"A Heart-breaking Encounter" Topic

"With the assistance of colleagues I was able to deploy the entire fleets of both sides using Sails of Glory models with reasonable accuracy. The obviously inaccurate ships of the line were three-deck British 2nd Rates, for which 1st Rates had to do duty, and the various very large French 80 gun ships for which we had to use Third Rate 74s. I therefore look forward enormously to the issue of 'Redoubtable' from Sails of Glory. That said, the lines looked reasonably close to their historical counterparts when deployed, we all agreed, especially from a distance. And we had three commanders a side, which was ideal. The frigates provided some scenery…"

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Armand

Did you cut of the plugs from the ships? If so how do you play S.O.G. with them?
Looks good.
Be safe
Rory

Glad you like them my friend!. (smile)

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Armand

Thanks for linking to our game Raùl (Armand). You generate a lot of views from this page!

Yes Rory, we cut the plugs off the "Sails of Glory" ships.

For us, "Sails of Glory" provides access to excellent, ready-to-go ships for wargaming, at a reasonable price. In the case of the majority of them (owned by Julian in our group) they will never be used with "Sails of Glory" rules. The ones owned by Mark and Stephen from the Napoleonic Wargaming Society) can still be placed on those--extremely ugly in my opinion--movement stands if necessary, but they too rarely use "Sails of Glory" rules, currently preferring "Galleys & Galleons" for a small action.

We are all on a 'quest' to find a set that is suitable for recreating large, fleet actions. We think that we may have been introduced to rules that will go a long way to that end with Jeffery Knudsen's "Admirals". A play-test will see if they are going to be 'it' or a good way towards 'it. Keep an eye on our blog if you are interested to see how we get on.

Kind regards,
James

A votre service mon ami!. (smile)

Congrats!

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Armand