It was an excellent game, great to give larger ships a run out. I don't know what it is about my ships and sandbars but I'm sure if there was a sandbar on an adjacent table my ships would find a way to drift on to it!
@@leagueofaugsburg9036 Class man ty. I need some big boards for ww2 naval and mats arnt exactly cheap. How much acrylic did you use on the 3 boards you did?
Exciting battle! I seem to understand that there is the possibility of altering speed by "back sail" with a roll against the skill... This rule is not in Mad for War Essentials, is it?
Backing Sail is a skill check. It is part of the main rules. A ship backing sail must compulsorily move 2 inches then take the check at any point after that up to its maximum move. If it passes, it can stop at the declared spot as if 'backing sail' or as you say, slowing down.
My 8th time Great Grandpa was captain Hubert Farrell who died in bacon’s rebellion 1676 at the Home of Chancellor Bacons home off of the York river near kings creek . What ship would he have been in ?
wow! great story. Do you know if he was a naval captain or master of a merchant ship? Might be possible to find that by a name search of RoyalNavy officers. If he was military, then his ship could have been anything from a sloop to a 4th rate.
It was an excellent game, great to give larger ships a run out. I don't know what it is about my ships and sandbars but I'm sure if there was a sandbar on an adjacent table my ships would find a way to drift on to it!
I enjoyed it Colin. The result was realistic. No ships sunk but lots of action!
Great looking game, these ships are gorgeous, even damaged! Superb, truly superb... 👍👍👍
Praise indeed! Thanks Phil, I must say that I do love sailing ships :)
Great fun! And proof that one does not need vast armadas nor a single Englishman on the table to have a great age-of-sail game.
Yes I agree and thank you. Swedes, Dutchmen and Danes make for a cracking game.
How many turns was that fight, Barry? Well done as always.
Thanks Joe. I think we played about 12 turns in total.
The ships are beautiful, but are they a mix of Ark Royal Miniatures and Langton, since one type looks better than the other?
A mix of three manufacturers
Looks fantastic. How did you do the boards btw?
Thanks, you will find a 'how to' here on my blog: leagueofaugsburg.blogspot.com/2020/02/sea-what-i-mean.html
@@leagueofaugsburg9036 Class man ty. I need some big boards for ww2 naval and mats arnt exactly cheap. How much acrylic did you use on the 3 boards you did?
@@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth 4 different tubes - I used less than a third of each
@@leagueofaugsburg9036 Awsome man cheers. Planning on a 12x4 haha
Exciting battle! I seem to understand that there is the possibility of altering speed by "back sail" with a roll against the skill... This rule is not in Mad for War Essentials, is it?
Backing Sail is a skill check. It is part of the main rules. A ship backing sail must compulsorily move 2 inches then take the check at any point after that up to its maximum move. If it passes, it can stop at the declared spot as if 'backing sail' or as you say, slowing down.
My 8th time Great Grandpa was captain Hubert Farrell who died in bacon’s rebellion 1676 at the Home of Chancellor Bacons home off of the York river near kings creek . What ship would he have been in ?
wow! great story. Do you know if he was a naval captain or master of a merchant ship? Might be possible to find that by a name search of RoyalNavy officers. If he was military, then his ship could have been anything from a sloop to a 4th rate.
I searched him on Threedecks.org under Farrell, Ferrell, Farel, Farell, Ferel, Ferell but got no returns
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He is one of the men on the grievance list that Bacon the rebel sent to the statehouse
@ his father was Brian Farrell 1625-1663