cannon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Larger ships like the argo are multi-piece and need some assembly. Delicate bits like the photo-etched parts come on a common sprue so there's a diagram of the sprue parts you need to use. Obviously, these might be a bit delicate for fat-fingered gamers at conventions, but the intent is more for 1-on-1 games on a small table, much in the style of Starfire, et al.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love this ship - don't know why! May have to swipe some photo-etched parts from the sprues of other models. It is a lot smaller than I thought, and in the TV series is called a "battleship".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Alex Wildstar's TD, an escort of them is in the Pluto battle. They all get wiped out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just imitating Desslok's voice is fun - can't have Star Blazers without him! His ship is pretty cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This looks like another interesting model to have on the table. Clearly different, obviously a support ship, I think it will work well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Perfect! All it needs is "Exxon" written on the sides! 1mm wire was NOT included, meh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like nearly all the Gamilon ships. If I could get these little ones in 2" versions, I might have put up the money, but that would be a larger-scale of ship game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Uncertain if this is supposed to be more or less powerful than the high speed cruiser above - but hey, they are aliens so we can't insist they adhere to Jane's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nice small ship. Great opponent for the EDSF TD above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are, well, just too big. Dunno what I'll do with them. Wish I could sell them back or get a discount for not taking them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Generally, the "capital ships" are 1.25-2" long. The minor ships are about 0.5". This makes them perfect for 1" hexes if there is zero stacking or they are mounted in groups. I plan to fight them individually as a pocket game in the TFG / Metagaming tradition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This order was about $40 shipped and I think offers a nice balance of cost, prep time and game possibilities. I'd recommend this all and watching the series as light entertainment and a kitchen-table setup for space battles. If you are into small-table games [or have to be] then you should check out this genre and this line of miniatures!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The alternative is to go "big ship" and field mostly battleships in the 2" range, and multi-mount all the smaller ships in groups. this would increase the cost to about $100 for two battle lines, but would be a lot easier to see on a larger table. With the fragility of the models, I'm uncertain this is the right choice for a club night. For that, I'd rather use the Wizards of the Coast Star Wars ships instead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, the project has languished for six years. It shouldn't take very long to get them cleaned and ready, so there's not much of an excuse to wait!</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-90664724669008785842020-04-20T18:03:00.003-07:002020-04-20T18:04:19.220-07:00Starfire: another playtest<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newton's First Law: Is it really all that? Turning Starfire a bit upside down...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So another playtest, this time using the brilliant mechanics of Triplanetary [mostly]. Each ship can use its Ion Engine units as Thrust to change its vector by rotating the ship [1 pt], increasing / decreasing speed [1pt/hex]. At present, not using any additional energy allocation mechanics to concentrate on the movement rules. Using N1L inertia means that ships will move continuously unless they use thrust to execute a change. So to summarize, the critical points of this playtest are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- N1L, i.e. inertia, ships will continue moving on same vector unless they use Thrust for a change,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- No shooting thru the rear 60 hex angle [it widens each hex row for a triangle shape],</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Ships have <b><span style="color: blue;">5 Thrust</span></b> and <b><span style="color: red;">6 Thrust </span></b>respectively.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Thrust can be used to power Sensors that give a bonus on turn IN.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Vector recording on the sheet is by speed and direction, so 3-->1 is speed of 3 hexes in direction 1. A second direction is possible, so 3-->1, 1-->6 is 3 hexes direction 1, 1 hex direction 6. <i>directions are in the top left of the map, 1-6.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playing again, Scenario 1 of Starfire 2nd Ed, First Contact. For a decisive victory, the blue Frigate must enter the system from the warpgate [black counter, white cross], get within 2 hexes of both the Khanate Escort and the planet with an intact Scientific Instrument system, then depart thru the warpgate. With a quite generous 5 or 6 Thrust, preplanning isn't that big a deal [maybe it should be?].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First reaction,<b> Turn 1.</b> Discovery speeds up, Khanate speeds up and prepares to leave orbit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They sweep far north, gaining speed and looking for their exit warp point - they must bring word back to Terra - Aliens, hostile and technological!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6. </b>The Terrans sweep away from the Khanate vessel, plotting a vector for the warp point, and battering the aliens once more. The Khanate ship loses the range and the fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I'm getting better with the attack pattern, but it seems like I am not learning much with the defense! I was trying to use a slow speed and interior lines to keep in Gun range as long as possible, but it didn't take long until I lost the Terran ship in a burst of speed.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thoughts:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using the full Ion Engine units of the game results in too many possibilities for ships maneuvers, which is a bit hard to track and play out. The original Triplanetary gives each ship ONE thrust unit per turn, and a limited number per game that have to be tracked, and when you run out of Thrust Fuel you are a hostage to N1L unless rescued by another ship that gives you fuel. I think that is needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A simple and flavorful way to address the mass variety in Starfire is to just say that capital ships have Thrust 1, smaller ships have a 2, and fighters have a 3. This will change ship construction and points - again. Oh well, back to the drawing board!</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To summarize:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Directions should use the letters in the bottom right of map,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Ships should have 1 or 2 Thrust for massive or smaller, and 3 for fighters.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Fuel is a good scenario limiter, but would have to be tracked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Less is more. There's plenty to think about without many special rules or exceptions. The tension between Missiles / Point Defense and Guns is already a learning curve, the two weapon systems are very different.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next: Lots of time at the drawing board...</span></b>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-16699687416884409992020-04-18T07:48:00.001-07:002020-04-20T18:04:12.700-07:00Starfire: Reworked Tech Level Timeline & Ship Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b> Turning Starfire Upside-Down [a bit]</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OK, taking the plunge and going for sharing this draft. A number of goals were set:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Engine Movement was converted into <b><span style="color: red;">Thrust</span></b> / Newton's First Law. Ergo, Thrust is more important and priced higher.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Ships with large mass are now a bit more ponderous, with low acceleration [Thrust] and turn modes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- I got rid of most 1/2 space use - it's just a pain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The Tech Levels are quite different. They represent a more typical, "weapon development history as we know it" approach that pendulum swings from offense to defense a bit. So Ships have armor, guns and missiles at first. Then the Energy Beam shows up that penetrates armor [distance, evasion and overload dampener are your counter tactics to this]. Then Shields are invented to protect you from Energy Beams. Then the Laser Beam shows up that penetrates Shields, etc etc. You can at least understand why each Gadget is getting invented at the next tech level - some Admiral went into the R&D lab and said, "Dammit! We need something that can do _______ better!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- I plan to slow down the chronology of tech advance a lot, more like 20-30 years per tech level. This will mean that ship development will advance at a more realistic pace, sort of like from 1850-1950, instead of jamming all 100 years into a 5-year war with the Khanate. Sure, that may be what the future will be like, but...money and resources still talk, and your naval budget has to justify the expenditure!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <b>Notes</b> show thoughts I want to try out. Some of pretty certain, others are pretty speculative and may go nowhere. But the overarching vision of naval architecture, weapons and tech advancement is pretty set. TLI is a clash between systems as we know them, mostly; it may be compared to modern naval warfare in space [without the fighters yet]. The main tension will be distant missile shooting and Point Defenses v. Close-Range Gunnery, and I'm sure both schools of thought will have their advocates!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am particularly excited by the advance to TLII! The Energy Beam will be a significant tactical menace, making Armor useless and the answer will be distance, evasion and the Overload Dampener. I think that the Guns and Missiles will still be viable, just less decisive than capital ships with E-beams flying around! I may need to lower the hit chances a bit [due to attenuation] or enhance the ability to maneuver unpredictably to the gunnery computers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I welcome constructive criticism, just comment or email me at my gmail. That is brasidas19004 at the usual ending.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Hull costs in MegaCredits [</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">M¢</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">]</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and their Characteristics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hull Size<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cost<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Spaces<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Turn<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Mode<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Max<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Thrust</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Thrust<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cost<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Space /<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Thrust</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Escort – ES<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">33<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">8</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">0.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Corvette – CV<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">60<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>6</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">0.5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Frigate – FG<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">72<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>18<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Destroyer – DD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">130<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">5</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Lt. Cruiser – CL<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">185<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>35<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">0</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cruiser – CA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">300<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>50<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">10<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Battlecruiser – BC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">80</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>70<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">14<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">3</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Battleship – BB<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">5</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">100<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">14<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Dreadnought – SD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">9</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">00<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">135</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">5</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">16<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Freighter 1 – F1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">60<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">4<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td style="border: 1pt solid; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 157.25pt;" valign="top" width="210"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Freighter 2 – F2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>35<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>4<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td style="border: 1pt solid; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 157.25pt;" valign="top" width="210"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Freighter 3 – F3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">150<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in;">
<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>55<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td><td style="border-bottom: 1pt solid; border-left: none; border-right: 1pt solid; border-top: none; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.25pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 3pt 0in 0in; text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1.0<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Freighter 4 – F4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">250<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>90<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">4<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">2.0<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Base 1 – B1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Base 2 – B2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">250<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Base 3 – B3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">500<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>75<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Base 4 – B4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">750<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">Ion Engine units have been renamed </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">Thrust</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">. Adding Newtown’s First Law to ship movement makes relative acceleration the most important movement aspect. Smaller ships may now escape the clutches of larger vessels which are usually slower off the mark but way more heavily armed – but they need to have a quick-witted commander!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">Thrust cost</span></b><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">has been increased a bit. The ability to outrace a superior ship is almost always a matter of life or death for the weaker ship, so one might say that speed is the single most important factor in positioning, and positioning the most important factor for weapon range friction zones and therefore combat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;">The BC has been repriced to be what is was in WWI – a fast, heavily armed, lightly armored, but expensive patrol vessel.</span><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br clear="all" style="break-before: page;" /></span><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.2667px;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">System<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">M¢<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Space<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tech<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Level<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Special Rules<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Armor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Max 20% of hull spaces; ignored by E<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cargo Hold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">H<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Max 10% of hull spaces on warships, but all must have 1+ [SD 2+]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Bulkhead<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">B<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Max of 1B for every group of 4 H<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">G<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">*bang!*<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Missile Launcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">M<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fired at +10 Thrust? Volley marker movement?</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Ion Engine [</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Thrust</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">*<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">*<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cost & Thrust on hull chart, above<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Science Instruments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">X<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Per scenario victory conditions – scanners?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Multiplex Tracking<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">M<i>x</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">*<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">I</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">M2/30, M3/45, M4/65, +30</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"> M¢</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"> thereafter<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Point Defense<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">I<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">°<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tech Level I = pre-all Beam technology</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Gun/Missile Launcher<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">GM<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">20</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">II</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Energy Beam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">E<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">35<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">II</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ignores A and H – makes A obsolete?<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Overload Dampener<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">O<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">20<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">II<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cancels 1 E hit per volley; may cancel 4, but then burns out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Transverse Thrusters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Tt</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">0<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">II<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">10% of hull cost – reduces TM by 1, allows Evasive Action<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tech Level II = Energy Beam breakthru; bypasses A, countered by O, Tt only; results in total redesign of ships with much less A and >ECM</span></i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Shields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">S<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">0.5?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">III</span></b><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ignored by Lasers; could take up 0 space – added to all ships<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Datalink<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Dl<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">40<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">1<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">III<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Too cheap? Tech Level II?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Particle Thruster<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">Pt<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">0<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">III<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Decrease Max Thrust ratings by “1” [min 1]. *Pt is 10% of Hull Cost<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tech Level III = Shield breakthru; results in ship refits to</span></i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Laser Beam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">L<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">IV<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ignores Shields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Tractor Beam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">T<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2;">IV<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Shorten to 1 Hex & 1pwr/tech level; voluntary tug mainly</span><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">TL IV = L breakthru cancels S; S now leveled with A, each needed as have a weapon that ignores.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">25<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">TL V = Sp breakthru cancels T use as major tactic, so probably boarding actions, also. F is logical extension of T and Sp development</span></i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Primary Beam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ignores S, A, H, hits d6th system – can miss. Shoots e/o turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #ed7d31; font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">TL V & VI = P/P2 breakthru makes S and A of dubious value; Defense returns to TLII response to Energy Beams</span></i><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt;">As above, but shoots EVERY turn<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Warp Point transit exit velocity should be 1 hex/turn. This represents the momentum supplied by the transit itself, all other ship velocity was lost in the immaterium of the warp. This also makes strikes thru a warp point slower and gives the inhabitants more warning!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Unnecessary to differentiate port/starboard guns or shields; ships can rotate in reality, there’s no up or down!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">BFG Command Rolls: evasive Action [-1 H# penalty for you and your targets,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "lucida fax" , serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Advanced Maneuvering: better at Evasive Action?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">[Spaces/</span><span style="color: #00b050; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">4 </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">+0.5</span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">+3 </span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">+2.5 </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">=10]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Alkzar has a bit more Thrust than Discovery. While about half the size, she has identical Armor [4] and one weapon squeezed in, a Gun that is best at short range. As a system defense boat and revenue cutter, about all she may need instead would be one less A and two less I for another Gun; that would also be worth trying out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; text-indent: 48px;">Discovery has solid Armor in case she bumps into something while advancing the frontiers of science [or science fiction]. Her 4 Holds and 2 Scientific Instrument clusters [X] aid in her collection of data. She has one "weapon", a Missile Launcher that is normally used to launch data drones and scientific rockets around a solar system to explore faster. There are a few military grade missiles around, and a few other rockets that a talented science officer could jury rig into something that goes "BOOM!". But why would we need that...?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; text-indent: 48px;">So we have a classic encounter shaping up. A smaller, faster ship that likes to fight close up, v. a larger ship that fights at a distance, but feels morally obligated not to shoot first! Both have their essential combat power at the end of their system line, 7 systems for moving, fighting, and [for Discovery] the needed instruments to fulfill the victory conditions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; text-indent: 48px;"><b>Next up: </b>Scenario #1 "First Contact 03MAR2205" at an unimportant star, VX134!</span></div>
Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-28805998425141019522020-04-08T14:34:00.001-07:002020-04-08T14:35:07.839-07:00Rule Modifications for Starfire<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mass-ive! And they should act that way on the table!</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Maneuvering ships in Starfire (William H Keith illustration, Nexus 10, Task Force Games, Oct 1984)" height="335" src="https://66.media.tumblr.com/1be9861242a750a92969506ecd536796/tumblr_putudyMPwi1ro2bqto1_1280.jpg" width="640" /><br /><a href="https://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/186521407401/maneuvering-ships-in-starfire-william-h-keith"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/186521407401/maneuvering-ships-in-starfire-william-h-keith</span></a><br /><br />A good concise intro to Starfire, albeit a tad out of date:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.starfiredesign.com/starfire/introduction/">https://www.starfiredesign.com/starfire/introduction/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just shows how easy it is to use and adapt these rules.<br /><br />So, having fun getting back into these rules and definitely have more experience with naval games. This has helped developed some of my thoughts on space ship wargames in general, and what I'm looking for in a game.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1) History v. Fiction.</b> As a big fan of the WWII Solomon Islands campaign, I think that you can in fact have different navies, different ships, different tech and different strategic / tactical issues, and have a great naval wargame. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I think a lot of sci fi wargames give good tools for gaming, but they get into trouble when it comes to differentiating between [fictitious] cultures and their gear. History delivers the issues right into the game designer's hands. The last big space game I know well enough to comment on was Battlefleet Gothic, but some people insisted that the Eldar fleet was broken - it was probably just not easy to handle...most warhammer and GW gamers wouldn't know tactics if it erupted thru the lining of their stomach wall at breakfast.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>2) Newton's Laws.</b> I'm realizing that they matter to me, especially the First Law. They make it space instead of wet navy. Doesn't have to be "Ad Astra" level in detail, just give a good feel for inertia, acceleration / deceleration, thrust, etc. So I said that once you were moving in a specific direction at a specific velocity, you just continued at that speed/velocity until Thrust changed it [accelerate, decelerate, or turn].</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are a few things that I don’t like about the movement system; I appreciate the impulse mechanic being an attempt to allow players to move simultaneously without writing orders, but it is cumbersome. I sometimes forget which impulse I’m on! You can also screw up your ship movements by forgetting which are moving in which impulse – this is more a product of ship differentiation as if you make them in identical batches a lot of this goes away.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don’t like that it ignores Newton’s First Law. I have been tinkering with a very simple NFL inertia system and it works well. It also adjudicates power – the Ion Engine Units – to various systems to enhance performance. With the smaller scenarios, this gives the players an opportunity to do things that make sense but also achieve a bit of tactical surprise with EW / ECM affecting the to hit number.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>3) Ship design. </b>Dying to do this. Mostly in the area of making for interesting game play between different fleets with different gear. I think tactics revolve around the gear, and the hard part is making viable different fleets with different tactics.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>4) Dicing.</b> S</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">witching to d12 with a natural ‘1’ being a critical Hit that damages like a particle beam. This significantly speeds up play as each firing system can be a colored dice, and you can roll for all your shooting at once.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>5) Turn Modes. </b>Movement in a previous turn doesn't count for Turns. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I also really dislike tracking anything - ANYTHING - in any game across two turns, unless it is super easy like flipping a counter over to "disrupted side". So all turn mode movement must be spent each player turn and doesn't carry over. Think of the turn as less about time and more about decision points for captains and admirals, and you'll see it makes sense.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I kept the 2d6 rolling and the constant IN to the Khanate ship for this playtest.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Using my handy 99cent marble notebook, I've made a high tech record sheet, *ahem, seen below. In the first couple of turns, the Terrans research vessel <i><b><span style="color: blue;">Discovery</span></b></i> moved on spending Thrust to close quickly - scientific curiosity, no doubt! The Alkzar would like to keep distant but also protect the planetary outpost from the intruding vessel, ergo it fires a missile [with 2d6 still, didn't switch to d12 yet] and hits, knocking down Discovery's shield.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 3</b>, both captains pull some maneuvers, and end up on mostly opposed courses and much closer. The Khanate Khats just can't shoot and miss with their Gun. The missile knocks out the Discovery's Armor. In response, the Terrans roll very well - outraged sensibilities? "But we're SCIENTISTS!" - and knock out both Shield and Armor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 </b>[ignore that die!]. The Terrans speed off with a tactical victory. With nothing but one engine left, the Khanate isn't in a position to do anything about it. As it is a first encounter, the Terran scientific vessal decline to vaporize the alien vessel, hoping that a salvageable future is still possible with this species..."After all, Captain, didn't we intrude into their system? Surely it was a natural, if hasty reaction for most species?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, that was cool! I liked the continuous movement. You only need to fire up the engines when you want to increase/decrease speed or change direction. The power can then be used for other fun stuff. It definitely felt more like space and didn't require much effort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Obviously, another play is needed! This time I added in some more resource allocation and started to write orders each turn and track them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4.</b> The usual closing game had the Alkzar better positioned, but their obligation to protect the planet from the intruding vessel doesn't give them many choices. If they could only abandon their charge, perhaps they could snipe with a missile at long range. Still, Discovery has better weapons at long range, anyway, with the Laser way outclassing the Gun in range [almost triple effective range] and damage [double], plus it ignores Shields [not that it matters, there's only one on Alkzar]. With 50% greater engine power, Discovery also outclasses the little system ship in terms of game speed, 6 to 4.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6.</b> Alkzar gets pummeled for two hits and misses Discovery. Fortunately, the Terrans are not without mercy and begin to depart with an easy Tactical Victory. This could easily become a Strategic Victory as there's nothing the Khanate can do to prevent Discovery outmaneuvering it to get a 2-hex scan with its scientific instruments unless Discovery starts to completely miss every turn with both its weapons. Not likely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7. </b>The Terrans head for the Warp Gate. Alkzar rolls a critical hit with the natural '1'! This knocks out an additional system, but the total is one scientific instrument and one Hold.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Starfire’s use of missiles also is a bit awkward – you can shoot a missile towards your aft quarter at a ship going away from you at high speed, but it still accelerates fast enough to hit in one turn. This avoids tracking missiles, of course, but I think Battlefleet Gothic has it right when it handles fighters and ordinance [missiles] as the same thing. What is a fighter but a missile with full decision-making capabilities that can then be retrieved? </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When beam and other speed of light weapons arrive, relative speeds don't matter much, but the acceleration of a missile fired between two ships heading away from each other at speed 6 each at max range would be an acceleration in 30 seconds of around 32 hexes!</span></i></div>
Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-105524452241522192020-04-06T09:06:00.001-07:002020-04-06T09:27:52.676-07:00Return to Starfire 2nd Edition: Box Rules<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>I dig the rules, the graphics, EVERYTHING!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From my previous series of posts here <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://redinthemorning.blogspot.com/search/label/Starfire">[CLICK]</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /> Well, it's been over five years, and I've got the Space Bug again [not to be confused with the WUHAN BUG] which means more Starfire, and some rules experiments. Expect several posts on this, as I've already played a number of games and been re-reading the rules.<br /><br /> Amazingly, Starfire Design Studio has kept this game going in its many variations for over 40 years! Nearly everything is still available from Wargame Vault, here</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/browse/pub/9056/Starfire-Design-Studio">[CLICK]</a> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and there are even shapeways ships here </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.shapeways.com/designer/starfiredesignstudio">[CLICK]</a></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> altho they are a bit too big and too pricey for my purposes. There's some lively discussion at their forum, too</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;"><a href="https://www.starfiredesign.com/forum/index.php">[CLICK]</a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />I dig these rules. They can be played as simple or as complex as you want just by using - or not - the various weapons and ship types. The only thing missing for me is movement rules that are a bit more realistic / vector oriented. The rest of the rules seem to hold up quite well. Like many naval games, the issue of rules complexity has a lot to do with ship variety and technical differentiation. There's really nothing to say that in the distant future, starships won't be treated more like Sherman Tanks than WWII naval vessels, and production will be streamlined as well as cut'n paste with the technical widgets. Anyway...<br /><br /> These 2nd Edition rules have a lot going for them, still, and I strongly recommend you invest a measly $8 on getting them. They clean up the original micro game and its successor, </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/product/203971/Starfire-II?src=also_purchased">Starfire II</a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">[which added carriers and fighters, effectively taking </span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.wargamevault.com/product/203953/Starfire-I?src=also_purchased">Starfire I</a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">from WWI to WWII]. And even the scenarios have been re-balanced. A thoroughly cleaned up edition.<br /><br /> Well, to get back into the game, I first did a replay of Scenario I, this time with the 2nd edition. The victory conditions were tweaked in this edition, and seem a lot more realistic. The Terrans are still entering thru the Warp Point at left, and discovering the Khanate planet and its patrol ship. They need to get within 2 hexes of either with scientific instruments intact for a tactical victory, and both for a decisive victory. The Khanate side wins if he destroys Discovery [not your kindler, gentler aliens!]. It's a draw if the Khanate fires upon the Discovery and it escapes with news of "less than friendly" aliens at this particular Warp Point. The Khanate player has Initiative and the drop on the Discovery - Terrans can't fire for a full turn after being fired upon first.<br /><br /><b> Turn 1 start. </b>Khanate Escort class ship Alkzar is on routine patrol, towards the mostly likely point of danger, the Warp Point, facing it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Terran Turn 3.</span> Discovery positions itself for a stern rake [ships cannot shoot into their rear 60 arc]. Terran is always moving first as the Khanate player always has the IN. The Khanate player therefore always moves 2nd and shoots 1st!</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Discovery achieves a victory condition, getting a readout of the Alkzar with its scientific instruments at 2-hex range.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that was easy. The Alkzar may have the drop on Discovery, but the Terran Laser makes a big difference in firepower, and with 6 Engines compared to 4 for the Alkzar, Discovery is just too much for it to handle.<br /><br /><b> Naval tactical maxim:</b> if you are outclassed in BOTH firepower and speed, you are left with luck or prayers, whichever you favor. A small ship HAS to be able to out maneuver a large one as we will assume it is outgunned. <br /><br /> Probably the most effective small ship in Starfire would be high-speed with plenty of missiles, giving it some long-range punch. It can then maintain distance with its speed. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is part of the fun of Starfire - you can design your own ships. The question then becomes how you model design philosophy differently for the two sides lest they have identical ships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that didn't take very long, so I immediately played again, this time with the thought that Alkzar should try to maintain distance, forcing the Discovery to close in, get scientific readings, then clear out to the warp point - with its greater speed, it should be able to do so but we'll see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Well, that's all for now - Alex's work is inspiring me to get back to these ships and playtest the rules I was favoring, Bob Cordery's Portable Naval Wargame. The rules and many others are a free download here [<b><a href="http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html">CLICK</a></b>].</i></span></div>
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Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-70615113149367354772019-08-01T15:52:00.000-07:002019-08-01T15:52:47.934-07:00Ace of Aces - the miniature game<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Hexes!? We don't need no stinkin' hexes!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over with the old club the other night, and had a great chance to get into some WWI flying ace action with the hosts miniatures adaption of his favorite WWI flying game, "Ace of Aces". This was actually a flip-book *game* where the designers ingeniously hid the entire mechanics inside the book, and you picked a maneuver, turned to the page that corresponded to your opponent's maneuver, and a hand-dawn pic showed you what your situation was. An example of it is in the below image, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Wikipedia article [</span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_Aces_(picture_book_game)#/media/File:AceOfAces-Game.png">CLICK</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is also a nice amount of info at Boardgame Geek [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7103/ace-aces-flying-machines">CLICK</a></span></b>], including the market rate of the game in its various printings, etc. A really neat game, one of a rare breed, and I love the hand-drawn pics. May have to get it some day to play with my son while traveling by air, train, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, the host's particular genius was to figure out the hex-based mechanics behind the flip-book maneuvers, then translate them onto the table. He took actual pics of the planes on tile hexes, marked the start/end positions with color, then printed them on cards, like the below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above, start position in <b><span style="color: #f1c232;">yellow</span></b>, end position in <b><span style="color: red;">red</span></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By drawing the hex outlines on the table, we have the board, and the ways to maneuver [which is the main challenge]. Each turn, you pick a maneuver and put the card face-down on the table. When all have done so, the cards are flipped and the maneuvers are executed. Additional rules are quite simple, e.g. you can't shoot each other in the same hex.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above, yet another near-miss. Beats being shot down, but I wish I had a pistol to take a shot as we fly by each other!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above, brilliant maneuvering on my part has left my plane [left] once more in the sights of my opponent, "Death from Above" Matt. We started in the same hex, the one with the right card in it, and you can just tell how we moved out of the hex and our original facings by back-tracking the card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another too-often sight...our planes jousting each other like the knights of the air we're supposed to be! We've just gunned each other a point-blank range for 2 hits each [planes have 6] and have revealed our cards:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and below is the end result of the chosen maneuvers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another sight seen too often... we shot each other down. Sometimes it was the best I could do, however!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Game plays fast - the better you know you cards / maneuvers the faster it plays. Initially, we had a mutual shoot-down, then Matt crushed me three times quickly, then the 5th game I managed to win, and the 6th I crushed him. Overall, I'd still say it was more his game than mine, but I walked away with a bit of honor having learned a few of the key tactics I needed, and at least occasionally having the better second-guessing of his choice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The game has no way to change your card once you've revealed them, and also doesn't use altitude. This does remove a couple of "reality" issues like pilot reflexes and the height advantage, but with 8 people playing you can only do so much in a 2-3 hour evening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While Matt and I jousted, the other six were in an ugly scrum that was hard to follow, despite being just down the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above, the Huns chase Limeys...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Below, jousting in pairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A wild mix of planes, I think there were a dozen, two per player. Sometimes it pays to get out of close proximity and get a little breathing space before charging again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This could result in lots of damage, or lots of near-misses!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A fun time and a thoughtful game. Host likes the maneuvers and says that are quite historical despite the hex-mechanics. I am uncertain how much difference there is between planes, but Matt and I kept it simple by having identical performance and picking planes we like. So, not a beer'n pretzel game by being simplistic, but an easy fun time thanks to the simple mechanics and effort put into making them easy to work with...I wish more games and hosts did this!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Certainly has me thinking I should try Ace of Aces in its original form.</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-19536437476538084702019-06-08T22:31:00.003-07:002022-01-20T16:29:39.649-08:00Air Strike: Modern Air Combat for the Whole Family... Really!<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><img height="640" src="https://www.wargamevault.com/images/10415/242296.jpg" width="452" /></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The card-driven mechanics are not a mechanical simulation, so forget the variations of planes and hardware. BUT, they may be seen as a simulation of the balance Airmen make between:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So I bought these rules b/c I was intrigued - and amused - at the "for the whole family" thing since I have a 10yo and my wife can occasionally be convinced to try a game with us. I was also thinking that I can always tweak it if the bones are good but it is half-baked [not the first time I've done that].</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I got more confidence after watching the intro video to T. Jenson's "Missile Threat" which I found accidentally on another blog where they were using it for the Falklands. It clearly had some clean, straightforward mechanics that are a nice balance of abstraction and realism. So I was hopeful about "Air Strike..." and figured what the heck, it is only $4.50!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The card mechanics orient around the following limits:</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- 4 card hand per plane, you must play two a turn.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- Number cards are movement, turns, and [with optional rule] cannon attacks; face cards are moves and missile attacks.</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- you can defeat enemy attacks by playing a higher card [thus, if you are faced with many attacks, you may run out of cards, or high cards, and take hits].</span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">- if you run out of cards, you lose your turn but draw extra cards next turn.</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Aside from that, just a few nuances in play mechanics.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I set up a simple fight, two Russky Su-27 [<span style="color: red;"><b>red</b></span>, left] v. two F-16s [<span style="color: blue;"><b>blue</b></span>, right]. I put out their card hands, which *seem to* favor the <b><span style="color: red;">Reds</span></b>, who have more high cards.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 1. </span></b>They start by playing out some weak number cards hoping for better replacements. Or they're just obeying the ROE?</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 1. </span></b>No worries about the ROE here! <b><span style="color: red;">Reds </span></b>advance [<i>number cards</i>] then fired a missile each [<i>face cards - higher the card the greater the "threat level" of the attack, which I interpret as the quality of the lock-on</i>]. The missiles move fast but fixed distances each turn when the firing plane activates [<i>creats tension against the variable move opportunities of the aircraft - nice!</i>].</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 2. </span></b>Hands are still a bit weak [<i>no face cards for missile attacks - they can't get a lock-on...they must be getting jammed!</i>] so they turn away, playing for time and preparing to evade missiles!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 2.</span></b> They have hot cards, and great lock-ons! They again fire missiles [Jack and Ace] as their previous missiles track and close in. <i>cue menacing voice..."I have you now, imperialist running dog!"</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 3. </span></b>BUT! USAF training kicks in, and both planes dodge at point-blank range, running past and along side the incoming missiles, finishing far to their left to get out of the missile tracking arcs. <i>I marked the missiles tracking <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 1</span></b> <span style="color: red;"><b>red</b></span> and those tracking <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 2</span></b> [wingman] <b><span style="color: #38761d;">green</span></b>.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Above, both Red missiles lose <span style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Blue 1</span> [he passed their tracking area, so they turn towards him and lose their lock]...</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...and are removed.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 3. </span></b>Red 1 turns and advances, but can't fire a missile or use his cannon. He used the 8 for the turn and the 5 for distance, not wanting to get too close and perhaps be attacked in return.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 2 </span></b>starts his turn, both his missiles track but the foremost missile loses the target...</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...which is behind the tracking arc...</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...so is removed. The second missile has closed in, however!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Red 2 </span>then moves, using two number cards to turn then move 2" forward. <i>I'm leery about getting too close...this may or may not be a wise tactic, hard to tell at this point.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 4.</span></b> Blue 1 turns and moves a little. Blue 2 just moves a bit. <i>Basically, they just didn't have the cards to lock-on and attack with missiles, so they took some short moves and ditched low cards looking to improve their options, i.e. their hands of cards.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 4.</span></b> <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> advances 3", locks-on with an Ace and fires a missile - <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Blue 1</b></span> can't defeat it with a higher card so it hits!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><i>Damage in Air Strike is pretty simple - take two hits and you're shot down. There's a rule for matching missile hits by threat level, but I ditched it as a bit odd and complicated. One of the few rules that made no sense to me.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 2 </span></b>turns and plays an Ace lock-on also! Missile fires off and can't be defeated, so <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 1</span></b> is down! <i>Bottom of his class at Top Gun?</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 5. </span></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue 2</span> is out for revenge - and he has the cards! Unfortunately, he is just a hair out of 8" and missile range, so he'll have to turn and close in for a real melee!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">He plays 4 to turn and 10 for distance, and is all over <b><span style="color: red;">Red 2</span></b>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 5. </span></b>Red 1 has weak cards so just turns around tight as possible. <span style="color: red;"><b>Red 2 </b></span>turns with a '5', locks-on with a King and launches. But <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 2</span></b> is too slick - he dodges with an Ace! <i>would've liked that card for a missile lock but...outnumbered and no Hits on either Russkie means he has to bide his time...</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 6. Blue 2</span></b> brakes hard right, locks-on with a King, launches and can't be beat [<b><span style="color: red;">Red 2</span></b> has no Ace to beat the King lock-on, so can't even play his King]. A hit is scored - first blood!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 2 </span></b>fires his cannon at a 9, but <span style="color: blue;"><b>Blue 2</b></span> evades playing a Queen. <span style="color: red;">Red 2</span> then passes <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue 2</span> and <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Blue Turn 7. </b>Blue 1</span> hard turns and is on both <b><span style="color: red;">Red</span></b> tails!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 2</span></b> then gets past Red 1 and also turns hard left. <i>My thinking is that they don't want to be too close, and they don't want Blue 2 on their tail. It's my first game, I'm uncertain what's best...</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 8.</span></b> A short advance against <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> and a 6 cannon attack is defeated by <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> playing a King and evading the hail of shells.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 8.</span></b> <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> turns hard left, fires a 6 cannon which is defeated by <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue 2</span>'s 7 evade. <i>you can feel the micro-seconds ticking along between the actions and interactions of this dogfight!</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 2</span></b> then turns, locks on with an Ace and fires a missile.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 9.</span></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue 2</span></b> locks-on with a Jack and fires, to finish off <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Red 2</span>! After all, he can't have a second Ace up his sleeve, can he?? He then full thrusts with a 10 and cuts within the Red missile's tracking capabilities evading it...but it was very very close!<br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...but has nothing to avoid being struck by the missile as he can't get out of its tracking arc or defeat it with a Queen or better.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So on <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 9</span></b>, it's "Buh-bye <b><span style="color: red;">Red 2</span></b>!" <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue 2</span> then turns hard left.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red Turn 9</span></b> sees <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> go for some distance, using a Jack for 10" of forward burn.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 10.</span></b> He turns hard left and locks-on with his Queen and launches.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 10. </span></b>With no fear, he hard turns with two cards for 180.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 11.</span></b> The Queen lock-on is defeated by the Ace <span style="color: red;">Red 1</span> had up his sleeve!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue </span></b>then moves up and locks-on with his Jack, getting a hit </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">[<i><span style="color: red;">Red</span> has zero cards at this point, anyway, so something to be said for pacing yourself and/or pushing your opponent to go all-out to defend himself, spending cards in the process</i>].</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: red;">Red 11.</span></b> Fate has turned against him - he draws 3 cards and should lose his turn as he had no cards left to play [<i>clearly, he was regaining his senses or lost sight of Blue</i>]. However, I forgot this and <span style="color: red;">Red</span> moved 2 and fired his cannon for a 6, best card he had. This is defeated by Blue's 10 easily.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Blue Turn 12.</span></b> Blue turns with his 2 and...</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...has <span style="color: red;">Red</span> in his sights. <i>however, I think I erred in drawing two cards first - I was interrupted by the family at some point and this may have been it.</i></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">In any event, whether I skipped a turn with the pics, or not...</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">...<span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue</span> has a 7 which smokes <span style="color: red;">Red</span> since he can't beat the card with a higher card - his 7 is only equal.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Dosvedanya <span style="color: red;"><b>Comeraden</b></span>!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Whew, that was a pretty intense little dogfight. Between paging thru the rules, playing both sides and figuring out what to try and do [plus an interruption or two], I am spent!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">This is one of the most interesting games I've run into in a long time. The card mechanics aren't complicated, but it isn't easy figuring out how best to plan your actions when you don't know what cards the other guy has up his sleeve! <i>It's amazing how much you get used to that "I know what's happening" vibe with miniatures [I realize lots of other games have concealed possibilities]</i>. A lot depends on how your opponent reacts and what cards he has, so the game is much less predictable than a typical miniatures game - this captures the wild, fast-moving possibilities of air-air combat, or air-ship-ground combat, for that matter!</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Interestingly, the c</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ard mechanics evade the limits of the fixed-time turn. <i>The fixed-time turn is where each turn represents a fixed interval with speed limits, firing limits, reaction limits, built around the time the turn represents</i>.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Interestingly, in fast-moving or intense periods of human activity, training and reaction times are so disparate that a fixed time turn just doesn't work. It often necessitate a mechanic to try and splice it into reactive sub-phases or partial turns where players may react and change their plotted orders. This feels more realistic and gives tempo to reactions in a game about fast-moving gear, e.g. Star Fleet Battles [32 sub-phases?] or Car Wars [10 sub phases? can't remember].</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here, the turn is best perceived as of flexible length, and based upon reaction times of pilots which of course are not identical. For example, if both players play low cards, then the turn may be seen as shorter with more intense activity, e.g. attacks or maneuvers. If both players have higher cards, then the turn may be seen as longer, with more movement and fewer opportunities for actions. When players play a mix of cards, there's an increasing variable between movement and activity.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Ergo, the cards should be seen as representing opportunities for decision points to change position relative to other fighters; low cards can represent a quick decision to act [turn or shoot], while high cards are useful to push the speed up and either close in or get away.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The interaction and availability of various decision points and opportunities [cards] and how the player uses them determines who wins the game.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Critical point: </b>the cards played for movement do NOT represent speed / velocity! They represent the interval of movement between opportunities for OTHER types of activity, e.g. lock-on and launch a missile, shoot a cannon, maneuver / turn.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Interestingly, I found high cards less useful at times when I wanted to dogfight - you want the low cards to stay close, turn tight, etc, then lock-on with a missile or fire off the cannon.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Altho missiles can be evaded at longer ranges [<i>easier reaction for the target</i>] close in they are better than cannon fire since they have a wider arc of fire [<i>180 front v. straight ahead, this may be way off...perhaps it should be a 90 arc</i>].</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Only thing I don't like is that you can decline to move at all, just rotate on the spot up to 180 - this would take two cards and your whole move, so perhaps is not entirely misplaced [representing an Immelman or other extreme maneuver?]. Still, it can be done over and over with no chance of failure and no repercussions.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">It may be that the scale allows the plane counter itself to be the size of the tightest turn possible...but I still don't like it since it gives the planes a turret sort of feel</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">.</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Also, the forward momentum of the planes creates tension with the maneuvers and prevents the players from twirling around in place and just shooting...like a turret! Perhaps a tweak needed here.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Overall, I think this game is amazing - I would never have thought of these mechanics, and I wonder if the designer stumbled upon the concept or stole it from someone else [<i>how many original mechanics are there in this hobby, anyway??</i>]. Whatever, in 37 years of wargaming, I haven't seen it before. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The game has some obvious limits - there is no difference in plane capabilities or in weapon capabilities. Neither pilot is better trained than the other. The technical aspect of the gear has been completely set aside in favor of the player choices and the cards that fate brings. This gives the game a fast, risky feel that is great.</span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Playing two on two and both sides, I feel like I saw a lot of action and yet am just scratching the surface of a brilliant little game. I can hardly wait to try it with some pals or my family, even!</span></span></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-27512680217535370642019-05-30T11:28:00.000-07:002019-05-30T11:30:09.649-07:00WWI Torpedo Boat Tactics<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This attack may look somewhat crazy...</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...but it was successful! [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/By%20Unknown%20-%20Dark%20days%20in%20Chile;%20an%20account%20of%20the%20revolution%20of%201891%20(1891-92),%20Author:%20Hervey,%20Maurice%20H,%20from%20%22https://archive.org/details/accountrevolution00hervrich%22,%20Public%20Domain,%20https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3033066">link</a></span></b>]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Sorry for hiatus of several months! Have been pursuing Franco-Prussian War and a few other things, plus real life keeps getting in the way! But, have a couple of quick, interesting posts to make...]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some great posts on WWI DD Tactics and Torpedo Runs, etc. Altho it may be between your interests, say Pre-Dreadnoughts and WWII, it should inform both discussions to some degree. After all, if they are having difficulty in WWI, they must be having more difficulties in 1898 or earlier, right?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, the info is from this </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TMP Post: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: rgb(228 , 237 , 236);">I
haven't found any good reference material for DD tactics in the first World
War. Would they have attacked as a group? If so, would they have launched a
massive number of torpedoes against a single ship or cluster of ships? If one
out of five takes a rudder critical, or a bridge critical, would it just drop
out and the remainder of the flotilla continue moving together?</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";">Yellow Admiral:</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif";"> They did
attack in swarms, by flotilla or half-flotilla. I don't think they had
sufficient inter-ship C3 to concentrate torpedoes on a single ship in a line,
but could almost certainly concentrate on a single ship alone (e.g. Warspite
circling helplessly between battlelines…).<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">German and British DD captains certainly seemed to have the élan
to press home attacks at great odds (not so sure about other navies), but
real-life DDs tended to abort and retreat more often than gamers do. In WWI
naval games, DD complements are frequently wiped out or reduced to paltry
numbers, whereas in real life they tended to suffer some losses and then limp
home. The morale rules in GQ3/FAI help defuse the suicidal devotion demanded by
gamer admirals quite a bit, if the GM and/or players are paying attention.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: rgb(228 , 237 , 236);">There
is this RN paper expressing an opinion on how DD should perform a torpedo
attack</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="background: #E4EDEC;">>>>It is therefore necessary, at long
ranges, to take the whole of an enemy's line as the target, and, since the
centre of spread should be near the point of aim, it is desirable to fire at
the centre of the line. The spread of the torpedoes if a number are fired, may
then be expected to cover a considerable area, and, provided the enemy are within
range and maintain the same course and speed during the time of flight, not
only the centre ship, but a part of the line on either side of the centre will
be in danger, the length of line endangered depending on the actual spread of
the torpedoes. Moreover, even if the enemy alters course after they are fired,
he will probably not be able to keep entirely clear of the dangerous area
unless he turns at least eight points, or, if at a range near to the extreme
running range of the torpedoes, turns to such less extent as will admit of his
ships outranging them. Nothing less than an eight point turn is likely to keep
the whole line clear of their angular spread, but a smaller turn may suffice to
take the line outside their range before the torpedoes can reach
it.>>>></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">+1 re Buckeye Bob's post. I have employed just such a minor
(20-30deg?) turn away in war games to counter over-enthusiastic torpedo attacks
launched at too distant a range. It's simple geometry and works as well on the
table top as it did on the North Sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My books are still not fully unpacked, so can't cite chapter and
verse, but my recollection of readings on WW1 DD tactics is as follows -<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In tactical actions, the functions of the destroyers were
two-fold: (a) to defend against any enemy torpedo attacks upon the battle line;
(b) to attack the the enemy battle line should the opportunity present itself.
