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Mycenius
03-17-2015, 03:46
Played the March Scenario tonight - you can see a write up with pics on my blog: Duty And Daring @ Wargaming.info (http://wargaming.info/2015/duty-and-daring/).

Jim - apologies I had a blonde moment and it was only when I finished I realised I had used a 3rd Rate instead of a 1st Rate!! Ddoh!


HMS Defence intercepts the French "Column"...
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Mycenius
03-17-2015, 03:47
Rules
Played Basic Rules with no extras as per scenario.

Turn Summary

Turn 1
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Rolls to attach tow (6 = failure).
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Adrift
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 3 (no vessel arrives, needed a 1)

Turn 2
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 3, Rolls to attach tow (3 = success).
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Adrift
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 6 (no vessel arrives, needed 1-2)

Turn 3
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 9, Completes attaching tow.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Comes under tow from Proserpine.
Enemy AI Fleet: Rolls 2 (vessel arrives, needed 1-3), HMS Defence 74, Plays Card 6.

Turn 4
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 4.

Turn 5
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2.

Turn 6
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 3, C, 0, 0.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 8, Fires Forward Larboard Broadside at Proserpine.

Turn 7
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 5S, Towing CdBx, Collides with HMS Defence, Fires Forward Larboard Broadside.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 4, Collides with Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 0.

Turn 8
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 4, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Fires full Larboard Broadside at HMS Defence, Takes the following Damage: 4C, 2, 1C, C, 0, 0.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2, Fires full Larboard Broadside at CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 2C, C, 0, 0.

Turn 9
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 6.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2, Reloads Larboard Broadside.

Turn 10
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 3.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Fires Aft Larboard Broadside at HMS Defence, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 2, 0, 0.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2 but is Taken Aback, Fires full Larboard Broadside at CdBx, Takes the following Damage: 2C, 0.

Turn 11
Proserpine 36 (P): Plays Card 6.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Under tow from Proserpine, Reloads Larboard Broadside.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Plays Card 2 but is Taken Aback (again), Reloads Larboard Broadside.

Turn 12
Proserpine 36 (P): Exits playing area.
Commerce de Bordeaux 74 (P): Towed to safety by Proserpine.
HMS Defence 74 (AI): Expresses Consternation!

Captain’s Logs:
Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve (P) / Returned To Port with disabled SoL (CdBx 74) / 3 Points
Captain Rorie Cairbre MacClelland (AI) / Returned to Port / 0 Points (Mission Failure)

Nightmoss
03-17-2015, 09:06
Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate. :thumbsup: :salute:

Mycenius
03-17-2015, 14:40
Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate. :thumbsup: :salute:

:happy: :beer:

P.S. It was a bit close run - if HMS Defence had manoeuvred a little differently and got in 1 more broadside!! :shock: :shock: (Commerce de Bordeaux only had 1 Crew & 2 Hull Boxes left when the French exited).

Mycenius
03-23-2015, 00:19
I have now updated Post #2 with the turn by turn detail and the scenario VP results.

Note: Jim has updated his scenario in Post #11 (http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?3119-March-s-Solo-Mission-Duty-and-Daring&p=44412&viewfull=1#post44412) with a couple of clarifications I raised post game.

Eric - I'm still using my own AI Captain's names until we liaise... :wink:

Mycenius
03-23-2015, 00:20
Well done, sir. I congratulate you on your victory. Most impressive as you used a damaged 3rd rate rather than the 1st rate. :thumbsup: :salute:

...so Jim, does that mean Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve gets some bonus VPs for his career...?? :wink: :happy: :drinks:

Bligh
06-24-2015, 09:49
A very neat run by the Capitaine de corvette Cyrille Léopold Villeneuve John.
Makes all my posturing and planning when I ran the scenario seem a bit OTT.
Just going for it and letting the Devil take the hindmost seems to have done the trick very well.
Thanks for the smashing write up.
Rob.

Union Jack
06-28-2015, 16:28
Well done again for another entertaining AAR.