Ayton 3rd-5th May, 2024

[garyp]

I've also played Blood Bilge and Iron Balls a fair few times. I like them. One of the few sets where a player can actually handle a small squadron rather than just a single ship without frying your brains. We've used them for some big battles - Aboukir Bay and Trafalgar - with a result in a day's gaming and can usually manage a dozen ships per side in an evening's game.

[Count Belisarius]

I like BBAIB as well. Good fun.

[World2dave]

Someone has hacked Andy's account and completely given themselves away by using the F word. Amateurs.

[Count Belisarius]

I said the rules are fun. Doesn't mean I had fun.

[FreddBloggs]

of course Andy had fun, imagine how many blues he could use for the terrain.....

[World2dave]

I said the rules are fun. Doesn't mean I had fun.

He's back!

[Jamanicus]

If we're doing a variety of games over the weekend, I'd add my vote to a 28mm c17th game at some point.

Also, one we've talked about previously, and again recently actually, is 1/1200 age of sail. A few of us have ships ready and/or planned. Definitely something I'd be up for if there's interest.

Am I right in saying the Warlord Black Seas ships are 1/700? Guessing these are too big or were these some of the ships you were thinking Dave??

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

A bunch of guys down in the South West played Trafalgar using the Black Seas ships, so given the amount of space we have (potentially, at least), I don't see why 1/700 should be too big. It's not Jutland, after all.

https://warlord-community.warlordgames. ... trafalgar/

Mind you, if we did do Jutland, there's always the cricket ground right outside.......

[World2dave]

The idea was to use 1/1200 ships (Langton, Navwar, etc) as some people have collections already.
Nothing stopping others from going with the 1/700 ships as a separate thing.

[World2dave]

Has anyone got or tried Osprey's Fighting Sail rules?