Whereas the most dangerous torpedo attacks would originate from forward of the
head of the battle line, friendly destroyer flotillas were typically positioned
well ahead of the battle line on the disengaged side where their smoke would
not interfere with gunnery; a certain proportion of destroyers (if available)
would positioned at the rear of the battle line to provide protection in case
of a course reversal by the battle line.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In a flotilla vs flotilla gunnery fight, British doctrine was to
attack in line ahead and concentrate the gunfire by division upon a single
enemy destroyer (preferably an opposing division leader) at an
effective/decisive range within 3,000 yards or so in hope of quickly crippling
it and disrupting the enemy division. The track chart of the destroyer action
between Hipper's and Beatty's battle cruiser forces during the "Run to the
South" will give an excellent nuts and bolts example.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Torpedo attacks against individual ship targets during daylight
(for example, the torpedo attack made upon SEYDLITZ at Jutland) were very much
the exception, rarely being undertaken unless said enemy ship was an isolated
cripple. Torpedo attacks were intended to be delivered against the enemy battle
line by a destroyer flotilla, whose respective divisions would successively
launch their torpedoes en masse in a "browning" attack designed to
fill with torpedoes a particular zone of ocean through which the enemy
formation was projected to pass through. Hit expectations were based upon the
relationship of number of torpedoes fired versus the number of enemy ships
within the zone and the interval between them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">British doctrine recommended
that such attacks not close nearer than 5,000 yards, as any improvement in the
odds of hitting was felt to be greatly outweighed by the increased risk of
loss/damage from defensive fire.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The recommended approach to such an attack was from ahead and to
windward on a reciprocal course to that of the enemy line, with launch point
about 4 to 6 point off the enemy bow; this promised the maximum closure rate
between attacker and defender, the shortest practical torpedo running time, the
best net angle of attack for the torpedo vis-a-vis enemy base course,
restricted the number of secondary guns and the length of time that they could
be brought to bear upon the attacker, limited the evasive options open to the
targeted line and provided the attacker an opportunity to rapidly disengage
under cover of smoke. Simultaneous attacks upon both enemy bows
("anvil" attack) was extremely advantageous, but highly difficult to
coordinate and carry out. Attacks from abaft the enemy's beam were highly
discouraged, as they largely negated all the afore-mentioned advantages cited
in connection with attack from ahead.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The number of torpedoes fired by each destroyer in such an attack
depended upon the number of tubes that would bear and the number of torpedoes
with the correct range/speed setting. WW1 era torpedo gyros were unreliable and
imprecise; torpedo mounts were therefore typically trained over the side
(broadly speaking – C/L mounts @ +/- 30deg of abeam on each side; Beam mounts @
+/- 60deg on that side) and fired only when the sight on the torpedo mount or
director came onto the nominated target (say, the fourth ship in the enemy
battle line). Torpedoes of WW1 were capable of multiple range/speed settings;
generally and approximately speaking: 4,000 yds @ 45 kts; 10,000 yds @ 30 kts;
15,000+ yds @ 18-20 kts. However (IIRC) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">British destroyer torpedo settings had
to be performed prior to being loaded into their deck mount tubes; settings
could not be altered on the fly. Hence, to cover all tactical eventualities, a
destroyer might carry two set for medium range, one for short range and one for
extended range. Only torpedoes of the same setting could be effectively used in
a given attack.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The results of such torpedo attacks in terms of actual hits upon
the enemy were dramatically lower than pre-war predictions had suggested. There
were several reasons for this. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*First, the threat of mass torpedo attack was
(quite rightly IMO) taken extremely seriously by all navies; even the
appearance of an impending attack might well provoke evasive maneuver by the
battle line. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Second, the technical performance of torpedoes (direction keeping,
depth keeping, speed, charge fuzes) under actual war conditions proved
considerably less efficient than theoretical pre-war assumptions. British 1916
estimates were that, for one reason or another, only about half of torpedoes
launched actually arrived within the target's danger zone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That having been
said, even an attack that scored zero hits might still yield benefit if it
provoked the opponent to turn away at an important tactical moment. The
multiple flotilla torpedo attack ordered by Scheer against the British battle
line at Jutland scored no hits whatsoever but disordered the British as various
ships were forced to evade oncoming torpedoes and compelled Jellicoe to turn
his line away and, in the course of doing so, lose sight of Scheer's battle
line at a vital moment.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of typing here, LOL. Hope it proves of some interest and use.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The only bit of Blutarski's post I'd differ from is this bit:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">In tactical actions, the functions of the destroyers were two-fold:
(a) to defend against any enemy torpedo attacks upon the battle line; (b) to
attack the the enemy battle line should the opportunity present itself.</span></em><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My impression is that this describes the British destroyer mission
priorities, whereas the German priority was b/ over a/, which is supported to
an extent by design differences observable between the two navies' ships (size,
weapon type, etc). That said, this could be a gamer's over-simplification that
I'm remembering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sailor Steve:</b> I
do remember reading somewhere, it may have been John Campbell's '<i>Jutland: An
Analysis of the Fighting</i>': The Germans
tended to go in line abreast, then do a group turn and all six fire one torpedo
each, then turn again and run away line abreast. The British habit was to go in
line astern. The lead boat would turn and fire, then the second, third etc.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The source I read
noted that the Germans thought the British tactics were suicidal, whereas their
own were much better.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-17051213306490996582019-02-27T08:07:00.000-08:002019-02-27T20:23:34.777-08:00Pre-dreadnought Project, p.5: 1:3000 Assembly, cleaning<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1:1 Ship model - farther along than mine, but it took ten years or so...</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nice image from this great post at video game forum: [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://forum.worldofwarships.com/topic/127153-in-praise-of-pre-dreadnoughts/">CLICK</a></span></b>]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Whew!</b> First post since November, 2018. Things have been super-busy but 2019 is hopefully going to be a lot calmer with only a couple of major projects with the family and a lighter work schedule, overall. TY2020 is scheduled to be VERY light so the 1:1 Army will not be too bad, and I just have to await what God does with pastoral work to see how busy I will be or not be. Hopefully, there'll be lots of time connecting with my immediate family and spending time with my almost 10yo who is getting very very active! In any event, this project was from late spring / early summer of 2018, and I hope to get these painted up and experiment with masts, fighting tops and a little rigging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Italian squadron, below.</b> I've doubled down on Italia and Lepanto on the fictional assumption that Italy had the desire and resources to produce additional ships. Next to them are the plastic fighting tops. Overall, smaller is better for these, and if one has to err in a certain direction, get the smaller ones instead of the larger ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As noted before, these lovely little white metal ships are from Wartime Journal's now extinct metal line of 1/3000 ships. As they are totally gone, there's no point in a review. However, it should give you an idea of the kind of work done there and more confidence in the line of 3D plastics that are rapidly being produced [and which continue to be a sore tempation for me!].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My wargame tendancy for 1/3000 is to have squadron battles using variations of Portable Wargame rules, so groups of 3-4 ships are most suitable. I can also pair them into small "squadrons" of two ships each for games where extra players show up. The balance of captain business - allocating resources of crew, steam, and navigation - is what I find players to be most interested in, so 2-4 ships is just fine. Also, fighting squadrons per player instead of just a ship or two gives some space for lucky shots and accidental blowups.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Another view. </b>Casting was excellent, but there's a bit of flash spiraling off the area where I supposed the metal is injected into the mold. <i>Note that the plastics don't have any flash.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1/3000 ships are available from several sources, so altho I don't have any intent to add to this project at this time, the possibility is always there. <b>Top view</b> shows the interesting layout of the Italian ships. Altho the guns are supposed to be able to fire nearly 180 degrees, in practice the muzzle blast made this very difficult, so I'd probably restrict the ship to a much smaller angle, say 120 or something, just to differentiate in a rule set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Flash removal </b>was performed with a sharp X-acto blade, bracing the ship against a wooden ruler. Despite the cutting, there was still a bit left upon the stacks that had to be smoothed with a file. Still, this was just a few minutes of work per ship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This "q-tip" appearing thingamabob is actually a bit of soft-sanding material on a plastic blue stick. I used it to gently rub off the mold lines and such. <i>For some of the ships, they actually had a deck line halfway down the hull, so it may not be a flash line at all.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The four Big Ships, 2 x Italian class, 2 x Lepanto class [really, the same class, same designer, Benedetto Brin]. These are larger and easier to clean up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The four smaller ships. Calabria PC [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Calabria">CLICK</a>], cruiser Dogali [<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Dogali">CLICK</a></b>], </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2 x Etna-class Protected Cruiser [<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etna-class_cruiser">CLICK</a></b>]. The selection was based upon availability from WTJ. However, all four of these ships were similarly armed and could easily be a squadron with identical stats, or differentiated for more individualized play in a game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The nice thing about the pre-dreadnought era is that so many ships were singular, even eccentric and quirky in their design and even maintenance, that any amount of individuality can be argued as historically accurate! Let's here it for creativity and imagination: "huzzah!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some interesting model comparisons from the Italians to the Spanish Squadron, <b>BELOW</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <u>three </u>Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi Armored Cruisers </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">are only a minor stretch of history. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Italians built ten which went to four countries </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">[</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Garibaldi-class_cruiser">CLICK</a></span></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">]. The Cristobal Colon was delivered to Spain [</span><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_cruiser_Crist%C3%B3bal_Col%C3%B3n">CLICK</a></b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">] but Pedro de Aragon was cancelled, and certainly one or two could've been acquired or loaned from Argentina during the occasional Spanish naval panics of the 1890s. The Pelayo [tilted on the file] is an early pre-dread BB design [<b><span style="color: orange;">CLICK</span></b>]. It's a French design with some tumblehome, and the most powerful ship in the Spanish navy; some argue that had she and Armored Cruiser Carlos V entered action during the Spanish-American war the history might be different [insert grain of salt here].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some flash sticking out of the ends or various deck projections of the ships. Easy removal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, torpedo-boats, destroyers, who can tell? Tiny ships that can be a pain to work with but useful on the tabl. They can also be fought as squadrons or individuals on the table, depending on player numbers, so these little guys add a lot of flexibility to a host's game. All you need is two sets of player aids on hand. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Here</b>, they are being gently scrubbed down with a soft toothbrush and mild dish soap, removing any release agent from the ship. Note that these have no mold, flash or other bits to be removed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note that these really need to be mounted on something for ease of handling, not to mention speed of painting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Drake - Class cruisers below [<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake-class_cruiser">CLICK</a></span>].</b> From about 1902, they are really at the tail end of the project, but provide a glimpse of the future. Their 23-knot speed and 9" and 6" guns offer some variety in tactical play that will presage WWI choices. For gaming, a bit of variety in speed, gunnery and armor provides players with different challenges on the table. I see these operating similarly to the WWI British and German battlecruisers in my earlier fictitious Mediterranean naval flare-up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Flash was not too bad, similar to that of the Italian BBs, and the mold lines actually appear to be almost natural. Big pic from Wiki shows a bit of shadowing there. Can't remember if I sanded them down at this point or not, but you get the idea. Internet pics are definitely our friend when it comes to working on these little guys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, there you have it - a long wait for this post to go up, I think the pics are from June 2018. Just putting up the post makes me want to get moving again on this project. The question is who should fight whom first? Italians v. French for ownership of Sardegna? Spanish v. Italians over the Baleric Islans? Hard to say, but stay tuned!</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-12923245450721297742018-11-26T15:24:00.004-08:002021-11-28T11:30:37.003-08:00Lost at Sea No More!<b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">And all my miniatures were metal and sank...</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9BiQMgU8oY1k1BbMb2N9WV2S6eUs1Y0-VoyxAJwpZY1o3NDJAxLaOzGwRUyLI5Nc0i5yT9lDoNdusoV8_fqLXSgMmTkLrnU_T9fg_Erg0Z3Rfkq55a2O_JLq-y8QfpboIa-ypj5dPj0/s1600/Sinking+Power+Boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9BiQMgU8oY1k1BbMb2N9WV2S6eUs1Y0-VoyxAJwpZY1o3NDJAxLaOzGwRUyLI5Nc0i5yT9lDoNdusoV8_fqLXSgMmTkLrnU_T9fg_Erg0Z3Rfkq55a2O_JLq-y8QfpboIa-ypj5dPj0/w640-h480/Sinking+Power+Boat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.freeimages.com/images/large-previews/90b/sunken-ship-1449562.jpg"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">sunken-ship-1449562.jpg (1600×1200) (freeimages.com)</span></a></div></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ok, well, it wasn't that bad. Actually, it was more like this:</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">...and no miniatures were lost during the rotation - I didn't bring any with me. Interestingly, a bunch of GHQ Strykers may have made it to our rotation due to the efforts of one of my Cavalry troops to use them in their sand table. Really! As you can imagine, there was plenty of the necessary materials available for innumerable sand tables, since we were IN a sand table the size of Rhode Island.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">So, before the 1:1 Army came chugging along, this blog was chugging along nicely with good wet stuff, something to think about when stuck in the desert. Everything got cleaned up and put away abruptly when OP TEMPO to depart for my brigade's rotation picked up. Hence, posting ended in mid-July.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Upon return, September was crazy as I returned to normal life and got caught up on 100 things that needed tending. Ergo, no posts since my return, either. A wedding and a lot of details later, and I'm looking at a quiet Advent season to start soon, leading into a joyous holiday time, both with plenty of gaming to make up for things I was behind on.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thus, the most recent posts were for my work at simple, fun naval games, that still were evocative of their period and the ships of the period. Portable Wargames were high on the list, with a new foray into fleet actions for the Age of Sail, including purchasing GMT's "1805 - Sea of Glory" with intentions to get some sort of campaign going, and some local interest.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">While there are a bunch of things I'd like to do here, I'd say my top ones are:</span><br />
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Start work on the Age of Sail ships, cleaning and priming them.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Try out a couple of the cool games, especially Captains Bold and Admirals by War Artisan - as free downloads, they are easily spread around to people.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">More work on pre-dreads - mast are at the [fightin'] top of the list.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">More work on my WWII IJN ships - masts for everyone!</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Some light-hearted Star Wars fun. I continue to have the desire to experiment with and fix the problems with Wizards of the Coast "Star Wars Starship Battles".</span></li>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The use of bullets is intentional - I'm uncertain what the top contenders are, altho I am leaning towards Age of Sail at present.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Stay tuned!</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-48872627233048804072018-07-12T19:18:00.002-07:002020-02-15T13:03:31.068-08:00Review: Forged in Battle 1:3000 Age of Sail Ships<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After quite a bit of searching around, I decided to pull the lanyard on these 1:3000 ships by Forged in Battle [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.forgedinbattle.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=91">CLICK</a></span></b>] where five sets are presently offered: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">both sides Battle of the Nile, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Copenhagen British, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Copenhagen Danish, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Trafalgar British, </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Trafalgar Allies. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is interesting variety in the ships, the sail settings, the type of vessels, etc. However, the ships do not appear to be available in singles or smaller batches than the above listed sets. At about $1.45 a ship that's not much hardship to bear, altho it doesn't cater to the whim of gamers who like to purchase ONLY and EXACTLY what they want. Think of it as buying 6 or 10mm figs - you don't buy them in singles, but in batches. Enough said!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After some thinking, I decided to go for the Trafalgar British.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>ORDERING & ARRIVAL. </b>The package was easily ordered Forged in Battle's on-line site which was reasonably efficient and - worked. The packaged arrived in about 6 days or something amazing like that - I usually don't get domestic wargame merchendice that quickly [<i>except from a few people like Neal Catapano at the War Store</i>]...fantastic!</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN3-_th8qoFxXFHjA71-FEXhkPxGTms3gEJdaTnH0pHX_28INY-UorT9N9UHFmnRSqoaaChpZQZ9BpSlli3v7Dpq3nI0c_5Yp96RTtr-q7PUNKdUvHsSe6NMDXnt0N8DtM6grc7Oy5-M/s1600/DSC03075.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHN3-_th8qoFxXFHjA71-FEXhkPxGTms3gEJdaTnH0pHX_28INY-UorT9N9UHFmnRSqoaaChpZQZ9BpSlli3v7Dpq3nI0c_5Yp96RTtr-q7PUNKdUvHsSe6NMDXnt0N8DtM6grc7Oy5-M/s640/DSC03075.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>PACKING.</b> the packing was about 50 feet [it seemed] of bubble wrap and could've brought fine china from the UK safely - the package was one blister with some foam [the usual] with all the ships in it. S<i>ound a bit dicey? Well, these ships are as durable as the real thing!</i></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyMhtNcfkugn6k4H9xowWQUznQUHEbFYHhalFN9dEIoHvm-yGiyc1lquKOlpuz9BqIZO8RDVIx9DuLc-i6CQNqEFV_cCkFmJxioMHc_fwA2nSWdr6EUh2L-qdGFLnhqP2CXXoH_d7qKw/s1600/DSC03056.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyMhtNcfkugn6k4H9xowWQUznQUHEbFYHhalFN9dEIoHvm-yGiyc1lquKOlpuz9BqIZO8RDVIx9DuLc-i6CQNqEFV_cCkFmJxioMHc_fwA2nSWdr6EUh2L-qdGFLnhqP2CXXoH_d7qKw/s640/DSC03056.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>CONTENTS. </b>My package was:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7 x NAP12, 1st / 2nd Rate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">17 x NAP13, 3rd Rate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3 x NAP14, small 3rd Rate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4 x NAP15, Large Frigate</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>31 Total ships</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I somehow missed separating out the 3 "Small 3rd Rate" shpis, and they are with in the middle group below [quite hard to tell apart, really].</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuMiZdb3B4fUXX6ck_ESegG4022_JcmooaLn2i9sGK5PLRhQ3m1Oqs2fysrVLjOopNgU-F0Lp0YrmFbhAVwIqKYBiFrDThKmzBVOf4u_g3LlL7Y-yviyKkPd8lRrcKziP8_ODhj7z4gU/s1600/DSC03054.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFuMiZdb3B4fUXX6ck_ESegG4022_JcmooaLn2i9sGK5PLRhQ3m1Oqs2fysrVLjOopNgU-F0Lp0YrmFbhAVwIqKYBiFrDThKmzBVOf4u_g3LlL7Y-yviyKkPd8lRrcKziP8_ODhj7z4gU/s640/DSC03054.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's face it - this is a lot of ship for the money! In essence, it is 1/2 of Trafalgar - and most rules have options for small ship actions of a couple per side, or per player, so one could be finished with all Age of Sail purchases in one go here, and have everything from single-ship combat to good-sized squadrons of 15-16 ships!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>THE GOODS.</b> And <b>below </b>is what you've been awaiting, the closeup:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To left, NAP12 1/2 Rate. To right, NAP15 Large Frigate. In the center is a 3rd Rate of some sort. The metal between the fore and main masts is an identification streamer / flag, that between the main and mizzen is a bit of flash. The pegs are for the included bases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note that even with a casual pic, you can see lots of little details, from the gunports to the ratlines, to the stern decorations, and these ships are...ONE INCH LONG! AMAZING!!!</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNhD25D4Q31YI23RXwTGhbVR91_NsT9bAecbfKrXWyVImgAgxTp3U41S9Nlu1pGKjVUaEyRbB5JXXaE5uccQpHnlwOkiKopx_KTvTY8txrXpTliX1rrxTLAwcUvss3pkbcapUPjJyMG8/s1600/DSC03094.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNhD25D4Q31YI23RXwTGhbVR91_NsT9bAecbfKrXWyVImgAgxTp3U41S9Nlu1pGKjVUaEyRbB5JXXaE5uccQpHnlwOkiKopx_KTvTY8txrXpTliX1rrxTLAwcUvss3pkbcapUPjJyMG8/s640/DSC03094.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">comparison shots with vessel drawings from "Warfare in the Age of Sail" by B Ireland.