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Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:06 pm
by 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.

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:09 pm
by Count Belisarius
I like BBAIB as well. Good fun.

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:03 pm
by World2dave
Someone has hacked Andy's account and completely given themselves away by using the F word. Amateurs.

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:27 pm
by Count Belisarius
I said the rules are fun. Doesn't mean I had fun.

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:50 pm
by FreddBloggs
of course Andy had fun, imagine how many blues he could use for the terrain.....

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:12 pm
by World2dave
Count Belisarius wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2023 5:27 pm I said the rules are fun. Doesn't mean I had fun.
He's back!

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:29 pm
by Jamanicus
World2dave wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:14 pm 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??

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 9:22 am
by 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.......

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:52 pm
by 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.

Re: Ayton 2024

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2023 5:57 pm
by World2dave
Has anyone got or tried Osprey's Fighting Sail rules?