| Kaptain Kobold | 25 Apr 2013 9:25 p.m. PST |
A first outing at our club for these venerable age of sail rules. link |
| David Manley | 26 Apr 2013 6:28 a.m. PST |
Interesting reading – I think you captured the essential impact of the card/dice based system very well :) |
| whitejamest | 26 Apr 2013 8:53 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the description Kaptain, I'm thinking about which new rule sets I want to look in to, so I appreciate this kind of posting. – James |
| Ben Walton | 26 Apr 2013 9:48 a.m. PST |
Seconded, I was thinking about getting this rules set now I'm sold on the idea. I like the sound of the friction created by the movement system, sounds like it gives a feel of the problems of fleet combat. |
| devsdoc | 26 Apr 2013 5:34 p.m. PST |
Always looking for new rules. Why do we do this? So thanks for the information on the rules.
Be safe
Rory |
| Kaptain Kobold | 27 Apr 2013 1:44 a.m. PST |
The complaint we had from at least on player is the initiative can shift very heavily in one player's favour. If this happens at a key point in the game then the other player pretty much sits and watches their ships get taken apart with very little chance of reply. This is essentially what happened in the game – the British got a couple of double moves and battered the French – by the time the French got their corresponding double moves they had nothing effective in range to make use of them. Now I've played enough games of FLOB not to be worried by this, but it makes it hard to 'sell' to new players. |
| Space Ghost | 09 Jun 2013 8:12 p.m. PST |
Very nice looking game, what ships were you using? Regards, ~Brian |
| Kaptain Kobold | 10 Jun 2013 5:42 p.m. PST |
Hi Brian, They are venerable (and cheap) Navwar models I bought some 30 years ago. They had a repaint about ten years ago. |
| Carnyx | 31 Dec 2013 12:28 p.m. PST |
Just noticed on the A&A Game site there is a new version of FLOB available, 5.0. Wondering if there any significant changes to the rules? Have had many great battles with version 4, really the best rules available for this period. Regards, Mark |
| devsdoc | 31 Dec 2013 7:22 p.m. PST |
Do I have to go to the U.S. outlet to get the rules from the U.K. A & A games?
Be safe
Rory |
| Carnyx | 31 Dec 2013 9:03 p.m. PST |
Can be purchased here, pdf or print, on sale til Jan 2nd: link |
| devsdoc | 31 Dec 2013 9:08 p.m. PST |
Thanks Caenyx,
But I live in the U.K. and to sent to the U.S for them would be so costly £'s to $'s bank charges etc. So that is why I asked.
Be safe
Rory |
Volunteer  | 31 Dec 2013 10:01 p.m. PST |
You can download the pdf file Rory. It will just take a few minutes, then you can print it out. Regards,
Vol |
| Volunteer | 01 Jan 2014 9:40 a.m. PST |
Great game report Kaptain! First time for me on your site, very nice. I especially like your "Nelson vs. Godzilla" rule modifications. This makes me wonder if it would be possible to game the "Temeraire" books of author Naomi Novik where England and France have dragon "aerial" corps along with their navies. That would be really interesting! (And I just happen to have a squadron of dragons!) What do you think, possible?
Regards,
Vol |
| Volunteer | 01 Jan 2014 12:11 p.m. PST |
Rory & David, I just picked up the Form Line of Battle rules set from the Wargame Vault (PDF download Rory). They have some really good sales going on today like Fire As She Bears! – 2nd Edition (2.1)for only $7.50 USD plus a bundle pack with the core rules and a Trafalgar 3 scenario pack for $12.50 USD. Lots of other rule set sales as well for Naval gaming. link Regards,
Vol |
| devsdoc | 01 Jan 2014 5:28 p.m. PST |
Vol! If I'm killed with exchange rates and costs of doing it I will no talk to you Vol for along time. I will not show you my new in-shore ship when they come. I will not say nice things about your ships. I will, I will. Sorry must go and start reading my new rules
Be safe my (maybe) friend
Rory |