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdC9Mil0HvQ_08H1Vg3cH6JTT7VIs63BLHY_ODNsMLZA-VYf8HqDOuJlCHn_EUUCL9_614Xrc0sXi0J-LYn6lDFCHKLQyglor0XljkxWbNrMHHrhYCwclgLjgAztn6dlW7l8o3iJLc7k/s1600/DSC03123.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGdC9Mil0HvQ_08H1Vg3cH6JTT7VIs63BLHY_ODNsMLZA-VYf8HqDOuJlCHn_EUUCL9_614Xrc0sXi0J-LYn6lDFCHKLQyglor0XljkxWbNrMHHrhYCwclgLjgAztn6dlW7l8o3iJLc7k/s640/DSC03123.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think the proportions on the sculpts compare quite well - to these drawings, anyway.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69PTz4ZwJODj6U-Y43h64XQc1q-lrZD3oiXeUisuk4D6ibvgtnA8FJtfS24qqZ86XwdBs5dDc46_aE9_-cPw9rwysD2xH0rsksi7FHHPc4YzF1lX5rVBgl6zzxE9arq4mMPizKHyEmI0/s1600/DSC03124.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69PTz4ZwJODj6U-Y43h64XQc1q-lrZD3oiXeUisuk4D6ibvgtnA8FJtfS24qqZ86XwdBs5dDc46_aE9_-cPw9rwysD2xH0rsksi7FHHPc4YzF1lX5rVBgl6zzxE9arq4mMPizKHyEmI0/s640/DSC03124.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Close comparison of 1st / 2nd Rate and diagram</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYa1VxvbhbEDtAVfvW10QhdXkjHaswxAWBw57GNqFF6yJ4TVFDq_B6nyF9uyXjf-yR5QiZoLsmf-PXK-QvjY6iMXBajWsch-Qg77BgROsbYtdjJDEE_ytQkoAEKEIGs3zYoab0aSnmvU/s1600/DSC03130.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYa1VxvbhbEDtAVfvW10QhdXkjHaswxAWBw57GNqFF6yJ4TVFDq_B6nyF9uyXjf-yR5QiZoLsmf-PXK-QvjY6iMXBajWsch-Qg77BgROsbYtdjJDEE_ytQkoAEKEIGs3zYoab0aSnmvU/s640/DSC03130.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Close pic of 3rd Rate 2-decker</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9vh_AA1Nqss6e1iGAfc1XxaH70xCp3zNaHaFfQweB7yh00_tUr9lwy40pwSXQLrSOmeAKkaHuomd6X-IXJLtA2hEUxhNbRabSVJc7chCVWDkyRGEdE0Kprlpow5hYpr8f_q4oVan5jM/s1600/DSC03126.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM9vh_AA1Nqss6e1iGAfc1XxaH70xCp3zNaHaFfQweB7yh00_tUr9lwy40pwSXQLrSOmeAKkaHuomd6X-IXJLtA2hEUxhNbRabSVJc7chCVWDkyRGEdE0Kprlpow5hYpr8f_q4oVan5jM/s640/DSC03126.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, the "large frigate" compared to diagram.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsAzPq89wMmKBJdj1B7YQ6ik-249rYtRE7CX_FacfyWzJ8RmTziyABo2vGhczMeexkxpn9_aQ6wt8BAbWg4CaIzEISFtfhmUfZH3MHkiMOr9p6-d0WAhuyJJzB5kszoy6pqzfAxhxcU4/s1600/DSC03125.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsAzPq89wMmKBJdj1B7YQ6ik-249rYtRE7CX_FacfyWzJ8RmTziyABo2vGhczMeexkxpn9_aQ6wt8BAbWg4CaIzEISFtfhmUfZH3MHkiMOr9p6-d0WAhuyJJzB5kszoy6pqzfAxhxcU4/s640/DSC03125.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overall, I think these ships capture the feel quite well, with good lines. My photography and the lighting isn't ideal, but I hope you can see how they look - remember, they're only one inch long, so of course they are more intended for squadrons together on the table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Same three ships, stern view.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSWaGzWKbE7dLTeLW_zO4iSNHu5pBTy9Zhgf9RZtCIbc07euilaaUa-PEX3ZkWixdcFAD0GRrvSl2AXwxz5GkhfEshG4m_6q7xVb5G6q9zvs-ZNwVtWakDgQCdsXtXPoTuG85Iwk-1VI/s1600/DSC03096.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSWaGzWKbE7dLTeLW_zO4iSNHu5pBTy9Zhgf9RZtCIbc07euilaaUa-PEX3ZkWixdcFAD0GRrvSl2AXwxz5GkhfEshG4m_6q7xVb5G6q9zvs-ZNwVtWakDgQCdsXtXPoTuG85Iwk-1VI/s640/DSC03096.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Same three ships, bow view - <i>nice lines, you can see the bowsprit coming at you</i>.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2N4NcPX1xwpaV5t8g6Hy6gQiAH9ege2wijouEnqhuLkjNf15fIiBYfhn2BFFoDPdVETfmmmYR5sqhwmTk8EqC15v65QKUScCcn_YmeAqCa29i1xg8gw3EutJWsz3_OSHnPue7GRU48M/s1600/DSC03097.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI2N4NcPX1xwpaV5t8g6Hy6gQiAH9ege2wijouEnqhuLkjNf15fIiBYfhn2BFFoDPdVETfmmmYR5sqhwmTk8EqC15v65QKUScCcn_YmeAqCa29i1xg8gw3EutJWsz3_OSHnPue7GRU48M/s640/DSC03097.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For comparison, below are my Wooden Ships and Iron Men counters, from the classic [and elderly, mine is a 1982 second edition] Avalon Hill board game. The counters are an inch by a 1/2 inch. Note that the bases are nearly the identical size. The holes are for the pegs, but one can certainly not use the bases at all. This is very convenient - I will most likely not use the bases as I'm thinking of using plexiglass instead so the ships always match the cloth.</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq814pJDdDrSsjsz0OyapPv5FOUtMZE28ps3DEZvUNsaoIVYYhxVpsyqfScJk4PnyK9lnDv6Qz5T09eEcsLlNL4HoWoct8BxBEq_azR-MaWgMBCkI54D9wN6NmgCrxFHD-maD_mOjipfc/s1600/DSC03055.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq814pJDdDrSsjsz0OyapPv5FOUtMZE28ps3DEZvUNsaoIVYYhxVpsyqfScJk4PnyK9lnDv6Qz5T09eEcsLlNL4HoWoct8BxBEq_azR-MaWgMBCkI54D9wN6NmgCrxFHD-maD_mOjipfc/s640/DSC03055.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note how the ratlines provide additional stability to the masts without weighing down the sculpt visually. They are in fact solid, but I hope to hide that somewhat with the painting, putting that "into shadow" or something. Pic shows off the "full sail" of these British ships, which are clearly working to close in on the Allied Fleet during the chase preceding the battle. Interestingly, the Allied ships have a different sail setting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And below, a 1.5" hex map from Chessex. Nice fit, the ships look quite natural if a bit close together - they should really be a hex or two apart - a ship length or two.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPs12rWwhjBSwvBHL9CaPGBH9jawVZiuFlinEzGytcgH2nagqhd4wU9XIYPZ4BspgauqbiFcACZPmapiQg5wm6cMm7IqdKnTgmZ40q-4xxOwsKKhTvHzWfcIkTpyfRatXOkNv_WXUXwk/s1600/DSC03118.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghPs12rWwhjBSwvBHL9CaPGBH9jawVZiuFlinEzGytcgH2nagqhd4wU9XIYPZ4BspgauqbiFcACZPmapiQg5wm6cMm7IqdKnTgmZ40q-4xxOwsKKhTvHzWfcIkTpyfRatXOkNv_WXUXwk/s640/DSC03118.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Same, lower view. Note that the AH counters match the miniatures.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rcy5tUdhd0tNrC0q732DlTZb73x0HkPtz55ChCJdMBrIf_jcK0Jq3m1ab610U87vIAyqq3dR7xIQYcqmfx02w85SGIgMWc6PzjpRdjPUUkXRt09mNDLflZJ-mm-H70kN1fEAOU-77JE/s1600/DSC03119.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Rcy5tUdhd0tNrC0q732DlTZb73x0HkPtz55ChCJdMBrIf_jcK0Jq3m1ab610U87vIAyqq3dR7xIQYcqmfx02w85SGIgMWc6PzjpRdjPUUkXRt09mNDLflZJ-mm-H70kN1fEAOU-77JE/s640/DSC03119.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And here they are in Line Ahead, coming straight at you! <i>Obviously, this upset the photographer and he failed to focus properly.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And below is the same on the WS&IM hex map. These ships just fit into the game "as-is" which just can't be a coincidence. Surely the sculptor has this game...? Below them are the same size counters from Avalanche Press' "1898" to show you what pre-dreadnoughts look like next to these lovelies - they look quite flat!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1X6F6T7KE21_sg9GEaCiFR6laBK3iUIQ_mgtcxjebi5jrDXsV1YMXguEL9npFpapMLYfiK8ZrCSyKZM-AJFUk2NMh49jp7lfxDWGFFxSneky5fYaYBDvvVduOaDiTicjzdHKfpT3mKs/s1600/DSC03121.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1X6F6T7KE21_sg9GEaCiFR6laBK3iUIQ_mgtcxjebi5jrDXsV1YMXguEL9npFpapMLYfiK8ZrCSyKZM-AJFUk2NMh49jp7lfxDWGFFxSneky5fYaYBDvvVduOaDiTicjzdHKfpT3mKs/s640/DSC03121.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overall, I give Forged in Battle:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Customer service, packaging and shipping, A+</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Sculpting, sturdiness, proportions, A</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- completeness of line, price, A++</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- handiness and usefulness in games from convention to small table, A+</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>OVERALL RATING = A+</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Don't be stupid be a schmarty - Come and join the Forged in Battle Party!"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you're looking for a great deal on sturdy ships with lots of visual appeal, excellent proportions at a great price, look no further. 37 years of gaming, these are some of the best thought out and executed sculpts I've ever seen. The "battle packaging" is great and will save newbies time and trouble with gathering models. And of course, the price...!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Future thoughts. well, obviously I'm going to get more. Certainly I want some variety in sail setting, ship, type, etc, so I'm seriously checking out the British fleet at Copenhagen, as well as the Danish. But, frankly, my future intent is to own ALL of these blisters!</span></span><br />
<br />Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-58123346688891812072018-07-10T07:10:00.001-07:002021-11-28T11:37:02.634-08:00Age of Sail Project, p.1<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b>'Signal "Close Action" Lieutenant - but not <u>too</u> close!"</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJlMUSB49h3VrHW7c-5rOzkqvS5RCUDLxQPj32TavFTr0CKCgmEr-MQhLrPVg2cuZGVZq5xnsvv2JcznKKMAfrOjfJQuuJEVezfbH1laAAHaWa38oF5ZX9WRl8eIwxk9jq7FF31Tv2mo/s2048/Pond+Sailing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="2048" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbJlMUSB49h3VrHW7c-5rOzkqvS5RCUDLxQPj32TavFTr0CKCgmEr-MQhLrPVg2cuZGVZq5xnsvv2JcznKKMAfrOjfJQuuJEVezfbH1laAAHaWa38oF5ZX9WRl8eIwxk9jq7FF31Tv2mo/w640-h434/Pond+Sailing.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Sailing competitions - they're just not what they used to be. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">From: <a href="https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/DSCN1046.jpg">CLICK</a></span></i></b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I grew up sailing with my family, and spending most of the summer at the beach. We sailed into my college years and then I raced yachts for people as a young adult. Eventually, that got too crazy and I was busy with other aspects of life and stopped sailing. BUT I do love it! I read Hornblower and some Kent growing up, and the modeling challenges of beautiful Age of Sail [AoS] sailing ships is quite appealing.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, gaming it has always been something else again. In high school, I played - and still own - Wooden Ships & Iron Men, both at home and with the local club who played with miniatures. When I got into sailing myself, I didn't like the artificiality of most game rules, and others were crazy complicated. Ultimately, I want:</span></span><br />
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Rules that feel like I commanding a sailing ship or squadron,</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">but are still playable, and </span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">where you win by out-sailing not "out-gaming" your opponent, and</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ideally, can be played in both small and fleet actions.</span></li>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Several years ago, I was interested in individual ship battles, so I got several of the lovely 1:600 Skytrex models, including a British, French and two US frigates, a Brit 64 and an East Indiaman, thinking to do small sea fights. I also got the rules reputed to have the best sailing mechanics "Heart of Oak". And HOak _does_ have great sailing rules, but other mechanics are a bit clunky and old-school, and I couldn't seem to get the energy up to work with the intimidating Skytrex models, so the project languished. </span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Eventually, I decided Age of Sail wasn't going to work out for me. I took pics of my copy of WS&IM to sell it on eBay with other board games, and took the skytrex ships and such to sell at Cold Wars. Then I didn't have time to put up the auction, and no one bought the Skytrex stuff at the 'con, so it all somehow survived by being 'out of sight, out of mind'.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Recently, I've been working on the "Portable Naval Wargame" for pre-dreads, I noticed that there were some ACW steam frigates in there. It also occurred to me that the shooting rules would work quite well for Age of Sail. This made fleet actions possible with some wind and command / control rules. A very tempting thought, since the sailing limitations of AoS are what make it interesting to game in the first place, along with the spectacle, of course.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">However, I don't have time to build a big fleet of beautiful 1:1200 ships [nor the money for 1:600 ships!]. I need nice-looking but small ships that paint up quick. I checked around here and there, and eventually ran into the Forged in Battle 1:3000 ships, which looked perfect in the few pics I could get of the raw metal on line. </span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Another clincher was checking into board games and finding a cheap copy of "1805: Sea of Glory by GMT". I also found a free copy of a small-ship action campaign system, "Narrow Seas", which looks promising. These fit into my new ethos that all naval actions are part of a strategic picture that affects the victory conditions of each action.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So in the end, I'm looking for:</span></span><br />
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<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">the above listed qualities in a set of rules,</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">strategic impact and campaigns,</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">easy to teach newbies, quick play at home on a small space,</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">smaller ships that are easy to paint up but still look great on table.</span></li>
<li><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">a flexible project that can be played quick and casual or in depth over time.</span></li>
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>Product Choices</u></b><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Forged in Battle 1/3000 Napoleonic era ships <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.forgedinbattle.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=91">CLICK</a></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">War Artisan Paper Ships <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://warartisan.com/ships">CLICK</a></span></b>: many scales & periods that can be scaled up and down depending on how you print them up. PLUS free pennants / ensigns, also easily scaled.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"1805: Sea of Glory" boardgame by GMT [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.gmtgames.com/p-104-1805-sea-of-glory.aspx%20%20https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23685/1805-sea-glory">CLICK</a></span></b>]</span></span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">[check out the "in-depth reviews" at bottom of the Board Game Geek page]</span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Narrow Seas" free campaign download by Curs'd Captain [<b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.wargamevault.com/product/216807/Narrow-Seas-for-Any-Age-of-Sail-Game">CLICK</a></span></b>]</span>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Rules</b> by priority of interest, but all purchased:</span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Portable Naval Wargame Rules" <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~warden/portable_wargame/downloads.html">CLICK</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Wooden Ships & Iron Men" <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/237/wooden-ships-iron-men">CLICK</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Admirals" <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://warartisan.com/rules">CLICK</a></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Fire as She Bears!" <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.wargamevault.com/product/18616/Fire-As-She-Bears-2nd-Edition-21?term=fire+as+she+bears&test_epoch=0&it=1">CLICK</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">"Signal Close Action" <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.rodlangton.com/napoleonic/sca.htm">CLICK</a></span></b></span></span><br />
<br />"Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Era of Canvas and Shot, 1775-1815" <u><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b><a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5142/fighting-sail-sea-combat-age-canvas-and-shot-1775">CLICK</a></b></span></u><div><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So, another old project manages to survive! This means that another one must be sacrificed in its stead, and I think a couple of the Role-playing game projects must go...</span>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-81380339508699413902018-06-25T15:16:00.001-07:002022-02-09T11:13:40.839-08:00Portable Naval Wargame Pre-dreadnought Playtest 4: "Battle in the Bay!"<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Colonial Wars can be a real growth enterprise, and the hats get better and better!</b></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8s69P2M8_oWH06KHgd1uS-T1jlK4h1bE_nlb5P7v5ABKD1iDYJFk5pIymTltCZaUQPCGxtVs4VPMCgBqbaFTJ4gvDObRjo8yUHdpecN2CXYCkWYj3D5x3VJ_i4RkY-GobySr9NwYbYQEaid8dOM-eUIkCyy4H3StJnkiu2a8UzabG-miH4UnbRv13=s1427" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1427" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8s69P2M8_oWH06KHgd1uS-T1jlK4h1bE_nlb5P7v5ABKD1iDYJFk5pIymTltCZaUQPCGxtVs4VPMCgBqbaFTJ4gvDObRjo8yUHdpecN2CXYCkWYj3D5x3VJ_i4RkY-GobySr9NwYbYQEaid8dOM-eUIkCyy4H3StJnkiu2a8UzabG-miH4UnbRv13=w640-h422" width="640" /></a><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>https://www.sutori.com/story/opposition-to-the-spanish-american-war-5197</i></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>But it should be remembered that "Pigs get fat while hogs get slaughtered"...</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Was eager to try these rules with the changes listed in Playtest #3, so you didn't have to wait very long for Playtest #4! This time I pushed the Spanish farther back and gave them sea room. I also made a bunch of choices for expressing the ships in game terms.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Ships from history stats to rules::</b></span><br />
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Spanish ships had "older" guns [their own guns were noted as being slow, inaccurate, etc, inferior to the latest in general].</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">US ships had "modern" guns</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Flotation Points were 1.5 x Displacement / 1000 [with some rounding]. For example, the Pelayo displaces 9,750 tons x 1.5 / 1000 is 15 FP.</span></li>
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Furthermore, a bonus FP or two were given if heavily armored, e.g. Pelayo and Olympia got 2 bonus FP, Boston and Raleigh 1.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An FP or two were taken away if there was no armor, e.g. Castilla.</span></li>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #666666;"><b>Not used but worth noting:</b></span><ul>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #666666;">Tertiary guns were noted as a "Yes / No" <b>Y/N</b> if plentiful, or <i>y/n</i> if just a few. They will be used against Torpedo Runs by torpedo boats and destroyers.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #666666;">Speaking of which, a Torpedo boat of 500 tons would have one FP [barely]. So I made a "torpedo boat" three boats so they'd have 3 FP altogether. Also, rather than give a penalty to hit / range in on a small target, I just added a couple of FP for being a small, fast target. This is the same mechanic for the same effect as armor, i.e. survivability. This will have to be tested more in the future.</span></li>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I felt a lot better with some sort of historical system in place, rather than just working by game types, which don't necessarily suit the older, Spanish, ships.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Game Changes to Portable Naval Wargame as used in this post:</b></span><br />
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Turn sequence changed to: <span style="color: blue;"><b>Initiative, Move, Shoot</b></span>.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Target Acquisition.</span></b> Before rolling Gunnery dice v. a Target, it must be acquired. Roll a 4+ on a d6 so succeed, with: </span></li>
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+1 for Short Range [<i>3 hexes or less</i>], </span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+1 for each previous attempt to Range in on the same target, and </span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-1 v. targets that are evading, obscured or have multiple shooters against it.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-1 Poor / +1 Excellent Gunnery</span></li>
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<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">No secondary batteries</span></b> - each ship has one broadside.</span></li>
<li><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color: blue;">Squadron Quality.</span></b> Squadrons were rated by Quality against which 2d6 added together would be rolled - success was equal or less. The Spanish were a '7' [58% chance] and the US a '9' [83%]. <span style="color: #3d85c6;">Quality </span>was rolled for <span style="color: #3d85c6;">passing a ship's Critical Point 'band' </span>[<i>about 75% of Flotation Points lost</i>]. A failure causes the ships to retreat from the battle. Also, <span style="color: #3d85c6;">to enter or remain in Close Range </span>of 3 hexes or less, ships had to pass a squadron "Q" roll or move out to >3 Hexes.</span></li>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The net stats for each squadron:</b><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Spanish 41 Flotation Points v. US 31 Flotation Points</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Spanish 24 Gunnery Dice v. US 28 Gunnery Dice</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Spanish speed '2', US speed "3" [<i>exc Boston "2"</i>], so 50% faster.</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Spanish Quality '7' w' 2d6 v. US '9' [<i>58 v. 83% chance to pass</i>]</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Spanish Gunnery is "Poor" [<i>acquires targets on 5+</i>] v. US is "Average" [<i>4+</i>]</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Playtest #3 results</b>...a debacle of 4 Spanish to zero US ships lost, altho the Boston and Raleigh were at their Critical Point and would have to depart the fight. Hoping for improvement here for the Spanish, <i>but not with a lot of hope!</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>At turn 1,</b> US is entering Manila Bay, with Spanish building up steam to the South.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unprotected [and small] Cruisers <i>Castilla </i>and <i>Reina Cristina</i> are to left, the pre-dreadnought Battleship <i>Pelayo </i>and Armored Cruiser <i>Emperador Carlos V</i> to right.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 1,</b> US forces the minefield. Again, no mines in the first hex, but a '3' in the second! So each ship has to roll a 4+ to spot and evade mines, or else they will be attacked. The <i>Raleigh </i>rolls a 2 and fails to spot a mine in time, taking 1 Hit with the '4' roll [all PNW hit dice are '4-5' 1 Hit, '6' 2 Hits]. This is the best the Spanish have done with mine placement yet!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Note that the facing of the ships - to the spine - gives a free small turn in that they can turn to 60 degrees left or right, or 'zig-zag' and basically go "straight". It also gives a fairly accurate broadside of about 140 or 150 degrees.</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 1</b>, Spanish check to see if they were caught napping - but they weren't! <i>Only a 1, 2, or 3 chit would've resulted in a delay [of 1, 2, or 3 turns] to get up steam.</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Spanish move a hex forward and pay to turn a full 60 to the next spine to Port.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 2</b>, the US continues to force the entrance; the Baltimore evades but the Olympia passes too close to a mine and is attacked! Fortunately, she suffers no damage [faulty fuse?]. Only the Boston needs to clear...</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Spanish continue closing in. </span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>I'm torn between attacking separately and attacking together... It might be useful to force the US to attack up the middle between the two Spanish divisions. As I want an "open sea" playtest, I decide not to be clever. Besides, the US ships are faster and might outrun the lagging Castilla and Reina Cristina, resulting in the Pelayo and Emp Carlos taking them all on. With several weaknesses, dividing up seems like a bad plan for the Spanish.