The HMS Defence (lower right hand corner) got in a devastating bow rake against the French 74 gun Aquilon from which it never recovered. It was on fire and had sprung a leak and went down a short time later.
The new ship Le Success also got in a first strike bow rake against the (equally new) British frigate HMS Unite. It started taking on water but its intrepid crew did their best to repair the damage. It was last seen limping away.
That left HMS Defence facing Le Success, not an even fight fight and the French were wise to retire.
For the record I was captain of the HMS Defence and Stephen, now in command of his own ship for his second voyage, was in Le Success. Simon was in his ship, HMS Unite, on his maiden voyage and Mark (yet another one) was undertaking his maiden voyage in the unfortunate Aquilon.
Sounds a good game, especially if one ship can keep you entertained throughout
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I'd like models I could swap sails out to show different settings and damage. I working on some ideas.
DeleteThe game certainly looked interesting Mark and the "Age of Wooden Ships and Iron Men" never ceases to be one that is popular. What are the rules like?
ReplyDeleteIt is something I have always wanted to do but until know never found a set of rules or models I was happy to invest in. With Sails of Glory I am finding it works well straight out of the box for ship to ship combat. Quick to set up, play etc even using the advanced rules. Not sure I would be happy captaining multiple ships, so if I was doing a big game I would want plenty of players. I am currently planning to read up on the period a bit more and also looking at doing my own boat (have a hull built for a paper one I downloaded and today I hope to tackle the masts).
DeleteIt's a testament to the mechanics that a 100% increase in game size and number of players can still be done in the limited time of a club night.
ReplyDeleteI'm missing the punning titles with these c.f. your Wings of War/Glory games...!