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Wargame Vault announces the availability of:

From Agema

PDF – Sale Price $10.00 USD

Fighting Instructions

Naval wargame rules covering the 18th century era (1700-1789), including the Wars of the Spanish & Austrian Successions, the Seven Years War & the American War of Independence.

These rules have sections on:

  • Starting weather conditions for various seas for wind, fog, &c.
  • Unique sailing rules system
  • Signalling
  • Leeward drift
  • Veering & tacking
  • Boxhauling & in irons
  • Running sail & sail shiver
  • Running foul
  • Heaving-to
  • Grounding
  • Pooping
  • Wind shadow
  • Cannon overboard
  • Towing
  • Jury rigging & rudders
  • Hull shapes
  • Gunnery
  • Small arms fire
  • Friendly fire
  • Swivel guns
  • Fire aloft, in the hull
  • Flooding
  • Heated shot
  • Bomb ketch shore bombardment
  • Boarding attempts
  • Striking colours
  • Secured prizes
  • Ships boats
  • Cutting out operations
  • Raising and dropping anchor
  • Turnings on springs & warping
  • Linking cables
  • Girt
  • Fireships
  • Discussions regarding:
    • Rates of fire
    • Damage
    • Carelessness
    • The light room
    • Thick smoke
    • Gunnery
    • Carronades
    • Obusier de vaisseau
    • Waterlogging
    • Suction pumps including Coles-Bentinck chain pumps
    • Danger to magazines from fire
    • Tactics
    • Doubling the line
    • Falling out of line
    • En fluyte
    • Crank & swift ships
    • East Indiamen

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