Thursday, July 12, 2018

Beat To Quarters! - 1/300 Scale Napoleonic Naval Rules

Ahoy there!  I've got more for you today.  I've struggled with various sets of of naval rules over the years.  Unfortunately, the style of gaming I like --- a good mix of fun, fast but still somewhat accurate (but abstracted) just doesn't really exist IMO for Napoleonic naval.  At this point, having done a lot with Empires at War and This Hallowed Ground (which needs an update to align with Empires at War), I feel really good about the core mechanics being used in the rules I use.  So, I went ahead and wrote my own for naval now ... and here they are --- version 1.2.

Note:  Version 1.2 --- I'm still play testing through all this.  Happy to take any feedback anyone has if they try out the rules.

Rules can be downloaded here.

Pictures below of the sheets ...





I've included a page that has "right sized" templates for use in the game ... along with a table for random events (below).


I've also done up a quick "ship card" that would be used to track damage for the ships.  The excellent Adam Clark will be laser cutting these out for me ... so the D6's will fit into the board ... super cool!



11 comments:

  1. As usual, you go above and beyond for this community! Another ruleset of yours I've downloaded - now if only I could get someone to try it out with me lol! I've got a metric ton of those old Wiz Kids pirate ships that could work for this :)

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    1. Excellent, thanks Ivor! Sounds like a plan ... I've been using sails of glory ships to playtest it :-)

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  2. Excellent creative display of your many faceted gaming talents, Jay!!

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  3. All hands ahoay! Those ships are absolutely stunning. Can't wait to read the batrep. Till then, may the wind be at your back (unless you don't want it there).

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    1. Lol!! I'll take the wind at my back :-) Thanks matey!!

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  4. Just so you know: the title "Beat to Quarters" has already been used at least twice in this genre of gaming. You might consider a different title just to avoid confusion.

    You should bring this game to the South Bay Gaming Club sometime. Or maybe many times. :-)

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    1. Interesting. Wasn't aware of that. Thanks. Not sure I care ... it is really just for me and the guys (and I'm not creative enough to change it - but open to suggestions) :-) I just post them up so I don't loose track of them ... and in case someone wants to try them.

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  5. Hello Jay, these look interesting. Do you mind if I copy them to try? You could use "Sound Beat to Quarters". I've not seen that one.
    Regards,
    Vol

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    1. Go nuts ... I share them for the broader community :-)

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  6. Have you moved the rules? Above link doesn't work.

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