"Battle of Trafalgar - Exeter Legionary 2025" Topic
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| carojon | 11 May 2025 10:29 a.m. PST |
This weekend I spent a very pleasant Saturday at Exeter Legionary running a Far Distant Ships game recreating the Battle of Trafalgar in 1:700 scale.
With seventy-three ships on the table this was a good test of the rules in preparation for an anniversary game this October at the NWS show at the FAA Museum in Yeovilton.
If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJs link JJ |
| Grelber | 11 May 2025 10:01 p.m. PST |
Really impressive looking game, JJ!
Looking at the long, long Allied line of ships, I can see why frigates and other smaller ships were used to run messages up and down the line. Grelber |
| carojon | 12 May 2025 2:20 a.m. PST |
Hi Grelber,
Thank you. Yes indeed, in a time before more modern methods of ship to ship communication, commanders of fleets had challenges modern minds struggle to appreciate and it is a wonder that fleets of this period managed the level of cooperation they actually achieved. JJ |
 ColCampbell  | 12 May 2025 2:19 p.m. PST |
Just simply stupendous! Jim |
| carojon | 12 May 2025 2:22 p.m. PST |
Thank you Jim, much appreciated. JJ |
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is a big fan of the Age of Sail, and these ships really speak to him - he loves transitional eras, and the Anglo-Dutch Wars was one of those.
