"AoS Rules" Topic
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Dolphinless | 28 Oct 2022 1:22 a.m. PST |
My club buddies want to try some AoS. They're pretty insistent on Warlord's Black Sails rules. I'm not a fan of Warlord Games- their rules seem childish. Are there any simple AoS rules that give a good historical flavour? I have a copy of Post Captain- but there's a fair amount of learning & commitment before the game |
Mr Elmo | 28 Oct 2022 4:50 a.m. PST |
I rather like Black Seas and "club buddies" implies you are in the minority. I never liked being the salmon swimming upstream so go with the flow and enjoying a light fun game. I have to say " a fair amount of learning & commitmen" sounds like no fun. |
Dexter Ward | 28 Oct 2022 4:57 a.m. PST |
Black Seas is a fun set. Players not heavily into Age of Sail stuff can have a good game. |
Tgerritsen | 28 Oct 2022 5:12 a.m. PST |
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whitejamest | 28 Oct 2022 11:02 a.m. PST |
Kiss Me Hardy, from TFL, is a great ruleset with some good historical dynamics but far less complexity than Post Captain. I'd recommend giving them a try. I share your view of Warlord Games rules. For what it's worth, if you fall further in love with the subject, Post Captain is a fantastic set that will give you some fantastic games once you learn the ins and outs. It takes more work, but there's a lot of meat on those bones. |
Mr Astrolabe | 29 Oct 2022 3:13 a.m. PST |
I also have Post Captain. I found a lot of the complexity was in the boarding rules, and this tended to happen very rarely (if at all) once I got into the swing of the sailing & shooting combat I found it quite easy to follow, and worth it for the granularity of the damage results – gives a great narrative. I'd revisit this & see if you can house rule anything that's giving problems. |
Dolphinless | 01 Nov 2022 2:54 a.m. PST |
We're going to give Form Line of Battle a go….. a couple of ships per side…… if there's interest, can then go for Post Captain. FWIW, I don't mind a bit of work in gaming…. |
138SquadronRAF | 16 Nov 2022 11:25 a.m. PST |
For Small Ship actions: "Away Boarders!" For Single Ship frigate actions: "Captains Bold" For fleet actions – two of us played "The Battle of the Virginia Capes" in better than real time and got a result. "Admirals" All rules available here: link |
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