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I've been looking for a fast-play set of Age of Fighting Sail rules for ages. I've tried several, including *Trafalgar*, *Kiss Me Hardy* and *Fighting Sail*, plus several others. None of them did the double trick of being as fast-play as promised AND reflecting the tactics of the period. These did though - and did it well. Sure, as another reviewer said, they could have been more comprehensive, and sometimes you have to read things through several times before you figure out what David meant. This was particularly the case for the very important escalation of damage system - a nice way of replacing endless boxes to cross off. That said, the rules really work. The system is impressively slick and intuitive - newcomers can pick it up in a few minutes.
In this period, games stand and fall by the effectiveness of the sailing rules. These were simple yet elegant, and worked a treat. The gunnery too, while abstracted, shows how cumulative damage gradually imacts the effectivenes...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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An extremely simple RPG system, where your character has one statistic (Strength) which is used for nearly everything in an adventure - attack and defense, health, turn order, and so forth. The resulting system is elegant, and perfectly serviceable for quick pickup games, but probably won't satisfy folks who want anything even a little detailed.
Note that the actual rules only take up a little over two pages; the first and largest part of the booklet is taken up by a sample adventure, in which you learn the TWERPS rules as you go. This shows off the potential of the system, but playing this as intended could be frustrating, if a player tries to improvise anything before its example comes up in the adventure. (As such, the GM should probably read through the rules section before running the scenario, just in case.)
The scenario itself (which is full of punny names) is a riff on pulp adventure stories, to the point of some cringe-y bits with natives, although it's OK beyond ...
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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