"Rules for Valcour Island" Topic
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| Winston Smith | 16 Dec 2018 3:25 p.m. PST |
No, not that battle in particular. Let's face it, it's a Massacre of the Innocents. No, I'm looking for rules for that TYPE of battle. Small boats, few guns, hiding behind wooded islands. That kind of thing. And not just a set of Trafalgar rules scaled down either, so each ship has one hull box.  I'm looking for …. Well, I said it above. |
vagamer63  | 16 Dec 2018 3:59 p.m. PST |
Winston, You might want to take a look at a set of rules titled "Sea Eagles" from Thoroughbred Figures. They're written for the War of 1812, but would very likely fit the bill for Valcour Island style actions. They are designed for small boats with few guns, so you might find they'll work for you as you might hope. Not to mention some of the boats Toby offers will fit your needs. |
 War Artisan  | 16 Dec 2018 5:50 p.m. PST |
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 Der Alte Fritz | 16 Dec 2018 9:03 p.m. PST |
Limeys and Slimeys was made for this type of game. |
| Pan Marek | 17 Dec 2018 10:28 a.m. PST |
Blood and Plunder has rules for small ships. |
| Minibeady | 17 Dec 2018 2:06 p.m. PST |
Another vote for "Sea Eagles"! THe rules are super easy to get a feel for, and they play well. I've used them many times playing 15mm small ship actions(using lots of 1/100 models and such), and for 1/300 as well, with the change from measuring in inches to centimeters. The rules play very well in both scales, and as vagamer63 says, the miniatures Thoroughbred produces are outstanding! |
| nnascati | 18 Dec 2018 5:10 p.m. PST |
Modify the TSATF rules for gunboats. The boats are class IV targets, maybe two crew per gun to keep them from becoming overwhelming. |
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looks at the new U.S.S. Constitution for Black Seas.
