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Only Warlock16 Nov 2014 9:10 a.m. PST

Ok prepping for playtesting Galleys and Galleons! I thought of a cheap and easy way to make broadside markers for ships:

picture

Step by step pics at the redoubt:

doodlebot.net/redoubt/?p=1408

Only Warlock16 Nov 2014 9:14 a.m. PST

The first test I am running will be a Pirate Xebec intercepting an Indiamen Merchant hauling silk and spices from the exotic east..

Dynaman878916 Nov 2014 10:11 a.m. PST

1st rate! (get it, a little, very little, naval humor there)

Only Warlock16 Nov 2014 10:23 a.m. PST

LOL

Mako1116 Nov 2014 11:22 a.m. PST

Those do look neat!

Another option is to use small cotton balls, of pillow batting formed to shape to represent the smoke from the barrage.

Only Warlock16 Nov 2014 11:40 a.m. PST

Yeah I was out of those and too lazy to go to the store.

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