| green beanie | 28 Mar 2016 4:26 p.m. PST |
Does any one know of a board game with miniatures of Roman naval warfare? I thank you for your help. |
Skeets  | 28 Mar 2016 4:32 p.m. PST |
There was "Trireme" which came out in the 70s. I believe I still have a copy somewhere. |
| Sundance | 28 Mar 2016 4:49 p.m. PST |
Board game with miniatures? Roman Seas fits that description. Trireme is a reasonably simplified game. |
| 15th Hussar | 28 Mar 2016 5:33 p.m. PST |
Legion Wargames is coming out with Navarchoi link GMT has the excellent "War Galley" link |
| D6 Junkie | 28 Mar 2016 7:03 p.m. PST |
Conquest of Empire by Milton Bradley I think it was called.
Had plastic galleys but they were just part of the whole game
Let me know if you need some of the galleys. |
| Allen57 | 28 Mar 2016 7:28 p.m. PST |
There are a number of board games about galley warfare. Trireme and War galley have already been mentioned. BTW on the GMT website you can download a free copy of the rules and scenarios for War Galley. None of the games that I am aware of used miniatures. Rather they used counters as is typical of most board war games. Outpost Wargames make 1/3600 scale galleys which are cheap and could be pasted to the counters in the board war games or used stand alone on a grid. Easy enough conversion. |
| korsun0 | 28 Mar 2016 7:54 p.m. PST |
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 miniMo | 28 Mar 2016 9:31 p.m. PST |
In addition to the others, the old Microgame by Metagaming: Ram Speed is decent. Again, supply your own minis instaed of the counters. My recommendation is for Roman Seas! |
GildasFacit  | 29 Mar 2016 2:20 a.m. PST |
Corvus isn't a boardgame. The set from the SoA does include a set of full colour card ships and markers to use if you don't have models but they are a set of wargame rules. |
| green beanie | 29 Mar 2016 6:34 a.m. PST |
Roman Seas looks and sounds great. One problem though, do to age, (Bad eyes and shaking hands) I am unable to cut out and assemble the ships. A shame there is not a service out there that assembles the ships for you at a fair price. |
| Pattus Magnus | 29 Mar 2016 7:45 a.m. PST |
Tiny Tin Troops makes 2D top-down counters of galleys. They are 1/600 rather than the 1/300 of the Roman Seas ships, but I think you could use the rules as is, since the ships are 2D and troop counters could sit on them easily. link Another option might be 2.5D folded ships. I made some up for massed galley warfare and they are very easy to make: link They are smaller than the Roman Seas ships and placing troop counterss would be a nuisance, though. If you want a copy of the 2.5D folded ships, let me know by PM and I'll send you the sheets. |
| miniMo | 29 Mar 2016 7:51 a.m. PST |
You can play Roman Seas with any miniatures in any scale, just use a hex mat to fit the size of your ships.
I like Roman Seas at 1/600 — put artillery on the ships, but troop counters on the control card. |
makes an addition to his Flash Gordon collection.
