Broadsword56
08-02-2014, 18:27
Can anyone offer me some guidance?
I have my Starter Kit coming next week. It gives me 2 SoLs and 2 frigates.
It's a good entry into the game. But, since SoLs and frigates avoided engaging each other historically, I knew I'd need more ships to get some plausible actions set up.
Collecting more SoLs seems silly for me, because I'd need a lot of ships to make fleet actions. And that type of action seems like it could get unwieldy with SoG's system, unless a large group of players is involved. I'll probably be playing most of the time vs. 1 opponent, or often solo.
I prefer the daring and maneuver of frigates anyway. So, I've decided to focus on frigates and below for my SoG gaming.
And, since frigate actions happened a lot more often than fleet actions in the Napoleonic Wars, I think it offers me a wider range of historical and hypothetical scenarios, too.
So I've also ordered:
Proserpine 1785/Dryade 1783 frigate ship pack
Embuscade 1798/ Le Succes frigate ship pack
So that gives me 4 frigates total.
From my limited reading about the period, a frigate squadron was typically 3 ships (?)
But what would you do in my situation? Would you get another couple of frigates? If so, maybe I can trade my 2 SoLs with someone for more frigates.
Would sloops be involved in actions with frigates? How/why?
Since frigates so often escorted or attacked merchant shipping, I think getting a merchantman would be cool.
I'll be taking a 3D printing class this fall, so I'm going to see if I can scale a 1/1000 merchant ship to make a custom item as my class project. (Has anyone tried making ships this way?)
I have my Starter Kit coming next week. It gives me 2 SoLs and 2 frigates.
It's a good entry into the game. But, since SoLs and frigates avoided engaging each other historically, I knew I'd need more ships to get some plausible actions set up.
Collecting more SoLs seems silly for me, because I'd need a lot of ships to make fleet actions. And that type of action seems like it could get unwieldy with SoG's system, unless a large group of players is involved. I'll probably be playing most of the time vs. 1 opponent, or often solo.
I prefer the daring and maneuver of frigates anyway. So, I've decided to focus on frigates and below for my SoG gaming.
And, since frigate actions happened a lot more often than fleet actions in the Napoleonic Wars, I think it offers me a wider range of historical and hypothetical scenarios, too.
So I've also ordered:
Proserpine 1785/Dryade 1783 frigate ship pack
Embuscade 1798/ Le Succes frigate ship pack
So that gives me 4 frigates total.
From my limited reading about the period, a frigate squadron was typically 3 ships (?)
But what would you do in my situation? Would you get another couple of frigates? If so, maybe I can trade my 2 SoLs with someone for more frigates.
Would sloops be involved in actions with frigates? How/why?
Since frigates so often escorted or attacked merchant shipping, I think getting a merchantman would be cool.
I'll be taking a 3D printing class this fall, so I'm going to see if I can scale a 1/1000 merchant ship to make a custom item as my class project. (Has anyone tried making ships this way?)