The other week a friend and I put on a larger Sails of Glory game at the Herts Volunteers. This one was a fictional encounter inspired by the Battle of the Nile but allowed the French to react to the British fleet thus making it a more interesting game for them.
I put together some coastal terrain for the game the weekend before and, as always with such projects would do some of it differently next time but you live and learn.
We had a mixed group of players some of whom had played before but several had not. They picked up the rules pretty quickly and all seemed to enjoy the game. We played with most of the advanced and optional rules but not variable wind strength - which was probably a good decision as the variable wind direction gave the French something of a challenge by itself!
Here are some photos of the game:
Nice looking game Al. Not heard of the rules before?
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray. Obviously you missed my earlier posts on Sails of Glory - it's a sister game to Wings of Glory but with all the necessary additional parts for Napoleonic Naval (eg wind direction!)
DeleteWhat a marvellous, fleet-scale game of Napoleonic naval! A bit of headland in all the blue always adds to the visual (as well as the challenge) of a naval game doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteRegards, James