 Editor in Chief Bill   | 12 Aug 2017 9:30 a.m. PST |
Which size of models do you prefer? |
 Zeelow  | 12 Aug 2017 9:43 a.m. PST |
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Piquet Rules  | 12 Aug 2017 9:47 a.m. PST |
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| Winston Smith | 12 Aug 2017 9:50 a.m. PST |
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| 21eRegt | 12 Aug 2017 9:54 a.m. PST |
The One True Scale, 28mm. |
| Dadster | 12 Aug 2017 10:11 a.m. PST |
28 but have been toying with using 15mm for ships and then replacing them with 28 when action gets close. Land adventures always 28mm. |
| ZULUPAUL | 12 Aug 2017 10:13 a.m. PST |
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martin goddard  | 12 Aug 2017 10:23 a.m. PST |
1/450th for ships and 15mm for land raids. The ships need to be small i feel because the actual boarding is when it is all over. The merchant ship tries to out sail the pirate ship . That is its only form of escape. It cannot hope to outfight the pirate ship at close quarters/boarding. Pirates do not fight other pirates because there is no money in it i fear. So a pirate game should either be based around a merchant ship heaving to in order to surrender or a big chase which either ends in freedom or a quick take over by the pursuing pirate ship. all of this historical stuff is of course no use to a good fun Hollywood game of pirate v pirate, so maybe two big models just doing a boarding action with no movement might work best in 15/25mm. |
| Disco Joe | 12 Aug 2017 10:56 a.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 12 Aug 2017 11:53 a.m. PST |
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 The Nigerian Lead Minister | 12 Aug 2017 12:14 p.m. PST |
28mm. Pirates are definitely skirmish gaming and I like the bigger figures for that. |
 etotheipi | 12 Aug 2017 1:36 p.m. PST |
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| FusilierDan | 12 Aug 2017 3:31 p.m. PST |
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| Early morning writer | 12 Aug 2017 5:32 p.m. PST |
15 mm – by the hundreds and into the thousands! Okay, not quite two thousand. |
 mrwigglesworth | 12 Aug 2017 6:02 p.m. PST |
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| Lascaris | 12 Aug 2017 7:59 p.m. PST |
I do all single based gaming in 28mm. |
| Wolfshanza | 12 Aug 2017 9:46 p.m. PST |
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| Henry Martini | 13 Aug 2017 12:36 a.m. PST |
My 28mm pirates are figures. |
| Durban Gamer | 13 Aug 2017 12:56 a.m. PST |
Use of ships pushes logically in the direction of smaller unless you have very big table and storage space. |
| etotheipi | 13 Aug 2017 3:26 a.m. PST |
The cannon naval battle and the boarding action are two different things. The pirate game is all about the boarding action. We used to play a ship battle first to set the initial conditions for the boarding action. But we found out, like pirates throughout history, the best outcome for a pirate that is behind the curve on the first couple of turns is to run away before they are disabled. Not too interesting; even in books on pirate history this bit (the overwhelming majority of reality of pirating) gets a couple "the pirates avoided the Fleet" sentences. So we moved to a system with a few dice rolls to set the initial conditions for the boarding action (still with a bit of ship maneuver) and leading to drawing a couple "surprise" cards from a deck of mostly blanks. Plus, most of my pirate games are 20th Century+. |
| Lost Wolf | 13 Aug 2017 6:07 p.m. PST |
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| SeattleGamer | 13 Aug 2017 7:54 p.m. PST |
28-30mm. I discovered long ago that I despised painting anything smaller, so for me, there is only one scale. |
| shaun from s and s models | 14 Aug 2017 2:20 a.m. PST |
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| Gunfreak | 14 Aug 2017 2:26 a.m. PST |
I only game the last parts of pirate games. So I have a scaffolding and noose in the yard. |
| etotheipi | 14 Aug 2017 7:52 a.m. PST |
I only game the last parts of pirate games. So I have a scaffolding and noose in the yard. Well, my friend, that's woefully inadequate! What about all the murders, scurvy, shipwrecks, mutinies, happy(?) deaths from a social disease, one-shot kills on Easter Sunday, letters of marque and reprisal, transition to legitimate business and government (which is decidedly, not legitimate business), and the rare dude who died of old age? Lots more endgames, there! Plus, I need a scaffold … did you build or buy yours? |