</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 3,</b> the Boston safely passes the mines [rolling a 4+] but the lines only advances one hex to get the Boston in formation. Despite having good guns, I don't want the Boston to be lagging behind, giving the Spanish an opportunity to overwhelm her alone.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As for the Spanish, I decide to begin pulling them into a Line Ahead. As everyone is still out of their 6-hex range, the turn ends.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 4</b>, the squadrons continue to close on each other. The Spanish lose Initiative, but it's pretty obvious what they'll do, anyway. The ships don't have the speed to turn fast enough to do anything radical. The Baltimore and Olympia are in range but fail to acquire the Emp Carlos and Pelayo as targets, respectively [they'll get a +1 next time]. The Emp Carlos also fails, but the Pelayo redeems her poor performance last game by acquiring the Baltimore on the first try! She has a 7-dice broadside, -1 dice / hex, so at 6 hexes fires with 1d6 but does get a hit on a 4 - first blood to the underdogs, <i>Viva Espagna</i>!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 5.</b> ES lose IN again and must move first. Neither side rolls low enough to enter close range. However, the Spanish move in forcing the US to end their move within close range as you have to move one hex forward before making one 60-degree turn. I like this, as it presents some interesting possibilities and makes the IN matter, even if you lose.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The US move one hex forward, and doesn't turn [I should probably have said they must]. Gunnery starts to really pick up at this point. Raleigh has total fail but the others all acquire targets, inflicting 3, 4, and 4 hits on the ECV, Pelayo and RC respectively - ouch! <i>Looks like this will be another US success story...</i> The ES reply with two failures to acquire, but the Pelayo hits the Baltimore for 2 and the RC acquires but then fails to hit with 1d6. <i>11 to 2 hits is not a sustainable gunnery exchange for the Spanish - the US has to run out of luck!</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With turn 5 ending, the Reina Cristina is nearly sunk, altho the Baltimore is getting there, too, and it a much more important ship.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 6</b>, the US loses IN and moves first, pushing forward to cross the "T" of the ES squadron. The ES can't have this as they are already weaker in gunnery and will have to re-acquire targets or suffer halved broadsides.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ergo, the Spanish move a little forward and start running parallel to the US. They can't willingly move within 3 hexes, but they must move forward a hex to turn and so end up at close range, anyway.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gunnery is pretty heavy. The US hit down the line for 3, 2, 2, and 4 respectively, sinking the Reina Cristina and probably killing any survivors floating in the water, too! The ECV acquires Olympia and deals 5 Hits to her! Unfortunately, the Pelayo then entirely misses the Baltimore, ugh! The RC and the Castilla failed to acquire. Hit exchange is 11-5 this time.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Status end of Turn 6 shows the US still having a bit edge, but Olympia is hurting a bit. Another turn like that and she'll sink! The Dons can only hope - and shoot better!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 7 </b>the ES win IN, and there's some interesting issues. The US again fails to roll low enough to have the option to close [I decided to make it very hard - you must roll less than half your Q value or 5 US and 4 ES] so they must move first and away from the ES squadron.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I move them forward 1 and the Boston 2 to close up the gap. <i>I'm still trying to decide if they should have to actively seek more distance or force it upon the other fleet if they move first.</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Spanish don't roll low enough to remain close in, either, so shift forward and to starboard.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">All gunnery is now at over 3 hexes. The ECV pounds the Olympia for 3 while Pelayo misses again and Castilla fails to acquire - AGAIN - needing to roll a '3' is all. The US gunnery is better, despite the Raleigh experiencing total failure to acquire - someone dropped the Stadometer overboard?? - inflicting 2-2-1 hits on the Spanish.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 7 status</b>: Olympia and ECV may have to leave Castilla and Pelayo are OK. US still has a big advantage at this point. <i>I think the Spanish are cursed by history - and fate.</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 8,</b> the Spanish lose and must move first. They have no option to close and get Castilla into better range [rolling an '8' and needing a 4 or less], but the ECV decides to continue fighting [by zero margin of error, I might add - noticeable lack of enthusiasm here]. They advance one hex, not wanting to risk the range lengthening.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The US rolls low enough and closes in, with the Boston aiming to finish off the Castilla in one turn if possible! Even Raleigh should be effective now...</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 8 Gunnery</b> is pretty violent. The Pelayo finally gets it right and smacks the Baltimore for 4 Hits, while the ECV sinks the Olympia with a hit to spare!. Unfortunately, the Baltimore in a vengeful fury over the Olympia, apparently, blows ECV out of the water with 5 Hits! Castilla finally acquires but misses while Boston plugs her for 4 in return for splashing her decks. An ignoble performance, I'd say.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 8 status:</b> Olympia sunk [forgot to mark] is a new milestone for the Spanish - Hooray for them! Baltimore is almost sunk [makes two turns of missing even more annoying]. But the Castilla, ECV and RC are all gone, leaving Pelayo to fulfill its nickname of "<i>Solitario</i>".</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 9.</b> The US loses IN and neither side is able to remain close up - can't blame them after the horrible destruction of last turn! - so a bit of distance is tacitly agreed upon. <i>Perhaps it is time to end the slaughter and pick up survivors??</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 9 gunnery.</b> US manages 2 Hits, Pelayo none. Fatigue perhaps?</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 9 status</b>: Pelayo is approaching her Critical Point, and must roll some hot dice to finish off Baltimore and two more unscathed - if smaller - ships with 12 total Flotation Points!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 10</b>, I finally forget to turn over the Blue Dice! Still, I manage to track things much easier with the Move-Shoot turn sequence. Spanish lose but have no cunning plan. The US moves Baltimore off to force Pelayo to make hard choices - weaker shot v. Baltimore, or attempt to acquire a new target [and risk failure]? <i>That's a cunning plan, cursed Yanquis!</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 10 gunnery</b>, an annoyed Pelayo, with just one dice, rolls a ''4' and sinks the Baltimore! Honors to <i>Solitario</i>! In return, she takes two Hits from the Baltimore and Raleigh.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 10 status:</b> Pelayo has almost reached her Critical Point. The two strongest US cruisers are sunk but the remaining two, albeit smaller ones, have 11 Flotation Points left between them, which is quite a lot compared to Pelayo's 4!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 11. </b>The US wins IN. The Pelayo passes Q and moves slowly ahead. The US close to within killing distance.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Unfortunately, the Boston [the heavy-gunned of the two] doesn't acquire Pelayo as a target, and the Raleigh inflicts no damage! The Pelayo Acquires Boston and hits her for 3 - <i>Viva</i>!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 11 status</b> - the Pelayo can accept this exchange - Boston half sunk for no damage in return.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 12</b>, the US wins IN but there's not a lot of choice with the big guns on the table. Pelayo rolls a 2 to stay in the fight - must like the sight of Boston taking hits!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 12 Gunnery</b>. Boston has a critical failure to acquire Pelayo! Pelayo has no such problem and sinks her [barely]! Raleigh hits for 2 on a long shot!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 12 status:</b> Pelayo has little left and is now sinkable, and qill have to pass Q to avoid retreating. Still, Raleigh doesn't have great gunnery at this range so anything is possible. Heck, at this point the ES has done their best showing ever, and can float back to Manila with honor for all they care!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 13. </b>Spanish win IN, Raleigh starts to cut her off and cross her T. Pelayo fails Q [as badly as possible - sudden panic?] and veers off to Starboard. BUT, in the gunnery phase, Raligh again misses while Pelayo squeaks out just 1 hit.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Turn 14. </b>US wins IN, but can't close the range. Pelayo continues retreating, and blasts Raleigh out of the water with 4 Hits. Not to be outdone, Raleigh sinks her with 2 Hits rolling a '6'! <i>Note that the '4' shouldn't even be there...</i></span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Final Butcher Bill [well, Fishmonger's Bill, anyway]: a tactical tie, but </span><b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">a strategic win for the Spanish</span></b><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> who've several small ships more than the US in the area. Also, with the Home Port advantage, they've a better chance to float one of their ships sooner.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wow, great and grueling battle! </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I'm happy with the changes, and the decisions available to the Admirals. There's an ongoing tension to enter close and deadly range and remain there, and important decisions about which ship to target, switching targets, etc. I feel like these rule additions influence tactics and choices in an historical manner that make it worth a little more complexity. </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Much will be eased if I make splash markers with ship identifiers on them. I really like the ones in David Manley's "Fire When Ready!" as well as many of his scenario and other detailed rules. I just want a rule set that streamlines the mechanics while preserving the decisions!</i> </span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I do need to get more detailed on the Q rolls and perhaps nuance the roll a bit. Much like Manley's "Broadside and Salvo" rules, I'm looking for squadron leader decisions for a player while allowing the "non-player" ships to provide friction for their own side in this era of "lesser" communications.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Future Work:</b></span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- Nuance the Q rolls a bit,</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- ditching hexes for table top,</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- torpedo boats, torpedo runs and defensive fire!</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- critical hits!</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">- optional: differentiating guns by rolling 1 dice per gun?</span><br />
<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Happy to take suggestions as well!</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I hope these playtests have given you an opportunity to learn about these lovely set of simple rules that you can have fun with your newbie friends and family, and add details as you see fit for your serious gamer pals.</span><br />
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Remember the Maine!"</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-11663331295284734792018-06-21T19:10:00.000-07:002018-06-22T10:35:24.924-07:00Portable Naval Wargame Pre-dreadnought Playtest 3<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After some to-ing and fro-ing with Bob Cordery, and a bunch of research including closely reading his Modern Land Rules, I decided to focus on ranging in as a mechanic that adds "feel" and more importantly affects player decisions / tactics on the table. The historical reasons being:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Acquiring a target was key to gunnery hits.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The longer you fired upon a target your better chance to get the correct range and start getting hits.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Ships purposefully maintained relative course and speed to increase their chance of getting hits, or altered course and speed to reduce the enemy's chance, i.e. chasing the splashes.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Close range combines the flat trajectory zone of the gun, the capabilities of the sights, quality of the crew / gun, and good sighting during sea conditions.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Targets that evade, turn, have multiple ships firing upon it, or are obscured by smoke / fog / mist are harder to hit.</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Ranges of 2000-4000 yards were about the best one could manage depending on sea state as guns were still mostly under local control and firing from a rolling ship.</i></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"To roll the gun dice for damage, a target must first be ranged-in, i.e. acquired. The base roll to acquire a ship target is a 4+ on d6, modified as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The goal being to intro target acquisition as something that impacts TACTICS as well as gives period feel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I also changed the facing of ships to facing directly along a hex spine - it just works easier and allows gentle turns with no rules issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, how did this all work out?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I used the latest version of the Portable Naval Wargame, right from Bob C's draft, which he kindly sent me and I kindly read it and offered some suggestions to make the text clearer, etc. So this is the latest PNW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One big change is that there are Primary and Secondary batteries, with different dice and ranges. There is a net increase in firing dice, which has been somewhat offset with a net increase in Flotation Points [representing both armor and displacement].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The scenario is very similar to last time. In this <i>alternative </i><b>Battle of Manila Bay</b>, the Spanish have mined the entrance and stand guard out in the bay after the successful arrival of Adm Camara's Flying Squadron, which includes the Battleship <i>Pelayo </i>and the Armored Cruiser <i>Emperador Carlos V</i>, with 12" and 11" main guns respectively. They have 6 mine markers numbered 1-6, and 1-3 actually have mines which attack a passing ship at the marked value. Meanwhile, the Spanish ships have the possibility of being caught unready by the attack, so have two markers picked from the numbered 1-6 available. They are turned over turn 1 and show what turn the Spanish can get under way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, the US Fleet prepares to enter from left. Boston, Baltimore, Olympia and Raleigh [using an Atlanta counter so it will be full-sized]. To the right, the Spanish squadron is getting under way in two divisions, the right with Pelayo and Emperador Carlos V, a battleship and armored cruiser, and the left with Castilla and Reina Cristina, both unprotected Cruisers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Stats are something like: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Spanish Flotation Points = 45, US Flotation Points = 43</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Spanish Batteries = 34 dice, US Batteries = 41</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So parity on hulls, but the US is 50% faster, and has an edge on gun dice. <i>Plus there is the tradition I'm building of Amazing Yankee Dice!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 1 Movement </b>[note the blue d12 is wrong!]. There is no gunnery [everyone is well out of range] and the US loses the move roll so moves first. They elect to stay North in the channel, and the first hex is clear [the '5' doesn't count] while the second does have mines, but only attack at a 1 on a d6. Naturally, the Boston rolls a '1' while the Baltimore has a close shave with a '2'! Having been successfully attacked by the Spanish mine, damage is rolled for and the 4=1 Hit. The Spanish reveal no delay to Pelayo's division, but the Unprotected Cruisers are delayed until Turn 2.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 2 Movement</b>. Again, no gunnery. The US again loses so moves first. The Squadron eases thru the North channel and turns South.Olympia manages to pass thru, but the Raleigh also rolls a '1', and fortunately the Spanish mine is a dud [rolling 1-3 misses]. The Spanish edge closer at their 2-hex movement. All the US ships except Raleigh are 3-hex [turns out this is an error - the Boston was the slow one, oops].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 2 Gunnery, Turn 3 Movement.</b> The big ES ships were in range and I forgot to roll for them. The Pelayo fails to range in [a continuous problem, it will turn out to be]. The Emp. Carlos manages to do so and acquires the leading Boston, and inflicts a Hit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4 gunnery</b>. The Pelayo again fails to acquire Boston, but the Emperador manages a hit. The USN fails to range in with anyone but Baltimore who puts a hit on Pelayo [14 more to go...]. <i>I'm noting which ships is an acquired target on the log sheet.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4 Movement.</b> The ES lose and move first, advancing a hex then turning. The USN pulls ahead to bring superior numbers against the lead Spanish ships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5 Gunnery</b> [*sigh* I should stop using a turn dice...]. Pelayo fails for the third time to acquire a target. Castilla is barely in range of Olympia, but also fails. Emperador Carlos gets 3 Hits with her main and 2 with her secondary batteries, trashing the Boston who now has to retreat from the battle and fight to stay afloat! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In return, the Olympia quickly ranges in and inflicts a whopping 7 hits on Pelayo - holy moly! <i>it should be noted that Olympia has rolled hot in every game I've played thus far.</i> The Boston also ranges in, and adds 3 more. Baltimore then plasters Emperador Carlos with 7 hits, getting her well on the way to retreat or sinking in one fell swoop. <b><span style="color: blue;">Damn Yanquies!!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So<b> halfway thru turn 5</b>, we stand with Pelayo and Emperador both in trouble, with 11/15 and 7/12 Hits, and in return Boston has 8/10 and must retreat. But at this range and with this firepower, I'm uncertain how long these Spanish ships will be afloat! Now if it was the Olympia that was in trouble, this might be a better contest...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5 move.</b> The US loses and turns the Boston away while the Olympia and Baltimore dog the Spanish. Raleigh moves up, and the Castilla and Reina Cristina close in hoping to sink her quickly and turn things around. The Pelayo and Emperador Carlos veer off but the distance is still close...too close.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 West Gunner</b>y is bloody. The Castilla quickly acquires the Raleigh and blasts her with 5 points of damage. The Reina fails to acquire by rolling miserably low and the Raligh returns with 7 points of damage to the Castilla, bringing her to the Critical Point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSAREPtny2kpT7SdPO5tArTFKAjY4M_Vodf4keek7T8TwLxIA-WUN2Jnhk7CBdf8z96BRFA1Zy1y4kP2k9vz86wDu-Ywr0PMreqFekPFhcrAeXLhiXbGTIwczqUM6Ip16Bq9gTQmgzdo/s1600/DSC03003.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSAREPtny2kpT7SdPO5tArTFKAjY4M_Vodf4keek7T8TwLxIA-WUN2Jnhk7CBdf8z96BRFA1Zy1y4kP2k9vz86wDu-Ywr0PMreqFekPFhcrAeXLhiXbGTIwczqUM6Ip16Bq9gTQmgzdo/s640/DSC03003.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 East gunnery</b> is brutal. The Spanish fail to range in while the Olympia contributes 7 Hits and sinks Pelayo. The Baltimore then hammers home 4 on Emperador Carlos, sinking her as well. Amazingly, the Spanish, once again, have been viciously out-rolled!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 Moves</b>. The Spanish lose and move first, advancing to block Raleigh from escaping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Raleigh moves one up, then turns for 1 - I don't see any reason to use the quite detailed ramming rules, I don't think Raleigh should even have the option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Olympia and Baltimore turn up to engage the remaining Spanish ships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7 West Gunnery. </b>Castilla puts in 3 Hits on Raleigh, which will cause her to retreat. Unfortunately, US gunnery is quite solid and gives 4 back, sinking her.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tuLYMm0HCvMfS1SYMZUBVoOJU7Lj4ucS0qk1IhJ7AC5oBExJ25GnZXiO1FGslXJuyY4VdiJQUXFO80PecgV0voDayVhrCI7b3nLunI01mAu7Lym5ZblgnwzE_uSaeRbiT6MAZvdGj2I/s1600/DSC03008.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tuLYMm0HCvMfS1SYMZUBVoOJU7Lj4ucS0qk1IhJ7AC5oBExJ25GnZXiO1FGslXJuyY4VdiJQUXFO80PecgV0voDayVhrCI7b3nLunI01mAu7Lym5ZblgnwzE_uSaeRbiT6MAZvdGj2I/s640/DSC03008.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7 East Gunnery.</b> Well, their luck didn't run out. Both ships acquire Reina Cristina, and put 11 Hits on her, easily sinking her - The Don is Down!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeg-HHgQKJ7vYhoMiH1MciExYpZ3Nl2l-3hJ1hlnSMQ0zySK17hZwgh7vAq1EmYnnCCc4H8TCpsJh2aLXXCP1s6Kqs8e42zBAKXJOKq1eu7gIVNGGKNDyyBDyKPoRdRBQqN8dgNnkTkg/s1600/DSC03009.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeg-HHgQKJ7vYhoMiH1MciExYpZ3Nl2l-3hJ1hlnSMQ0zySK17hZwgh7vAq1EmYnnCCc4H8TCpsJh2aLXXCP1s6Kqs8e42zBAKXJOKq1eu7gIVNGGKNDyyBDyKPoRdRBQqN8dgNnkTkg/s640/DSC03009.JPG" width="640" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Final Tally.</b> Spanish lose all 4 ships sunk, including a battleship. The US has two protected cruisers retreating. This is largely due to bad dice rolling by the Spanish, and amazing dice rolling by the US! Still, I feel that gunnery is too deadly, overall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Happy with the facing mechanic [ships now face spine, not hex side] and the ranging-in / target acquisition mechanic. Ships who haven't acquired a target or are out of range have a reason to be evasive while its better to repeat attempts to range in on the same ship. Short range is of course, easier to range in and get Hits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some things to work on:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The lack of differentiation</b> between ships means some flavor is lost - these are definitely fleet battle games for 1-2 squadrons per player, at least.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Armor Rules</b> would be nice! Even something as simple as -1 dice for light, -2 for medium and -3 dice for heavy armor.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Gunnery is too powerful.</b> Granted, this is a fight in a harbor, but the firepower to speed ratio is off - if both sides close with each other, in two turns you can close from out side of range to deadly close range, which makes me wonder how long a turn is, really?? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Secondary batteries</b> seems unnecessary - the mechanic from the download version already allows for the broadside to get weaker with distance. And at 1-2 hexes the firepower of 8-10 dice results in 5-7 Hits on average - sinking ships in a turn or two depending on size. I will return to the original system from the downloads - you've one broadside that loses dice with distance. The only reason they might be useful is if there was a mechanic that allowed the Quick-Firing guns to fire first, before the big slow guns.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Shoot-Move turn sequence</b> drives me nuts! There doesn't seem to be any particular need for it, and Move-Shoot seems like a much more natural way to play a naval game.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ship Preservation Mentality Mechanic.</b> There needs to be some reason for ships not to close into point blank range and blast each other to pieces in a couple of bloody turns. Something like a Morale or Tactics roll - the simple fact is that if both sides sink half a fleet, they should both lose. So maybe you get 1 point for forcing a ship to retreat and 2 points for sinking it, but you lose 2 points for having a ship retreat yourself, and 3 points for one of yours sunk [or 4 points]. It should be kept in mind that </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Retreating </b>should halve gunnery, or something [the crew's busy trying to keep the ship afloat]. Simplest would be to say it can't fire any more.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Portable "Naval Wargame: Predreadnoughts" is definitely a somewhat stylized and streamlined game. I think that it does need just a bit more mechanics put into it, and that they should be there strictly to shape a more historical mentality for the players. These additions should not add to the book keeping or complexity much, if at all possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overall, I think the system is worth tinkering with, but I should definitely practice with a simple, open-sea scenario, perhaps with a little fog thrown in to make it interesting...perhaps a coast-line as well? We'll see.</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-407028621488395112018-06-14T19:20:00.000-07:002018-07-13T07:11:42.988-07:00 Pre-dreadnought Project, p.4: Painting 1:3000 Fleet<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I want to paint this stuff up quickly and be able to easily discern the squadrons from each other, so here's the scheme:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Clean and prep the pewter...white spray paint primer [they're tiny, need bright colors].</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The following schemes to differentiate the Mediterranean squadrons, which are from <a href="http://www.wtj.com/"><b><span style="color: blue;">War Times Journal</span></b></a> and <b><a href="http://www.aandagames.co.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">Fighting Fleets</span></a></b>. I've tried to provide some pics so that one can see how the schemes look and decide if they have visual appeal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Quick Thought:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>It should be kept in mind that it is always possible to differentiate nationalities from one another by tonal variations, e.g. not all ochre is the same color. A darker ochre may ground a white ship better to the viewer, while a lighter ochre will help brighten up a black-hulled ship. As much of these details are unknown, I feel it is better to err on the side of artistry and easy of play than worry about the nitty gritty of possible tonal shades weathered by the Adriatic through a misty season! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Also, paint was not nearly as sophisticated as today, and would show up with variation by manufacturer, be applied differently by different authorities, weather badly, and may very well not have a uniform standard conscientiously applied.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The purpose of the below pics is not just to provide some [possible] historical paint schemes, but also just to show what certain color schemes look like. This may help the artistically committed gamer decide on paint schemes where there is little evidence! Also, most of the images have links which may well provide a source for further ship images and information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First a comparison image of a few different paint schemes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Peacetime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: <u>Most</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black hull</b>,
