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It would be my pleasure. If I can provide you with anything else, just ask.

I finally got to use my Current (Set) Cards. Suzanne and I played an engagement the other day. The backstory was that...

In our games, I wanted to allow for a wider range of wind, and also ship sail control. Here is my reworked Wind Gauge:

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I cut the table out and attached it to a piece of craft foam with...

I have not made any efforts to adapt their point system, Andrew, and I am sure you are right. My changes would definitely change the Ares point values, but I don't know how.

Would that be the Newcastle Sailing Club, Eric? If you sailed on the Delaware, you must have an appreciation for my Current cards!

My wife, Suzanne, and I are a mobile rigging business that...

My ship chart for Terspichore is in Post #6 of this thread. Courageuse is #7. Defense and Genereux are #19.

My idea with the Current Cards was to add a level of complexity to scenarios with...

The Blue arc on schooners is to represent that they are not good at running before the wind. If the schooner is in the Blue arc, the player uses the orange movement at the next wind speed down. If...

I haven't looked at stats for Newcastle and Leander, but didn't they have broadsides even larger than the American heavy frigates?

I thought that might be what you where getting at. I think repaint a Constitution.

Oh, raking is a little different too, to reflect the stronger ships with bigger crews:

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Raking: Rakes are only conducted from the center broadside of the firing ship. To be a raking...

A ship cannot take more than its Burden in hits on a single side. Extra points from any chit that exceeds the ship's Burden is transferred to the highest undamaged boxes on the opposite side. For...

Here's my ship charts for Defense and Genereux to round out the starter set collection:

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If you give them a try or have any questions, let me know.

It is something my fellow players have asked about, but I have not gone there. It is interesting to read about the Shannon vs. Chesapeake engagement, because the Shannon's captain had devised...

Thanks, Eric.

The -1 is on the numeric damage on the chit. I didn't feel that the bigger guns needed a modification to the chits. My thought was that an 18 pdr was the smallest penetrating,...

For sail changes, reloading, and general damage tweaking, every player is issued a half a paper towel for erasing.

Question for you, Rob. Does the rest of the world have metric paper sizes?

Basic damage is just like the original game, only mark from the top down instead of left to right. When a row has at least 1 point of damage, make a mark next to the broadside strength at that...

Ask me your questions, bridge keeper. I am not afraid.

There's a bit of extra information to process on those sheets, as I tweaked the way fire and flooding were done, and added a sail position option, but they could be used to play with the standard...

Here's Courageous:

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When I was introduced to SoG, I loved the card based movement system, and the chit damage combining hitting and damage. I was surprised how quickly ships got damaged, and how frequently one good hit...

Thanks for the Rep, Andrew.

Have you seen my other posts on water current, and sailing tweaks? Also, we play a variation where the ships can be damaged on both sides.

This began as a rewrite of the Portland 50’s, but has segued into my rewrite of my fleet so far, based on my observations of the historic ships’ sizes, classes, and armaments. I realize that Ares...