My buddy and his son hosted a great Black Seas game today. Not a large game, but a nice one for myself and and another buddy playing the rules for the first time. The ships looked great and some of them painted and rigging put on just prior to the game - we only used about half of their ships. I ran half of the French fleet and managed to survive with one remaining ship of the line. My frigate and other ship of the line were damaged to the point of being floating wrecks. This was my first time playing the rules, and really enjoyed it. Although I have to admit I relied on their calculations for combat resolution and damage. It's great when someone else is GMing. Finally, I must apologize for being off the blog for so long - but have been keeping busy with my other hobby pursuit of playing and collecting guitars. I ended up picking up a few used guitars needing some TLC and also a couple of ebay purchases. Thanks to YouTube I was able to level frets, smooth fret ends, adjust truss rods, replace bolt on necks, solder pickguard covers and other interesting luthier stuff.
Thanks for the Trafalgar anniversary reminder. Game looks great as does your growing collection of guitars. Many of the guitars I recognize. The dog, I do not.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jonathan! It was nice gaming again, especially on a significant historical anniversary. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteI always like the look of sailing ship games but I am not so keen on playing them, to be honest, Dean! You obviously have very large dose of "collectors" gene....toy soldiers, firearms and now guitars too! Sounds like you are quite a handyman, too, with all the repair work you have been doing with the guitar collection!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the visit and kind words again, Keith. I'm not a big naval gamer too, and end up playing it like a land battle. The additional element of wind direction affected movement significantly. And yes, I've always been a collector of things. Collected stamps, coins and even sea shells when I was growing up. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteFantastic Black Seas game Dean! Nice looking guitars too -Strats, Jaguar and Les Pauls?
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your kind words and visit, Mike! The Strats and Mustang are Squiers (a lot cheaper than Fender-propers), and the Les Pauls are actually inexpensive Chipson (Chinese) copies, that look good, but not as high quality as the real deal. More than good enough for my skill level or lack thereof. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteOh, game looking amazing Dean!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michal! Yes, it was a pleasure learning a bit of these rules with such beautiful ships. Kind regards, Dean
DeleteLooks great, beautiful ships...and guitars!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Phil! Yes, great gaming and I also get to play around on guitars when I get home :) Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteGreat looking game and collection of guitars. I always enjoy playing age of sail naval actions but have never wanted to collect them. It must be the thought of doing the rigging.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Richard! Yes, I loved seeing the those beautifully painted and rigged 1/700 scale ships. But...the first thing I thought was I would never be able to rig them. The addition of wind for the sails really made movement crucial for tactics. My previous naval games were mostly oar-driven galleys, so not too much concern with wind direction. This was eye-opening. Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteVery nice; I have three or four sets of Naval rules to try out. Ships are no problem; plenty of them on hand already!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Peter. These aren't too bad - again, my buddy who ran the game really made it flow. He had added a bit of bells and whistles too, as he had played it with his son several times before. Kindest regards, Dean
DeleteNice looking game Dean I have pondered those ships many times but never jumped in….yet
ReplyDeleteThanks, Matt. I've only done Ancients naval before - much easier movement when using only oars! :) Warmest regards, Dean
DeleteGreat minis on show ... and a cool looking guitar collection too. All I have is an electric guitar and an acoustic one which I never really played much because I stopped lessons and rarely have the time to play ... it's a continuing regret of mine ... one day I will ... one day
ReplyDeleteLovely looking naval game and nice selection of guitars, my only retail experience was selling guitars at a convention/ exhibition, I was useless!
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They look great ships
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