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/spanish-cruiser-cristobal-colon/">https://laststandonzombieisland.com/tag/spanish-cruiser-cristobal-colon/</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Peacetime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black hull</b>, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white superstructure
& turrets </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b><span style="color: black;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre
funnels and masts</span></b><span style="color: black;">. The black hull often
had a narrow white band just below its upper edge, all the way around the ship.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sometimes (<u>rarely</u>, seen once on
HMS Nile) the black was carried up onto the upperworks as high as the edge of
the spar deck, making the turrets black instead of white.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Ships on tropical station would usually have </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white hull, superstructure
</span></b><span style="color: black;">or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre
superstructure</span></b>,<span style="color: #ffc000;"> </span><span style="color: black;">and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre funnels</span></b><span style="color: black;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Wartime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;">Dark Sea Grey</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(991) all over (except maybe lifeboats, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white </span></b><span style="color: black;">with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e46c0a;">brown</span></b><span style="color: #e46c0a;"> </span><span style="color: black;">wash on top).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> - </span>“FIGHTING
FLEETS”: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Lt grey all over. DD black.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Related image" height="383" src="https://hatchfive.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/skmbt_c36416120208081_0001-copy-4.jpg" width="640" /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/page/67/?app-download=blackberry">https://hatchfive.wordpress.com/page/67/?app-download=blackberry</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="H.M.S Inflexible" height="201" src="https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog/dm92.jpg" width="320" /> </span><img alt="H.M.S. Magnificent" height="197" src="https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog/dm47.jpg" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" width="320" /><br />
<i><a href="https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog/WW1-Dreadnought-and-Pre-Dreadnoughts.html"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">https://www.model-dockyard.com/acatalog/WW1-Dreadnought-and-Pre-Dreadnoughts.html</span></a></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><img alt="Image result for british pre dreadnought ships" src="http://www.viewing.com/Mars/CIMG0846%20large.JPG" height="479" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/31i565/hms_mars_1896_predreadnought_battleship_it_was/">https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/31i565/hms_mars_1896_predreadnought_battleship_it_was/</a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img src="http://texaswargamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cressy-01.jpg" height="211" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><a href="http://texaswargamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cressy-01.jpg">http://texaswargamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Cressy-01.jpg</a></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: large;">France</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Peacetime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black hull</b>, upperworks
and funnels either </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #bfbfbf;">silver grey</span></b><span style="color: #bfbfbf;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(883) or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre</span></b><span style="color: #ffc000;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(913). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boundaries
between hull and upperworks colors tended to vary widely, some placed very high
on the ship at spar deck edge, and some lower at main deck edge.. Best to find
photos of actual ships. <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Wartime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Unknown</i></b>, probably a </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;">Dark Sea Grey</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(991) or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #a6a6a6;">Medium Sea Grey</span></b><span style="color: #a6a6a6;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(870) all over. Some sources say French ships
have distinct </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #77933c;">greenish grey</span></b><span style="color: black;">,
which is supported by some builder's models still in existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> - </span>“FIGHTING
FLEETS”:</span></b><span style="color: black;"> black hulls, white upperworks, black funnel tops, DD lt. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> grey, subs sea
green<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Related image" height="356" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3d/73/55/3d7355d997987f8c8b5ad7b58394798d.jpg" style="background-color: transparent;" width="640" /><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="French battleship Masséna 1898 1:250 cardboard model" height="490" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6a/be/2e/6abe2ea3c7e4d26716314a59bf03ca13--bateau-rc-naval-history.jpg" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/560838959828196007/">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/560838959828196007/</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="French Cruiser Jeanne d'Arc by Kara-ALVAMA" height="197" src="https://orig00.deviantart.net/f8da/f/2011/113/a/a/french_cruiser_jeanne_d__arc_by_kara_alvama-d3envpx.png" width="640" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://kara-alvama.deviantart.com/art/French-Cruiser-Jeanne-d-Arc-206027349">https://kara-alvama.deviantart.com/art/French-Cruiser-Jeanne-d-Arc-206027349</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="French battleship Iéna 1896 1:200 cardboard model" height="480" src="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/65/ff/fd/65fffd5b48699b1dca88699a502020a0--model-ships-paper-models.jpg" width="640" /></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Postcard" src="http://www.metropostcard.com/picswar-7a/ww1-a-284-frenchfleet.jpg.jpg" height="410" width="640" /></span><br />
<a href="http://www.metropostcard.com/war7a-l.html"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.metropostcard.com/war7a-l.html</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Image result for French pre dreadnought ships" height="375" src="https://www.ripasrl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/HB-86505-FRENCH-NAVY-BATTLESHIP-CONDORCET-PRE-DREADNOUGHT-HOBBYBOSS.jpg" width="640" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://www.ripasrl.com/en/store/french-navy-battleship-condorcet-pre-dreadnought/">https://www.ripasrl.com/en/store/french-navy-battleship-condorcet-pre-dreadnought/</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Image result for French pre dreadnought ships" src="http://www.fantasticalandrewfox.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/fr_bouvet_profile.jpg" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="http://www.fantasticalandrewfox.com/articles/miyazakis-steampunk-battleships/">http://www.fantasticalandrewfox.com/articles/miyazakis-steampunk-battleships/</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><img src="http://www.fantasticalandrewfox.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Hoche-300x190.jpg" height="404" width="640" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img height="475" src="https://ofdiceandtinymen.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/pd1.jpg?w=300&h=224" width="640" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://ofdiceandtinymen.wordpress.com/category/13000/page/2/">https://ofdiceandtinymen.wordpress.com/category/13000/page/2/</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Italy</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Peacetime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: Typically <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black hull</b> with
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white
</span></b><span style="color: black;">or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #bfbfbf;">Silver Grey</span></b><span style="color: #bfbfbf;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(883) upperworks. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The transition between black and white could
be along the edge of the main deck, or sometimes down the middle of the amidships
bulwarks/casemates</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The funnels and masts were commonly painted </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre</span></b><span style="color: black;">, and in some cases - such as vessels like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Italia</u></i></b>
or Andrea Doria - the <u>lower half</u> of the funnels would be </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white </span></b><span style="color: black;">and the <u>upper half</u> would be </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #ffc000;">ochre</span></b><span style="color: black;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In vessels with super-heavy guns, the <u>gun
barrels</u> were sometimes painted <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black</b>
or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;">dark grey</span></b><span style="color: black;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Wartime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Unknown</i></b>, probably </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;">Dark Sea Grey</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(991) all over.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> - </span>“FIGHTING
FLEETS”: </span></b><span style="color: black;">Dark Grey<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<img alt="Related image" height="480" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c9/29/ae/c929aef39c60874874b54c5c984c4433.jpg" width="640" /><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Interesting look, with white trim, black masts, ochre fighting tops.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="2jg9pp2.jpg" height="427" src="https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=http://i65.tinypic.com/2jg9pp2.jpg&key=be31ea8bbd229d0452e57654fddddb96eaaeeba2b3a60c3d025dc96dd96c00fe" width="640" /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235035466-italian-navy-torpedo-cruiser-aretusa-late-victorian-pre-dreadnought/">https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235035466-italian-navy-torpedo-cruiser-aretusa-late-victorian-pre-dreadnought/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Related image" src="http://i28.tinypic.com/2vl5fv7.jpg" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://foro.todoavante.es/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=4933&view=previous">http://foro.todoavante.es/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=4933&view=previous</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Caio Duilio" src="http://militarynavalhistory.net/shippictures/igs_late_ironclads/caio_duilio.jpg" height="384" width="640" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="http://militarynavalhistory.net/shippictures/gallery/image_0107.php">http://militarynavalhistory.net/shippictures/gallery/image_0107.php</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="Related image" src="http://www.papercraftsquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Italian-Ironclad-Caio-Duilio-Turret-Ship-Paper-Model.jpg" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.papercraftsquare.com/italian-ironclad-caio-duilio-turret-ship-free-paper-model-download.html">http://www.papercraftsquare.com/italian-ironclad-caio-duilio-turret-ship-free-paper-model-download.html</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="IPD2" height="640" src="https://ofdiceandtinymen.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/ipd2.jpg?w=479" width="484" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://ofdiceandtinymen.wordpress.com/category/13000/page/2/">https://ofdiceandtinymen.wordpress.com/category/13000/page/2/</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;">Austria</span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Peacetime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: As with other European fleets, a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">black hull</b> with </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: silver; color: white;">white </span></b><span style="color: black;">or </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #bfbfbf;">Silver Grey</span></b><span style="color: #bfbfbf;"> </span><span style="color: black;">(883) upperworks and
funnels. Unlike the rest of the upperworks and funnels, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ventilators, gun barrels and masts</b> were
commonly painted <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>black</u></b> like
the hull. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f;">Turret tops seemed
to be dark grey.</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="color: black;">Wartime</span></u><span style="color: black;">: Reported by Jane's as being </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00cc99;">Sea Green</span></b><span style="color: black;">. The best combination for this seems to be a
1:1 mixture of Medium Sea Grey (870) and Grey Green (866), although straight
Grey Green also works while giving a greener but darker appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> - </span>“FIGHTING
FLEETS”: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #00cc99;">Sea Green</span></b><b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Image result for austrian pre dreadnought ships" src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/4e/a3/5b4ea3cb36bfbb70c94abccaad8397b8.jpg" /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.theborromeofamily.com/gallery/index.php?album=German%20Navy&image=german-navy-126.jpg">http://www.theborromeofamily.com/gallery/index.php?album=German%20Navy&image=german-navy-126.jpg</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/anaustrian-war-ship-maria-theresiar-liebig-card-war-ships-news-photo/173346344#/anaustrian-war-ship-maria-theresiar-liebig-card-war-ships-1897-picture-id173346344">https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/anaustrian-war-ship-maria-theresiar-liebig-card-war-ships-news-photo/173346344#/anaustrian-war-ship-maria-theresiar-liebig-card-war-ships-1897-picture-id173346344</a></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Related image" height="461" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/SMS_Budapest_%281896%29%2C_Modell.jpg" width="640" /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SMS_Budapest_(1896),_Modell.jpg">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SMS_Budapest_(1896),_Modell.jpg</a></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="Image result for austrian pre dreadnought ships" src="http://www.kuk-marine-museum.net/images/wracks/02_gallerion.jpg" height="359" width="640" /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="http://www.kuk-marine-museum.net/museum-1797-1918-wracks-en.html">http://www.kuk-marine-museum.net/museum-1797-1918-wracks-en.html</a></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Interesting pic of ochre color transition cutting thru main gun turrets - this may or may not be historically accurate, but it is a good illustration of this sort of paint scheme.</i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img alt="3D Paper Model Battleships Austrian-Hungarian battleship WIEN 1:400 scale 40cm Long 3d puzzles toy model papercraft for adult" src="https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1vdb3LVXXXXakXXXXq6xXFXXXZ/3D-Paper-Model-Battleships-Austrian-Hungarian-battleship-WIEN-1-400-scale-40cm-Long-3d-puzzles-toy.jpg_640x640.jpg" /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-Paper-Model-Battleships-Austrian-Hungarian-battleship-WIEN-1-400-scale-40cm-Long-3d-puzzles/1116415373.html">https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-shipping-Paper-Model-Battleships-Austrian-Hungarian-battleship-WIEN-1-400-scale-40cm-Long-3d-puzzles/1116415373.html</a></span><br />
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<i><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b>** </b>below is from War Times Journal, always worth checking out for free rules, and the latest Rapid Prototyped Plastic ships!** </span></span></i><br />
<i><b style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.wtj.com/store/index_paint_guide_hist-paint.html"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.wtj.com/store/index_paint_guide_hist-paint.html</span></a></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="background: white;">Painting</span></b><br /><span style="background: white;">A great variety of color schemes was used on warships between 1885 and 1918, but in general these schemes tended to use similar basic colors. Many fleets used bright color schemes for peacetime and more drab color scheme for wartime. Peacetime colors tended to be black, white, light grey and/or ochre. Wartime colors were usually some shade of grey as were most vessels after 1905. Below is a table of the colors we use to paint WTJ fleets, followed by more nationality-specific outlines. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">951<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">White<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Common lifeboat color<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">950<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">862<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Black Grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">870<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Medium Sea Grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">991<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dark Sea Grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">992<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Neutral Grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">883<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Silver Grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">913<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yellow Ochre<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">967<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Olive Green<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">866<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grey Green<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">821<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">German Beige<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">872<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Chocolate Brown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">898<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dark Sea Blue<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vallejo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">540<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Matte Medium (primer)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Used as undercoat for paint<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Used to seal textured base<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Custom deck color: x2 parts buff, x1 part silver grey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-65763437239977446282018-05-21T06:23:00.000-07:002018-05-21T12:58:40.870-07:00Portable Naval Wargame Pre-dreadnought Playtest 2<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>What happens when you are ill-prepared AND have the dice against you....</b></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, it took longer than I thought to return to "Portable Naval Wargame - Predreadnought" But I finally managed to play it today, RAW, in a compiled format of rules from both the Ironclads and the Predreadnought set. This took a couple of drafts, and there was still a typo in it, but that didn't affect play. So the below is the rules - using hexes - of PNW as Bob Cordery intends.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I took some time to collect ship data from Wiki [so it MUST be correct...] just to build a general idea what these ships were and their relative performance if in full operating condition. This gave me a bit of a rule of thumb for converting ships into PNW stats:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ships with 8" guns I gave a 6 dice / 5-hex range battery, and those with 5-6" guns a 4 / 4 battery. Hull was about 1 Flotation Point for each 500 tons. If a ship was equipped with torpedoes, I gave them one torpedo attack for the game. Speed was about one hex per 6-7 knots. There were pretty clean breaks in speed, i.e. several ships in the 11-14 knot range, and several in the 18-21 knot range, so this was easiest to convert into relative values.