Dark age and Medieval warship

[d_Guy]

That would be an AAR worth reading! 

[GrumpyOldMan]

Interesting. What rules would cover this sort of 'dark ages' naval wargaming?

Hello

Two free ones - and http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/medieval-naval-warfare-in-channel-first.html. Also one from the Wargame Vault http://www.wargamevault.com/product/154102/Lord-of-the-Sea?affiliate_id=368817

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[paulr]

The first free link appears as a blank square and doesn't go anywhere

http://staineswargamers.org/Webrules/RulesAwayWithHonour.html

Replacing the img tags with url seems to have fixed it

[Westmarcher]

For miniature cogs you could try making your own out of balsa wood, building them up 'sandwich' style as per Donald Featherstone's dreadnoughts in his Naval Wargames book. I've made dreadnoughts in the past and its a very simple process so cogs should be relatively easy. It also gives you the advantage of deciding what scale to use. Crenellations in the fore and aft castles could be dealt with by the appropriate cutting and application of strips of paper or card plus, depending on the scale chosen, the mast can be a cocktail stick or piece of wooden dowling. Me? I'm tempted to try out the above rules using the miniature galleons I have from the board game, Buccaneer! 

[Orcs]

After the obliquey unjustly heaped on his head recently it seemed churlish to pick on this!

He was found guilty by a Jury of his peers 

[fsn]

For miniature cogs you could try making your own out of balsa wood,

No. I couldn't.

[Ithoriel]

No. I couldn't.

MDF bases - layers of pill-shaped ones for the hull, square ones for the castles, cocktail stick for the mast, paper or light card for the sail. Simples!

Work out the sizes you need and talk nicely to Leon about getting them cut.

[fsn]

Hmmmm .... you interest me strangely! 

[Leman]

 

You can hear the cogs turning!

Well I for one thought that was very amusing.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Thank you, I wondered if anyone had read it!

[paulr]

I suspect most of us thought Nobby was too busy with cogs to deal with your coat

[Raider4]

Hello

Two free ones - and http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/medieval-naval-warfare-in-channel-first.html. Also one from the Wargame Vault http://www.wargamevault.com/product/154102/Lord-of-the-Sea?affiliate_id=368817

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Ta. After a bit of searching I also found these for using those longships with: https://web.archive.org/web/20080413115059/http://www.kremlinminiatures.co.uk/heimskringlarules.htm.

Cheers, M.
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[d_Guy]

I suspect most of us thought Nobby was too busy with cogs to deal with your coat

Yup! Tricky that one. He does have pretty high level cognitive functions!


Grumpy and Raider, thanks for the rules links! One simply can't have too many rules sets, particularly since I now know how to make ships!

[GrumpyOldMan]

One simply can't have too many rules sets

Ahhhh... A man after my own heart, I've started looking for pirate rules now in response to another thread.....

Am I a tragic example of an addict, I think so.....

[Roy]

Ithoriel, what a brilliant idea with those MDF bases 

[pierre the shy]

Hi fsn

While gaming Viking/Medieval naval actions on this blog is only briefly mentioned it does cover some historical stuff that may be of some use to you:

http://www.cogandgalley.com/

Cheers
Peter

[fsn]

Thanks!