Shiver Your Mainbrace - LAW going Nautical

[Essex Boy]

June '54 was the end of food rationing.....coal rationing went on for another 4 years whilst the country built up large reserves. Ending, ironically, on midsummers day I think?

Yes, food rationing.....clearly, that's what I meant..............

Sig, Jez - gits

[Buff Orpington]

I was already exempt from rationing restrictions on June 4 1954 on the grounds that I was only just over 2 weeks old.

[Essex Boy]

This forum makes me feel old.

[Jeremy]

This forum makes me feel old.

We’ll sort that out tonight at the pub. Never fear!

[World2dave]

This forum makes me feel old.

Presumably mirrors do that too?

[garyp]

Shut up you lot, EB's younger than me.

[Timmo]

I used to play WS&IM about thirty years ago.
It is very much meant for one ir two ships a player or it gets 'unweildy' (Although it may be the mists of time or impatience of youth that makes me think that?)
I think AH or maybe someone else later published a hexless version for miniatures but I never played that as my interests had moved on.
I love the idea of making players wave signal flags to each other

We used to play four each easily. Once you get a couple of squadrons of SOL on each side is the point at which I think the pre-plotted moves are too unwieldy and at that point the card activation from KMH should work really well.

Conversely I dont think card activation in KMH works as well as pre-plotted moves when the game is down to a duel or a few ships per side.

I just like the simplicity of sailing and firing in WS&IM. It has period feel without getting too complex overall.

[Paul]

If I can find a copy of the tabletop version of WS&IM that would be interesting. At present I've volunteered to organise the scenarios etc... for the game But i'm happy to hand it over to someone else if they are keen.

[Paul]

I've just done some research and found that the tabletop version of WS&IM went under a different name!!! It was called 'Ship of the Line'. FFS why not make things complicated

[Greystreak]

Sorry Paul. I knew that, but assumed others did too. See more here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7782/ship-o-line . They were a good bit of fun, and much less detailed than 'Hearts of Oak', etc.