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is worth noting that the Spanish have more ships, that the Gunnery and Flotation points are nearly identical, the torpedo advantage lies with the Spanish but the speed / ramming edge is clearly with the Americans, with most ships having a 3-hex speed and a ram, while the Spanish have a 2-hex speed and only one ram in the fleet.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the scenario, I changed the history a bit and had the ES poised to stop the US as they enter Manila Bay. The harbor defenses consist of two land batteries with a 3 / 3 gun battery, and 3 real mine counters and 3 dummy counters, numbered 1-6. 1, 2 and 3 are all real and attack a ship entering the hex with 1, 2, or 3 dice based upon the density of the minefield. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, the mines are placed by me without knowing which are the real mines. This adds a little suspense for me. I concentrate them in the center where the land batteries are weakest, each only putting 1 dice of shooting into the center of the channel, and 2 dice into the hexes next to the fort. This leaves the US with the choice of taking more Gun shots, or risking more mines, which I felt added a balanced tension for decisions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each battery [<b>above</b>] has 3 / 3 gun points, so 3 dice and 2-hex range. They can both fire one dice into the center of the channel, and 2 dice into the near hex, giving even coverage across the channel. This coverage seems realistic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <b>below </b>is the <i>battlesea </i>[as in <i>battlefield</i>] for the game. The harbor entrance has one squadron of Spanish ships to East and one to South, the East having the larger ships and the South the smaller ones. To somewhat compensate for the mines and batteries, each Spanish squadron has a delay of 1, 2, or 3 turns to get up enough steam to sail, reflecting the surprise of the US attack. I used 3 chits numbered 1-3 and randomly picked two and placed one with each squadron. They will be flipped immediately after the first shot or mine explosion, as the Spanish go to battle stations.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, South squadron of three Velasco Class unprotected cruisers and a gunboat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, squadron of two large unprotected cruisers and two small protected cruisers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 1 movement</b>. There is no gunnery so US enters the board. No ship reaches a mine. I'm planning to send Olympia, center, to whichever side has no mines, or the fewest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 2, Gunnery. </b>Shore batteries each put 2 Hits on a ship rolling a '6' each and causing Petrel to need to depart the fight [how, I've no idea]. In return, the US Armored Cruisers pound the batteries with three hits each [white dice], enough to suppress them. They will get back one Gunnery Point a turn for three turns if not fired upon again. <i>This is to reflect that it is hard to destroy a stone and earth 'ship' from below! But you can make it hard for them to man the guns while under fire. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 2 Movement</b> has the small US ships take the lead through the minefield. And, as fate would have it, ALL the mines are only in the center channel! This is just typical of my luck with this naval war...the luck is almost always against the ES and with the US. One awkward aspect of the rules is revealed...as you must move forward one hex before you turn, the Olympia can't turn and avoid the minefield. I put her in the top of the channel instead of messing around with the turning rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 3</b> has no gunnery needed as the forts are suppressed. We head directly to movement, and the ES have a delay of 1 turn for the South squadron, and 3 for the North Squadron. The US therefore moves into the harbor and heads South to destroy the small squadron first. As always seems to happen, I forget to turn over the dice, so now all the turns are off by one! <i>*long, drawn-out sigh*</i> So, add one to every turn from now on!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4 gunnery.</b> The US takes a few long-range potshots at the ES who are out of range. OF COURSE they roll amazingly well, inflicting 7 hits and missing with zero dice! Fortune really, really doesn't like the Spaniards is all I can say. Castilla takes 4 Hits [out of 6] and Velasco takes 3 [out of 4] and technically both must retreat from the battle. How, I have no idea - it seems like they'll have to fight their way out regardless. <span style="color: blue;">[<b>Ignore the Blue die!]</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4 movement. </b>The ES South squadron is free to move and closes in to use torpedoes and hopefully make an impact before getting wiped out. The US also advances, getting their formation broken up a bit due to having to pay for turns. <i>Doesn't seem correct, really.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>5 Gunnery.</b> ES has torpedo attacks [3 dice to left of ship] which of course roll amazingly well, while their gunnery is limited to only 1 dice, altho Don Antonio gets a lucky hit. This results in the Concord sinking. In return, the US lays down 3 Hits of gunnery and 3 Hits from a torpedo attack by the Raleigh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5, more US gunnery.</b> The bigger US ships are bringing up the rear. Their 8-inch guns pound 5 more Hits in, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sinking both the Velasco and the Don Juan and leaving the Don Antonio in poor shape.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 Gunnery. </b>ES ships are clearly shaken...they miss. US pounds home four more Hits, and both ES ships sink, leaving the squadron a rescue effort rather than a threat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 Movement.</b> The US starts to change course so as to engage the North ES squadron. The Boston, with its slow speed, is forced to venture towards them on its own and await the rest of the US ships to catch up. <i>Worth noting is that a ship with Move 2 can only move 1 Hex forward and turn...a 3-Hex move is significantly better as you can move 1-2 hexes forward and turn, or move 1, turn, move 1. As for the 1-hex move...it's move OR turn.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7, Movement.</b> With no gunnery, the Petrel continues its painful move off board, while the Squadrons close in on each other. I find the turn rules awkward, but not impossible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 8 Gunnery. </b>Boston may be slow, but she's deadly - 2 Hits sinks the Reina Cristina who misses in response. <i>Note the Spanish fleet line spreading out due to a turn.</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 8 Moves.</b> Both fleets close in, the Spanish hope to tackle the Boston before help arrives. Boston may be able to take care of them with a little luck.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 9 Gunnery.</b> Boston fires a long shot...and of course Hits for 2!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 10 Gunnery. </b>Boston "unleashes hell" and rolls 5 Hits on Castilla! However, the ES beat their luck and not only shoot for 4 Hits, but unleash ES cruise missile torpedoes for 2 more! Needless to say, Boston and Castilla sink.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 10 Movement.</b> ES continue on converging course as the closer they are the better it is for them since their gunnery is outranged. Raleigh leads the Baltimore and Olympia as quickly as possible, but the turn slows them down and they only manage to get two into firing position. <i>Still, it will probably be more than enough...</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 11 Gunnery.</b> For a change, the US misses, and the ES hits for 3 - <i>Viva Espagna</i>!!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 11 Movement. </b>The US is not afraid to close the range, having the more powerful guns and only lightly damaged ships. Still, the Spanish will go down fighting!</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 12 Gunnery.</b> a weak effort by ES, who are then devastated by the best shot of the game, as the Baltimore puts out enough hits to sink a pre-dreadnought, much less a protected cruiser - 7 HITS!! <i>Isla de Luzon has debris flying back to Luzon...</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 12 Movement, Turn 13 Gunnery.</b> ES win Initiative, get to counter-move to the US Armored Cruisers. They will not be in ideal position either way, so elect to move farther ahead. Of course, it doesn't matter and the Isla de Cuba whiffs then is blown to kingdom come by the same sharpshooter on the Baltimore - 5 Hits inflicted!</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLiXD39wHhXS0B4Pun77hXRZM4vJVPWJpvLFfe0Kipqj6vfSXzW2nD2h4uDR48hGIQrsz1U2GmUq6598Y_32Tc_I2SP9q26N01tDl7KcRPlRtoPkvqvocuPXGdjycNjqJC_x6GNX_82o/s1600/DSC02932.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLiXD39wHhXS0B4Pun77hXRZM4vJVPWJpvLFfe0Kipqj6vfSXzW2nD2h4uDR48hGIQrsz1U2GmUq6598Y_32Tc_I2SP9q26N01tDl7KcRPlRtoPkvqvocuPXGdjycNjqJC_x6GNX_82o/s640/DSC02932.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Final Tally: <span style="color: orange;">ES </span></b>lose fleet of eight ships, <b><span style="color: blue;">US </span></b>loses three [almost four] of six. However, both Armored Cruisers are in good shape, and they dominate the waves. The only way to even the score strategically would be to sabotage the Olympia so her coal bunker blows up. <i>Hmmmm....now why did I think of that?</i> Anyway, I liked how the scenario played out overall, except that it really seems as though FATE has it in for the Spaniards - they are weak in every aspect of naval operations, AND they have lousy luck! I want them to win, someday...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>The rules worked OK for "simple", but I feel they are actually a bit <u>too </u>simple, and that with just a few design changes will be easier and give better feel for naval combat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Pondering the Move / Turn system.</b> Ships must move forward one hex and can then make one turn of one hex side. Let's explore some of the consequences of this mechanic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Petrel is trying to follow the rules and exit the battlefield due to Flotation Point losses being at Critical Point. Let's forget the shore battery for now, and just think about maneuvering around the minefield:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Petral has Move 2, and can advance 2 hexes.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But if she does, she has to move into the minefield as you can't turn until you have moved forward one hex. Not very appealing for a crippled ship!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Instead, if she moves forwards 1 HEX this turn...</span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJ-x5MZXYf7d757PgW-06dGggtSuBk17ICgg9SsTWoy7O59J_girmOxysg7hyphenhyphenjJJZueVE99do3s08kiZ-fllg4QEZl6LQWb5BbkohzIumCORQm4Fg7y_KrXCotE2q_WQP8wOs0O9HCWc/s1600/DSC02930.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJ-x5MZXYf7d757PgW-06dGggtSuBk17ICgg9SsTWoy7O59J_girmOxysg7hyphenhyphenjJJZueVE99do3s08kiZ-fllg4QEZl6LQWb5BbkohzIumCORQm4Fg7y_KrXCotE2q_WQP8wOs0O9HCWc/s640/DSC02930.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">She can then move forward one hex next turn, and make a turn to the left, which costs one point of movement anyway.</span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m9TlmIWFegoOT82amyEvW3EAuSEKMYZPyx6mNT4Txc8VkXl_oKzEKPJ2ExA-t-eVgT7Q30HeFzXG5GK6UVkFYzKHUSgB62L0-BcC3kX2tMJSu02-wXJg3lTsTprK2-RNRQmnv2Fac3Q/s1600/DSC02931.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5m9TlmIWFegoOT82amyEvW3EAuSEKMYZPyx6mNT4Txc8VkXl_oKzEKPJ2ExA-t-eVgT7Q30HeFzXG5GK6UVkFYzKHUSgB62L0-BcC3kX2tMJSu02-wXJg3lTsTprK2-RNRQmnv2Fac3Q/s640/DSC02931.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is pretty awkward as it means you have to stop at least one hex ahead of any obstacle requiring a course change. This could of course be justified by saying that these ships don't turn on a dime. HOWEVER, with no time / distance scale, it really isn't possible to compute if this is reasonable or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Move / Turn system, squadron in Line Ahead</b> [following a lead ship in column].</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The US squadron is in Line Ahead, and all three ships have Move 3.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If Raleigh in front moves the full 3 hexes, she leaves behind Baltimore and Olympia who have to pay for a turn and can therefore only move 2 total hexes - there's now a gap in the Line Ahead formation.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ97QwXalFwIsbfrIpZD4W0HDshk_G22voWJ5IuSKQgw3Do6Aj9uw7BJdsjAa7dun33ZA4m9SFn_44QLGa1nD-DLAOi_fp6-CR8OXdFetnzhX1jW27LShAPtbHP4kTeIXylg4pto_muM/s1600/DSC02920.JPG" imageanchor="1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ97QwXalFwIsbfrIpZD4W0HDshk_G22voWJ5IuSKQgw3Do6Aj9uw7BJdsjAa7dun33ZA4m9SFn_44QLGa1nD-DLAOi_fp6-CR8OXdFetnzhX1jW27LShAPtbHP4kTeIXylg4pto_muM/s640/DSC02920.JPG" width="640" /></span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The solution is that Raleigh has to move forward only 2 hexes, so that the other two ships can make their turn and keep up. Net effect is that a 60 degree turn costs 33% of Move.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ok, so there's the problem - what might be the solution to this and the awkward zig-zagging of fire arcs?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hexe facing variant - <b>face ships to the spine</b>, not the flat.</span> Can execute a small turn for free as it can move into *either* front hex. This also solves the problem of not being able to head straight across the board in the 3 or 9 o'clock direction below [you have to face 60 up, move, turn, move, turn, move, turn, etc, so it effectively costs twice as much to move straight in 2 of the 4 directions [board East-West].<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSEtxEp4zOTPko7zvc7nvcLlObCNrX244inep5i7AFuClemNNpli7SLgyhrRt9h9dL-MfDnewFbtFktXjQyQpowHQF8kI8oFDzMo6mOJjCnJFY1GyvF14bR2LvKv554FU3jVOH7Ov0W4/s1600/DSC02933.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSEtxEp4zOTPko7zvc7nvcLlObCNrX244inep5i7AFuClemNNpli7SLgyhrRt9h9dL-MfDnewFbtFktXjQyQpowHQF8kI8oFDzMo6mOJjCnJFY1GyvF14bR2LvKv554FU3jVOH7Ov0W4/s640/DSC02933.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This also makes the fire arcs easier to figure out. Pencils show how the front arc is straight down the spines, rear same off the stern, while the broadsides are cleanly along the spine line to each side.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, using spine facing, a squadron in Line Ahead executes a gentle turn around an obstacle [yellow dice].</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Boston moves two hexes with gentle turn to left. Next turn, she moves one hex and pays one move point for 60-degree turn to next spine to left. Or, she could remain facing the same direction and just keep gently angling in either front direction.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Portable Naval Wargame - Predreadnought Rules thoughts:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A guide to translate ship stats into the game from Wiki, Janes, etc is needed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The -1 dice / hex for gunnery means that ships actually have a max range of 1 hex less than rules state, i.e. a ship with a listed 6-hex range actually has a 5-hex range. This leaves you with the more awkward rule of "-1 dice for every hex past 1" so as to have a 6-hex range with a 6 / 6 battery. Or you can live with the 1-hex range discrepency. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paying a hex of movement to turn one hex side is awkward. The net effect is that it slows a line ahead [column] down by 33-50% depending on their Move rate which seems extreme. In a chase you'd never want to change direction, even to farther away from the enemy fleet chasing you as you'd lose "ground".</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Restricting turns to one side after one hex forward of movement slows the game down quite a bit and makes it feel less "fluid", no pun intended. I see the goal, but I say ditch the turning cost and restriction - they don't make sense in the scale of the game, making it feel a lot more like 1800 than 1880.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Torpedoes are way too good. They should have only a small chance to hit [say, a natural '6'] but if they do they cause 2 FP damage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ability to shoot at any target, not just the nearest, results in a "shoot until it sinks" gunnery mechanism which is not realistic. Target acquisition was a major crew proficiency and gear test and was not easily done. Rather, it took a little while to range in and THEN you let fly with the whole broadside - game doesn't really reflect this.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hex mechanism doesn't really save much time and effort. True, you don't need to use measuring devices, but the fire arcs are actually a zig-zag pattern that is hard to follow - facing ships along the spine would solve that. It would also help with the turning issue - you could still charge a move point for a large turn, but gentle turns in any map board / hex alignment direction are all possible or you can move straight in any direction.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm trying to figure out why ships should move at all in game terms. Scenario victory conditions and differences in gun ranges may force it. But if both sides are content with range, all ships could just not move at all. Perhaps one should get a bonus shooting at a ship that doesn't move?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overall, I think these are an interesting set of mechanics. I feel that they err on the side of TOO simple, and that just a little bit more would both clean them up and give better naval feel. The hexes don't help much, I think it'd be easier just to use a Grid and allow ships to face either a spine or an edge [so 8 total directions]. However, it is almost as easy and feels more realistic to not bother with any sort of grid or hex at all - there's plenty of turn mechanics and gadgets to use that are simple and players pick up quickly, even if newbies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In any event, Bob Cordery has given us a lot to think about for free, so "thanks Bob!"</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-7596087196270568612018-05-15T16:54:00.004-07:002018-07-13T07:09:14.798-07:00Pre-dreadnought Project, p.3: Fleet Arrives<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>"You may anchor when ready, Gridley."</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Hooray, the WTJ squadrons have arrived!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The box came from <a href="http://www.wtj.com/" style="color: blue; font-weight: bold;">Wartimes Journal </a>yesterday - not a bad turnaround time for print-on-demand plastics, which were in the order and delayed things a bit. The pewter stock was all on hand. Order was placed April 26 and would've arrived quickly but for the plastics which had it arrive Monday the 14th, or 18 days total.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As always, the items were carefully packed in his special blister seals between bubbles system, and there was no breakage I can see, altho the plastic items make me a bit nervous - they're pretty strong but they don't LOOK strong! 31 of the 33 ships were available, and of course all the plastic was available. <b>Below</b>, metal hanging on box, plastics on table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pewter castings have the usual bits of flash and some have mold lines but they aren't pronounced. I like them and their heft - I've always preferred the metals to plastics in that regard, they FEEL right! However, the line is being discontinued due to the ease of working with the plastics, plus they offer better detail, little to no flash, and great variety in scale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>*sigh* Don't know what will happen to the excess pewter ships...but I asked.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plastics <b>below</b>. wrecks at top left and right, fighting tops down the left, destroyers / torpedo boats center, land batteries to right. <i>One error with extra large and no medium fighting tops that Jim at WTJ caught and is going to correct. I get some extra large ones out of it!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Below</b>, entire order laid out for tallying and checking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The pewter list and ships from top down. You can see nice details like decks and lifeboats. Spanish at top, followed by French, British, one Austrian and the Italian ships, all conveniently numbered by nationality on the bottom of the hull - and quite clear if small. Very useful! Note how large the Drake is - at 14,000+ tons and 500+ feet, she was quite large for the period, bigger than many battleships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Regret that the lighting didn't come out as bright as it was in the room, but the flash would've made the pics worse.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm looking forward to this a</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s a pretty quick prep, paint, and play project, that is also portable, and playable on a small space, so I can travel with it. Am enjoying working with the PW rules, and have a re-fight of Manila already planned for ASAP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This era also encourages a sort of simplicity in play, also. The battles are mostly about gunnery as torpedoes just aren't that effective yet - altho they are a threat. Thus the primary tension is in maneuvering and firing, and we must rely on the scenarios to prevent us from getting bored with a "line them up and sink everything in sight" sort of game. Yet, there is some opportunity for odd weapons like spar torpedo boats, submarines and perhaps even a balloon attack - or observation - that make it a bit more interesting than a wooden ships and iron men era fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Once again, "Full Steam Ahead!"</span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-45983938490947280262018-05-09T13:56:00.003-07:002018-05-23T17:14:53.244-07:00Portable Naval Wargame Pre-dreadnought Playtest 1<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"You may fire when ready, Gridley"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-- "Sir, do you think that someday the game will take longer than the real battle?"</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"For some, definitely. For other, wiser gamers, one can hope not."</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Ah, the perils of failing to prepare... <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_Bay#/media/File:USS_Olympia_art_NH_91881-KN.jpg">Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=866380</a></span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I always have space in my life for quick-playing historical miniature games that evoke history, put forward key command decisions, and require a little to modest outlay of cash, time, and effort. My ideal standard is "<i>can I bang out a couple of these games in the span of time between putting Admiral Winkie to bed and going to bed myself </i>[at a reasonable hour soasnotto ruin my next day of work]. So with many rule sets to choose from, I find myself trying out a Portable Wargame for the first time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This being a first playtest of the Portable Wargame Pre-dreadnought rules, located <b><a href="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~warden/portable_wargame/downloads.html"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a></b>, I wanted to stick closely to the RAW, tempting as it was to add things, etc. The principles being that one should <span style="color: red;">_always_</span> try the RAW to better understand the designer's intent and to show a little humility...after all, games don't always play the way they read and <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+5%3A5-6%2CJames+4%3A6-7&version=NKJV"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">“God resists the proud, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">But gives grace to the humble”</span></span></a>. Furthermore, you just might learn something and be a better gamer / designer yourself! So I curbed my enthusiasm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, I did have to try to figure out if ships always faced a hex side [very likely] or could also face the spine - the issue being that moving <b>_straight_ </b>sideways across the board is impossible with 6, not 8 directions. I decided to go for the spine and see what happens With 12 directions to face I also made a 1-point turn free, while a 2-point turn [equal to one hex side to one hex side] costs 1 hex of movement, per the rules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plan is to use counters from my classic version Avalanche Press board game, <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.avalanchepress.com/gameRememberMaine.php"><b>"1898"</b> </a> </span>[now renamed and expanded] on a hex mat, respecting the small / portable game format, and incidentally setting myself up for the arrival of my 1/3000 ships which will be around the same size. Key questions being:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- can I fit this into my 3x3 desk area?