Description:
NAVAL WARGAMES RULES FOR THE AGE OF SAIL, 1580 TO 1820
· Current Edition: 2.0
· Recommended scale 1/2400 (1/1200 also possible)
· Complexity: 3/10
· Level of detail: 5/10
· Avg game length 2 hours
· Dice required: D10, D6
The rules cover the era from the beginning of gunpowder (the Armada) through to the end of the era of fleet actions in the age of sail.
They offer a fast game system to enable fleet actions to be played and are uncomplicated, being designed to allow a player to use squadrons of vessels on the table top. The system gives the right feel to the action, bearing in mind that your role is an admiral commanding a fleet, rather than as captain commanding a ship. The intention is that each player should command at least 6 ships, and with experience two players should be able to complete Trafalgar in an afternoon
There are 70+ different ship types spread over three historical eras. They incorporate about 23 fleet actions with fleet organisations and game data for the protagonists.
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SHIPS: Description and Definition of the ships; Clean and foul hulls; Working out ship factors from historical references; The Early Period (16th Century); The Middle Period (17th and early 18th Centuries); The Late Period (late 17th and 19th Centuries); Points Values (all periods); Creating Forts and Shore batteries (all periods)
COMMANDERS AND CREW: Commanders; Effect of Visibility on command; Formations; Crew; Combat effects on Command and Crew; Taking Command; Use of Frigates
PREPARING THE BATTLE AND SETTING UP: Climate and the Weather; Initial Deployment and Scouting; Displacement; Off-Table Forces; Victory and Defeat
FIGHTING THE BATTLE, ORDER OF TURN
MOVEMENT: Sailing and the movement of ships; Turning; Tacking; Hard Turns; Movement of ‘Handy’ vessels; Schooners and ‘Fore and Aft’ Rigged vessels; Collisions and fouling; The “Nelson Touch” (Breaking a line); Drifting; Towing; Use of Small Boats; Transferring Commanders and Crew between ships; Effect of land; Anchoring and weighing anchor; Leaving the Table
GUNNERY, DAMAGE AND BOARDING: Gunnery basics; Gunnery attacks; Damage results; Fires and Burning ships; Boarding Actions
MORALE AND PRIZES: Morale; Captured Ships and Prizes
SCENARIOS: Scenario Format; How to use the Scenario Information; Landing Troops; ‘Beating to Quarters’; The Raid on Cadiz Harbour 1587; The Action off Portland Bill 1588; The Action off Gravelines 1588; Last Stand of the Revenge 1591; Beachy Head 1690; Toulon 1744; Havana 1748; Minorca 1756; Gibraltar 1759; Quiberon Bay 1759; Ushant 1778; Arbuthnot’s Action 1781; Chesapeake Bay 1781; Battle of the Saintes 1782; Glorious First of June 1794; Cape St. Vincent 1797; Kamperduin 1797; Battle of the Nile 1798; Copenhagen 1801; Algeciras 1801 (First Part); Algeciras 1801 (Second Part); Calder’s Action 1805; Trafalgar 1805
GAME TEMPLATES: Record Sheets
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