"Good rules for 15mm ship to ship battles-1800s" Topic
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| Joep123 | 07 Nov 2009 9:17 p.m. PST |
Hi everyone;
A couple of us just picked up some 15mm ships from Fall In and were looking to do some small battles, like you had on Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
I would say we want to have ship to ship combat and then crew versus crew combat.
Any suggestions? What about the rules from Thorobred Miniatures (Prevailing Winds)…anybody try them. Here's a quick note on how a gaming idea can snowball:-)
First we played Trafalgar with 1/2400 scale ships a few weeks ago. We liked it, started talking about building opposing fleets. But that wasn't enough for us, oh no… Then we started talking about using larger ships for the game…hmmm 1/1200 or 1/600?
Then at Fall In today my gaming buddy shows me a 15mm ship from Old Glory that he picked up. Sweet.
I run over and get one myself (The Niagara).
A half hour later we are at the Thorobred booth and see more ships, plus we order 15mm crews.
Then we start to thinking, hmmm, Trafalgar is not the right rules for this scale, we need something else:-(
so now we are back to looking at rule sets, for the larger ships.
Meanwhile we'll keep gaming with his 1/2400 scale ships or my 1/1200 ships.
It never ends.
Thanks
Joep |
| Top Gun Ace | 07 Nov 2009 10:14 p.m. PST |
Thoroughbred's rules are superb. Highly recommended. |
| David Manley | 08 Nov 2009 3:16 a.m. PST |
Take a look here – there might be something that meets your needs: link |
| genew49 | 08 Nov 2009 10:03 a.m. PST |
Limies & Slimieys at GFI/Minifigs. Also crew and guns. link |
| Cpt Arexu | 08 Nov 2009 5:15 p.m. PST |
Second the vote for Limies and Slimies. |
| Joep123 | 08 Nov 2009 5:40 p.m. PST |
Thanks everyone;
I see L&S on GFIs website, but can't find any info on them.
Do you have a quick run down on how they play? I'm also pulled toward Thoroughbreds rules, as it looked like they had a lot of great historical info in them. Thanks again;
Joe |
| Top Gun Ace | 08 Nov 2009 6:40 p.m. PST |
Beat to Quarters is also quite fun, and free. |
| Joep123 | 09 Nov 2009 8:27 p.m. PST |
Thanks T.G.A.
I'll check them out too.
Joe |
| bcarnes | 10 Nov 2009 10:18 p.m. PST |
Hi! If you are looking for a fast paced 15MM game with a blend of historical detail and simple beer and pretzels mechanics, check out my game at sailpowergame.com --Brian PS we also have a line of 15MM ships! |
| Joep123 | 12 Nov 2009 5:16 p.m. PST |
Hi Brian;
very nice looking ships.
Thanks for the information.
Joe |
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