"What rules to use?" Topic
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| Gracchus Armisurplus | 16 Jan 2015 9:59 p.m. PST |
What rules are everyone using for their naval battles? And in what scale? And where do people get their ships from? I'm very new to all this! |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 16 Jan 2015 10:05 p.m. PST |
What type galleys (ancient or renaissance)? What scale ships are you interested in? 1/600, 1/300, 1/1200, 28mm? These answers will help us help you. |
| Gracchus Armisurplus | 16 Jan 2015 10:43 p.m. PST |
I'm interested in ancient naval warfare. Greeks, Persians, Romans et al. I don't really have much of a preference for scale, but I'd prefer a ruleset that is flexible when it comes to scale. Probably 1/300 sounds like a good size for me. I want figures big enough to look nice on the tabletop. |
| skippy0001 | 17 Jan 2015 12:33 a.m. PST |
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| Sundance | 17 Jan 2015 5:01 a.m. PST |
Roman Seas is an awesome game, but a couple of the rules require interpreting. For a faster game with less bookkeeping find yourself a copy of the old Battleline/AH Trireme. There are some other rules out there that are good – personally I didn't care for any of the free ones, though – not enough detail and some of the rules didn't make sense/seem to be thought through. |
| Prince Alberts Revenge | 17 Jan 2015 11:27 a.m. PST |
For 1/300, Roman Seas seems to be popular. As a youth, I played ruleset found in one of the chapter's of Paul Hague's Naval Wargaming in Miniature. A tad dated, it is still a good set. I would also look to see if David Manley has any ancients naval rulesets as well. |
| Sysiphus | 17 Jan 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
You could try out Corvus, from the Society of Ancients page: soa.org.uk/joomla/games
I believe the game comes with card top views of the ships, to aid play.
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| Who asked this joker | 17 Jan 2015 8:49 p.m. PST |
Ramming Speed…the rules that appeared in Paul Hagues book.
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Ply sheet
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Log sheet
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Accessories
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How to build a galley (which I am currently taking a crack at)
link Hope that helps! John |
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