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  1. First game finale

    If it weren't for the comical movement cards restricting sailing vessels to crawling barely twice their own length in one turn, Aquilon repaired her masts and was able to race away in only two turns. Vanguard never did recover. She floundered. Aquilon apparently lost because she sailed off the engagement area and was lucky to get away., but Vanguard, sitting dead in the water, won.
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  2. First Game

    Well, when I finally got all the counters, ships, cards arranged on a 4 ft by 4ft table, that left about a 3 ft by 3ft play area. My dining room table was built in 1905 by the Robbins extending table Co of Ososso, Michigan. The reason I include that info is the the table can actually extend up to 12 ft long! As my ships raced before the wind crossed each other's "T", I simply kept adding leaves. I'm not crazy about the rule that says if you leave the area of the board, it's game over. ...
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  3. First unboxing.

    Here is a personal account of what a newbie goes through when he/she decides to take the plunge and decide to invest in SOG:

    I was at my local gaming store. The owner showed me a whole bunch of products including Wings of Glory and Sails of Glory. I told him that I would have to research those games as they seemed kind of pricey for a few nicely made plastic miniatures and cardboard counters. I went online and researched WOG. Lovely plastic models, crappy unrealistic rules, even in ...
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  4. Favourite ship type basic game/series I

    Quote Originally Posted by mdavis41 View Post
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    I'd like the Temeraire more if we could figure out how to cook the stats for monster HMS Belleisle... :) (Seriously, we're talking a 74 with a heavier broadside than HMS Victory IIRC!)
    Couldn't agree more. We have to figure out stats for Belleisle.
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  5. Scratch Building HMS Leopard Part 7

    Rewind and Take Two on the Nelson Chequer and Stepping the Main Mast

    Another busy day, not much time for model work. But I managed to do a little here and there throughout the day (between spurts of real work).

    I decided that I didn't like the hand painted gun ports. So, I painted back over them with the yellow paint.

    I also added some white to the stern area of the ship where the windows will be applied. The reason for the white is that I am using ...

    Updated 09-20-2013 at 20:48 by Wear Ship Dave

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