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Ready for rigging these Ark Royal 1/1200 17th Century ships. Left to right - Royalist ships, Convertine and Constant Reformation (Prince Rupert's...

After the original date for this game had to be postponed on short notice, finally got together for this game on 5th of March 2023. As two of the...

Cold Wars Game 4 ‘Running the Shoals’ I submitted the game with a maximum of 10 players and was happy that I got 8 participants. A few were new...

I just spotted this on YouTube. Very cool! At least I thought so. Enjoy! P.S. Thanks Dobbs for the recent rep point. I just noticed it...

On Saturday a question arose which I have never been asked before. As we know the range for grape is very short. If you are double shotted with grape...

Gentlemen, in the frigate action recently reported, I, Lt. Bush, was in command of one of the British frigates as Acting Captain because her...

With the Royal Navy distracted by the war with the colonies, the Algerian interpretation of mercantile treaties with Britain became more flexible. ...

I was reading a Patrick O'Brian book the other day, and the characters were talking about being on a lee shore, and how if the wind speed was too...

Gentlemen, in our recent playing, it struck me that the representation of Crew Damage in relation to the actual number of the crew of a ship...

My 17th century fleet to date: Ships painted as Portuguese: all Langton ships. Models used are a British 4th rate (48-56 guns), a Carrack and a...

Blake had been pursuing the vagabond, Prince Rupert, from Lisbon to the Caribbean. Blake had just two serviceable ships – the St. George (54 heavy...

My 17th century fleet to date: Ships painted as Portuguese: all Langton ships. Models used are a British 4th rate (48-56 guns), a Carrack and a...