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One of my ideas is that in addition to the overall gun strength, a fort has a Battery number. The number of batteries that compromises a fort is the...

What are your magazine/ship explosions like?

Many thanks Sirs!

My friends and I at our club played yesterday this scenario, and it was very entertaining. Thank you to the author. Looking forward to playing the...

We have a house rule for forts Dobbs. If they get a fire token more than once in an action it may get to the magazine. We then draw for explosion as...

Well done, gentlemen!

As I recall, in Ares' fortifications rules, there's no real allowance for critical hits like sail, leak, rudder, and mast hits. Also, fire doesn't...

:hatsoff: The top monthly poster for April is Howard, aka SkeenaH. Congratulations. Bligh. :salute:

:hatsoff: Our top thread starter for April is Olivier, aka Zap who is the only shipmate to have gained this award by being the only thread starter...

Yep, trying to put gunports in a clinker hull had its challenges. I think it would have been interesting if Ares had followed through with different...

It is interesting that in that time clinker built had gone out and so had the huge stern castle. Rob.

Wow, Rob, you got me by almost 100 years. That's a great picture that shows how things changed up to Elizabeth's time! It's like Cabot's is the...

Lovely ship Dobbs. Reminds me very much of Cabot's Matthew in Bristol docks. Rob.

Thanks DB. I will now close this thread. Rob.

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Thanks for that info Rob. I'm not holding out much hope but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask! ��

We've been exploring the Albemarle Sound for the last few weeks. It's challenging, but two days ago we had a ripsnorting sail east down the sound and...