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- can I fit this into under an hour?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- are the mechanics tedious and exhausting or do they let me think about squadron commander decisions as opposed to advising gunners on other ships as to the rounds to use, the windage to try, the aiming point, and other impossibilities?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I spent a couple days trying to classify the ships according to the rules and drawing up ship rosters for a Battle of Manila Bay scenario:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ships are defined by TYPE, within which they are uniformly armed, moving and floating in 8 Classes from Dreadnought to Torpedo Boat: Dreadnoughts max at 8 fire dice firing up to range 8 but only a 2 hex move, while the lowly TB at 2 / 2 dice & range but a 5 hex move. <i>Certainly, one can adapt this to an applied historical standard with little effort if desired.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Interesting game mechanics are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- The TURN starts with all gunnery / torpedo attacks simultaneous.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Initiative roll: loser moves first, followed by winner</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- GUNNERY is a total of dice, say 8 for pre-dreadnoughts, that lose 1 dice / hex to target. So there no differentiation of gun type - ships fire a total broadside with decreasing effect with distance. Thus, a pre-dread firing 8 dice at a ship 4 hexes away has 4 dice left with which to shoot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I found my 25"x25" <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.chessex.com/mats/Battlemats_&_Megamats.htm">Chessex vinyl hex mat</a></span></b>, heretofore never used. While the Spanish fleet was historically weaker than mere ship specs would express, my assumption in this replay is that the Spanish fleet was forewarned and better prepared than in the historical event. I stuck a hill in the "northeast" corner to represent the edge of Manila Bay, and went at it full speed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In game terms, they had the following forces:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Spanish</b>: 2 Protected Cruisers, 2 Light Cruisers, 3 Destroyers and 1 Torpedo Boat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Americans</b>: 1 Armored Cruiser, 3 Protected Cruisers, 3 Destroyers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Spanish were lined up building up steam in their anchorage, and limited to 1 hex of move Turn 1. The USA could enter anywhere from the West board edge at full speed, and took the first move on Turn 1. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Above</b>, the US fleet enters with its faster ships in the lead, followed by the rest in order of gunpower. I figure this central approach would put the US in a position to engage the ES if they moved forwards, but plenty of time to react if they tried to shift away. I was only partially right! All ships are out of range, even the AC Olympia with a 6/6 battery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 2.</b> US wins the Initiative roll. The ES move directly ahead, hoping to cross the "T" of the advancing gringos. This they are able to do so the US turns left, hoping to catch the rear of the Spanish fleet and destroy the small boats right away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 3, gunnery [above].</b> The Olympia is the only ship that gets a hit, there being few dice and you need a 4-5 for 1 Hit, or a 6 for 2 Hits, each Hit removing one Flotation Point [once the <b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">green </span></b>FP are gone, ship must retreat off board].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 3, ES movement. </b>US again wins Initiative, 6-3, so the Spanish move first. They turn right to close range as their best guns are 4/4 while the Olympia is at 6/6. They also drive their DDs in for a torpedo attack on the US line of battle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 3, US movement. </b>The US responds by circling their DDs left to engage what will in future be where the ES fleet will be [they hope] while the cruisers accept the challenge and engage the DDs at close range, the better to engage them in gunnery. <i>With Torpedoes having a 3-hex range and the hit factor unaffected by range, it is better for the guns to get into point blank range as they can't avoid the 3-hex attack.</i> There's no mention of ships being in the same hex, but I said "up to one big ship of each side, and 2 small ships = one big ship, so the two Spanish DDs are in the hex with one US PC each.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the Spanish point of view, this hasn't worked that great for the big ships - they are out of or at extreme range while the tail of the battle line is in range of the US ships. However, there's high hopes that the Torpedo attack will work out...plus, there's some drama!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4, Gunnery. </b>The Reina Cristina [end of line] gets hammered by the Olympia and Baltimore. The exchange of cruiser Guns and Torpedo / Guns results in the TB Gen Lezo sinking [and...it didn't have any torpedoes, oops] and the Velasco losing its 3 Green FP and now needing to leave the action. However, the US PCs take some bad damage - the Boston has to leave the battle and the Raleigh lost 2 FP.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 4 Movement.</b> They finally win an IN roll, so the US fleet executes a complex plan. The Boston heads to the North board edge, away from the ES fleet and towards the US DDs, escorted by the Raleigh. The two other US line ships, including the powerful Olympia, start turning into the rear of the ES line. The ES respond by pulling away as fast as possible, turning towards their own DDs who are chasing the smaller US ships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5 US Gunnery</b> results in the Baltimore sinking the heavily damaged Reina Cristina, and the Olympia putting the Castilla to the halfway point with some great shooting. <i>However, I somehow got confused and sank her [thus illustrating gamemaster incompetence but driving the historical result thru Spanish incompetence and lack of preparation].</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5 ES Gunnery. </b>All misses. <i>Is this the inevitability of history in action???</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 5 Movement. </b>Spanish win IN, and US cruisers fall behind [perhaps picking up survivors from the stricken Spanish ships??] while the Spanish maneuver for revenge: DDs against the two weakened PC Raleigh and Boston, and their two PC against the US DDs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Looking at the above, it is definitely possible for the Spanish to turn this around by sinking some of these 5 isolated US ships - but will they? WILL THEY??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 Gunnery.</b> The dispersed situation of the ships results in just a couple hits on the DD Petrel and one on the Don Juan de Austria. BUT, the star gunnery of Olympia results in 2 Hits at max range...with one dice! <i>When in doubt...roll well.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 6 Movement.</b> US wins back the IN, finally. The Spanish ships try to place themselves for some solid gunnery. The US DDs dodge into the lee of the Luzon to avoid fire from the Cuba. The Boston makes it off the board, while the Raleigh positions itself to advantage. The Baltimore and Olympia pursue the last two strong ES ships.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7, North Gunnery.</b> The ES DDs rip up the Raleigh, showing that they, at least, practiced gunnery during peacetime! They give it 3 Hits and knock out its green FP - it will have to withdraw. In return, the Raleigh manages only one hit on Don Juan de Austria.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7, West Gunnery.</b> The ES guns are poor - should've got 4 hits, but flagship Luzon got a 2-hit on Concord. In return, the US gunboats inflict 3x as many hits and trash the Luzon, which will now have to retreat off the nearby board edge. At the least, Petrel and Condorde should've been lost for that exchange. Ah the perils of failing to prepare!!! The menacing [and lucky] Olympia is thankfully out of range, as is the Baltimore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 7, Movement.</b> The Spanish seize the IN back, and US maneuvering doesn't stop the the Isla de Cuba maneuvering well and getting the DDs into her sights. Raleigh joins Boston off the board, and the Luzon departs the battle with the Velasco, also.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 8, gunnery</b> [<i>forgot to turn dice over</i>]. Spanish manage 3 Hits but fail to sink McCulloch, altho they knock out her green FP. But, they don't lose more ships, so that's good news! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 8 US Movement.</b> Options are dwindling but the Spanish win IN. The US close up with the untouched Olympia and Baltimore...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 8 ES Movement.</b> The Cuba pushed ahead quickly to try and sink a US DD, while the ES DDs curve around the rear of the US battle line to avoid the full broadside power, and shelter in the lee of the Baltimore from the Olympia. Cunning plan and good handling!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 9 Gunnery. </b>ES DDs once again show they practiced in peacetime, putting some Hits on the nearly fresh Baltimore. The Olympia again shows itself the master of long-range gunnery, and puts 2 Hits on the Cuba with one lucky long-range shot [give that gunner an extra rum ration!]. This is joined by the Petrel putting another 2 Hits on Cuba who then misses entirely, perhaps due to the damage control efforts?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 9 US Movement.</b> Spanish win again, so the US tries to block in the Cuba best as they can. The two DDs blocking from the front, the cruisers from the rear...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Turn 9 ES Movement.</b> The Cuba retreats along with the Austria. With no possible way to hold off the US cruisers, the Uloa sails off the board, also. Note that one of the US DDs also has to retreat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Final tally of destruction:</b> ES lose three ships sunk [one mistakenly], and four retreated. The US has four retreated, almost 5 with Baltimore, and none sunk [<i>without a Castilla error, the result could've been quite different, almost a tie, I think</i>].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whew! what a great contest! Enjoyable game and not terribly taxing. Thoughts:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Must pay better attention to gunnery results and not accidentally sink Spanish ships...as if they don't have enough problems already!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In retrospect, I think that RAW says ships can't face the spines, only the 6 hex sides, with a ship. I don't like this since you can't move straight, laterally, on one direction of the hex board.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Need some Line of Sight rules, altho I winged it just fine placing the counters within the oversized hexes without any trouble.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Needs some stacking rules.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I really liked the simple gunnery mechanics - the drop off of net chance to damage [which is the only thing that matters] is reflected by rolling less dice, but a lucky shot or two in a broadside is still possible. Thus in one roll - instead of 2 - you get the same effect.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The simple mechanics allowed me to concentrate on fleet / squadron issues, mainly maneuvering for gunnery advantage.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The IGO-UGO movement by IN works well. You can try to out-think your opponent if you lose IN, but it's not easy, and they get a counter-move to advantage.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some changes / additions I'd like to try:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fire torpedoes after gunnery - the reflects the torpedo as a closing weapon, sort of a torpedo run against defensive fire.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Give torpedoes less chance to hit at longer ranges also - realistic and easy.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Try once with RAW hex facing, just in case I'm missing something good about it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Make ships call their shots, and fire on closest target.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Use simple Quality rolls for anything challenging, like acquiring targets, torpedo runs, any significant turns, breaking up a formation, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Add formation rules for squadrons.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Add a Hit result chart for a few interesting things, like damage that affects: gunnery, torpedoes, steering, morale/Quality, speed, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Add weather, smoke, sea state, shallows, land batteries, and mines.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remove the Hexes entirely and play using the GQ3 time and distance scales, converting it all into centimeters.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overall, I recommend these rules as a great place to get started with your friends, especially non-gamers. They can easily be made a bit more historical / realistic, yet they keep you thinking about fleet maneuvers not gunnery. This makes it a lot easier to put in important but often ignore things like weather, sea state, shoals, et al. Plus, it is portable, leaves interesting decisions in the player's hands, and not taxing on the brain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>VERDICT: <span style="color: blue;">Full steam ahead!</span></b></span></div>
Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-46748688887814715652018-05-01T19:08:00.002-07:002018-07-13T07:10:18.098-07:00Pre-dreadnought Project, p.2 - additional WTJ Order<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>"Here's the Fort...now we just need a fool."</b></span><br />
<img alt="Fuerte Niebla" src="https://photo620x400.mnstatic.com/332f2ce119b3dd0e88f138cac8422f09/fuerte-niebla.jpg" /><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.minube.com/rincon/fuerte-niebla-a110977">https://www.minube.com/rincon/fuerte-niebla-a110977</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, I'd forgotten that I wanted to fight shore batteries, and making fighting tops seemed like a lot more time spent on guesswork as to the right soft plastic to use...and then I couldn't resist some wrecks! What can I say, I hate paying for shipping and I like complete projects. And forts / batteries are key to many actions - more than most gamers want to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nelson said "A ship's a fool to fight a fort" but it was done - when needed it was more decisive than a blockade, if successful. There's also the possibility of a shore party since I got extra lifeboats! I plan to make the boats on bases where they can represent additional sunk ships, or shore parties, or whatever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Interesting to see how it all adds up. I didn't need to buy 4 shore batteries, but I want to have a more complex action at some point, including Manila and other fictional actions in the Med - there are some good rules for it in General Quarters III and I believe also in Ironclads and Ether Flyers. It also is a key part of many naval campaigns to capture a port, not sink a fleet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, batteries, boats, tops and wrecks...it's all in here now! Just awaiting delivery at this point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Shore Battery #1 WTJ-0100781-30 $5.25 $5.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 5.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Shore Battery #2 WTJ-0100782-30 $3.75 $3.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 3.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Shore Battery #3 WTJ-0100783-30 $4.75 $4.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 4.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Shore Battery #4 WTJ-0100784-30 $3.25 $3.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 3.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Extra Lifeboats WTJ-0100790-30 $3.75 $3.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 3.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Fighting Tops - Large WTJ-0100792A-30 $2.75 $5.50</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 2.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Fighting Tops - Medium WTJ-0100792B-30 $2.25 $4.50</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 2.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Fighting Tops - Small WTJ-0100792C-30 $2.25 $4.50</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 2.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Wreck, Bow (Russian) WTJ-0100795A-30 $1.75 $3.50</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 1.75</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Wreck, Capsized (Russian) WTJ-0100795B-30 $3.25 $3.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 3.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Wreck, Stern (Russian) WTJ-0100795C-30 $3.25 $3.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 3.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------------------------</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------------------------</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> Sub Total $45.25</span></span>Queen Catherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11505373788741956434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031540786106165779.post-20618588197875162352018-04-26T10:35:00.002-07:002019-02-27T20:38:12.118-08:00Pre-dreadnought Project, p.1 - Start, ship order<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wow, pushing an entire year of not posting anything here. Where did the time go?? Lots of other gaming and plenty of real life. Still, no excuse not to do something on at least a monthly basis. Must work on that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Recently got a promo email from The Wartimes Journal, a site, sculptor and gamer I respect and enjoy. All the remaining 1/3000 pewter pre-dread ships are on sale for half off! I decided to check it out and see what I thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Altho the new plastic ones are just the best, there is place in my life for little, durable fleets of simple metal ships, especially since much of my wargaming is now fast-play and on smaller tables. This also dovetails with my interest in the Great War at Sea series whose quick-play ship battle rules, maps and campaign system are all a tempting product for that which I adore - fleet actions and campaigns!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">STILL, one has to seriously consider any purchase to see if there's any point to it at all. I have kicked around semi-fictitious naval actions in various locales and periods, and I decided on Mediterranean Squadron actions, pre-1900, as a good project. Reasons?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- British v. French rivalry, with Italians, Austrians, Turks and Spanish floating around, too.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- possible gaming of Russians forcing their fleet in Med via Black Sea, Gibraltar, or in the Suez Canal Zone as a by-product of Turkish or Japanese conflicts.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- one gamer pal has full Russian and Japanese fleets to fight with.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- multiple ship styles, national characteristics, etc.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- cool looking ships [well, odd-looking ships] with lots of different paint schemes and characteristics.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- fast-play rules design opportunity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Fiction = FUN! No one can tell you it ain't so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- already have GWaS maps and rules, plus a couple of alternatives.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- squadron approach means painting up 4-8 ships at a time, easy-peasy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So overall, this just ended up being too good to pass up. I figure I can always sell them, even at a profit, in the future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Qty Name SKU Each Sub Total</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------------------------</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------------------------</span><wbr style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">------------</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Etna WTJ-0088214 $1.37 $2.74</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Dogali WTJ-0088213 $1.63 $1.63</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Calabria WTJ-0088210 $1.63 $1.63</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Lepanto WTJ-0088106 $2.13 $4.26</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Italia WTJ-0088105 $2.13 $4.26</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">[Italians = 4 BB, 4 cruisers]</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Bouvet WTJ-0066103 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Carnot WTJ-0066105 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Brennus WTJ-0066106 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Jemmapes WTJ-0066122 $1.63 $3.26</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Foudre WTJ-0066701 $1.37 $1.37</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">2 Dupleix WTJ-0066204 $1.87 $3.74</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Dentrecasteaux WTJ-0066210 $1.87 $1.87</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="color: blue;">[French = 5 BB, 3 cruisers, 1 support vessel]</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1 Monarch WTJ-0078102 $1.63 $1.63</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Austrians = 1 BB]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Pelayo WTJ-0033101 $1.87 $1.87</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">3 Cristobal Colon WTJ-0033204 $1.63 $4.89</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Spanish = 1 BB, 3 cruisers [can also be Italian]]</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Benbow WTJ-0055106 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Sans Pareil WTJ-0055110 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Renown WTJ-0055112 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Inflexible WTJ-0055117 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Dreadnought WTJ-0055118 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Polyphemus WTJ-0055702 $1.63 $1.63</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">1 Vulcan WTJ-0055701 $2.13 $2.13</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">4 Drake WTJ-0055202 $2.13 $8.52</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">[British = 5 BB, 4 cruisers, 2 support]</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">4 Destroyer #11 WTJ-0100411-30 $1.25 $5.00</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 1.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">4 Destroyer #13 WTJ-0100413-30 $1.25 $5.00</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 1.25</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">4 Destroyer #5 WTJ-0100405-30 $1.25 $5.00</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"> 1/3000 Scale 1.25</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Anyone = 12 torpedo boat / destroyers]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;">Sub Total $ 77.47</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grand Total $ 83.47</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">TOTAL = 45 SHIPS for $83 or $1.85 a ship average. This is half price for even Resin Panzerschiffe ships [which are 1/2400 so a bit larger - still, a great price].</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Cool colors, cool ships! The pre-dread has it all for someone who wants "different".</b></span><br />
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