"NASHCON – Gunboat Diplomacy and Pirates Games PHOTOS PHOTOS " Topic

Nashcon just ended -- My good friends Bob Duncan and David Raybin pooled their efforts to put on two massive games on a 24-foot table on the first day of Nashcon. First was Bob's game which he ran with help from Mike Peccolo. Then Mike helped David Raybin run the pirates. I lost count but each game had perhaps 16 players. It was a ball. Here is Bob and David celebrating and a few of the photos from both games. In the morning I'll post all the Nashcon Photos. This was just a heck of a convention and we had so much fun.

Bob Duncan's Gunboat Diplomacy
Over a dozen 28mm, highly detailed warships, allied with European and native contingents,
seek dominance in coastal waters. The era is late 19th century featuring coal fired gunboats
armed with shells and torpedoes. There are hostiles in the water and on the land calculated to
give m'Lord the fright. Bob's "Gunboat Diplomacy" rules focus on the joys of gameplay instead
of the nitpick of a zillion calculations. This is heart pounding wargaming at its best. There will
be room for up to a dozen players.

David Raybin's Barnacle Bill: A Pirates Life for Me.
This is the Rhea Baskette Memorial Game to honor the greatest wargaming pirate of them all.
Played on the same 24-foot board and using the same rule system as the just-completed
Gunboat Diplomacy game. We turn back time several hundred years to the Golden Age of
Piracy. Over a dozen fully rigged man o' war's in 28mm go at it to see which Pirate King will rule
the waves. Costumes are not required but first choice of ships goes to those appropriately
garbed. There will be room for up to a dozen players. David's rules available on-line at:
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Great looking games

Thank you. Here is a cross-post

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to more of my Nashcon photos.

If you took photos at Nashcon, we are collecting them and you can submit them. We are running a contest. See here:
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