"How Many Trafalgars?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	03 Mar 2018 5:46 p.m. PST
How many times have you gamed the Battle of Trafalgar?
21eRegt	03 Mar 2018 7:45 p.m. PST
Never.
jowady	03 Mar 2018 8:06 p.m. PST
Dozens
Winston Smith	03 Mar 2018 9:22 p.m. PST
Twice. Once with a boardgame many years ago. And once with miniatures. I don't remember much about either game, not even whose side I had.
Bashytubits	03 Mar 2018 10:01 p.m. PST
I want to but not even once.
David Manley	04 Mar 2018 12:23 a.m. PST
At least six
ZULUPAUL	04 Mar 2018 4:06 a.m. PST
Never, not a naval gamer.
Florida Tory	04 Mar 2018 6:27 a.m. PST
At least six, also.
brass1	04 Mar 2018 8:37 a.m. PST
Once, a long, long time ago. LT
Doctor X	04 Mar 2018 9:15 a.m. PST
One
stewart46A	04 Mar 2018 1:44 p.m. PST
None yet, planning to at Fisticuffs in May
Gunfreak	04 Mar 2018 1:47 p.m. PST
Less than zero
noigrim	04 Mar 2018 2:38 p.m. PST
Once, planning on twice next october Trafalgar and Waterloo could be my annual games
Bashytubits	04 Mar 2018 4:37 p.m. PST
Next you need to ask if you have gamed the battle of Salamis. Triremes ramming each other, now that's a naval battle.
Kevin in Albuquerque	04 Mar 2018 8:50 p.m. PST
Only once.
Lascaris	04 Mar 2018 9:58 p.m. PST
Twice, once with WS&IM and once with miniatures at historicon
JimSelzer	04 Mar 2018 11:04 p.m. PST
I think we did with the old Battle line? WS&IM but that was over 40 years ago so lets face it has been too many beers later so I am unsure
langobard	05 Mar 2018 2:39 a.m. PST
Never. Unrepentant landlubber that I am, the only naval gaming I do is age of steam and later :)
Karellian Knight	05 Mar 2018 6:00 a.m. PST
Once.
TMPWargamerabbit	05 Mar 2018 11:06 a.m. PST
Used the old Wooden Ship Iron Men game years ago as mentioned by J Selzer above. Never with miniatures.
Micman	05 Mar 2018 3:12 p.m. PST
3
Lucius	05 Mar 2018 8:49 p.m. PST
I loved WS&IM back in the day, but Trafalgar? I'm seriously asking here – how long did that take? More than a day?
Supercilius Maximus	08 Mar 2018 3:39 a.m. PST
I used WS&IM for a solo re-enactment. I seem to recall giving up after the two leading ships of the British columns got sunk whilst still some way off. (Anyone else consider it ironic that the British should beat the French by attacking a line with columns>)