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Post by wildagreenbough on May 20, 2014 23:10:43 GMT -9
While poking about looking for paper minis I found these very nice mostly Viking styled boats and ships. Paper Boats and ShipsTheir creator also has some excellent terrain pieces for creating a Laketown type model as well. Something I've always wanted to try is a battle on water, or even a waterborne invasion of a town. The only problem with 28mm vessels is that they tend to take up a lot of room even when kept to models of smaller sized vessels, only I don't want to use a smaller scale as I like to be able to actually see the models I'm playing with. Not so long ago I played around with a pair of river gunboats built from Lego in a Vic Sci-Fi/Colonial/Dinosaur Hunter type scenario which was a lot of fun, but it did confirm that playing on a 4ft X 7ft surface with a pair of smallish river gunboats scaled for Lego Minifigs was a tight squeeze. I'm not daunted though and I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out. Any suggestions for a ruleset that would work well for Fantasy/Dark Ages type ships and boats? With the river gunboats I was using Brikwar rules which largely work according to Chaos theory combined with sheer audacity so they wouldn't really be suitable for 'serious' wargaming.
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Post by shep on May 21, 2014 1:49:30 GMT -9
When I'm in need of ship to ship combat in a Fantasy/Swashbuckling setting, I actually use the ships and rules from the Pirates of the Spanish Main tabletop, as the ships are of course perfect and the rules are really easy and fast-paced. You could perhaps use the same rules with 28mm ships by simply upscaling the rules. For distance measuring use the long and short side of a regular sheet of paper (A4 or US Letter) instead of a card. The rest of the rules would stay the same (every canon/catapult within range may fire, rolls could be taken from the game you use for the rest of the setting, etc.). The rules for Pirates of the Spanish Main should be on the internet somwhere...
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Post by Rhannon on May 21, 2014 2:26:57 GMT -9
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 21, 2014 3:05:16 GMT -9
When I'm in need of ship to ship combat in a Fantasy/Swashbuckling setting, I actually use the ships and rules from the Pirates of the Spanish Main tabletop, as the ships are of course perfect and the rules are really easy and fast-paced. You could perhaps use the same rules with 28mm ships by simply upscaling the rules. For distance measuring use the long and short side of a regular sheet of paper (A4 or US Letter) instead of a card. The rest of the rules would stay the same (every canon/catapult within range may fire, rolls could be taken from the game you use for the rest of the setting, etc.). The rules for Pirates of the Spanish Main should be on the internet somwhere... Thanks shep I'll have look for those rules and have a play about with them. Rhannon, - yes I saw the Firefly paper figures and was tempted by them as I have the Serenity DVD. I'm trying to stay away from Sci-Fi at the moment as I'm trying to complete my Fantasy projects first,
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Post by cowboyleland on May 21, 2014 12:33:24 GMT -9
I did 15mm pirates using Savage Worlds rules. I suggest tweezers or something to move the figures around, but I had three brigantines on a kitchen table. Pictures here: cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/thread/5871/15mm-ships-action. I have not had time to get back to those ships. Maybe I'll post them "as is" on the weekend. Savage Worlds did a partnership with Pirates of the Spanish Main, those rules are probably worth looking at, if you really want to get into a marine campaign, but I have not read them carefully.
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Post by wildagreenbough on May 22, 2014 10:34:12 GMT -9
Thanks cowboyleland, it looks like I've got some rule reading ahead of me
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