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Wider Wargaming => Non-Pendraken Stuff => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 03:04:06 AM

Title: Venice rules the waves
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 03:04:06 AM
Admiral Mario di Gregorio, Duke of Istria and Shark of St Mark, leads out the contribution of La Serenissima to rendezvous with the Holy League.

The Knights of Malta are under the brush.

Of course, in Italian his nickname has to be il Squalo Malo, but it's better in English.
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: Techno II on 16 October 2020, 06:54:53 AM
Those look rather spiffy !  :-bd

Cheers - Phil  :)
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 16 October 2020, 07:28:59 AM
Pity they will all be splinters when Lee attacks them  :D
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 07:40:32 AM
Maybe she'll be leading them. She likes Italy.
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: sunjester on 16 October 2020, 07:41:13 AM
 :-bd  Very nice!
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: paulr on 16 October 2020, 07:49:44 AM
 :-bd =D> :-bd
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: Westmarcher on 16 October 2020, 08:38:56 AM
Looking good.  :-bd   

What naval rules?
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 08:43:39 AM
Haven't written them yet,
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: Westmarcher on 16 October 2020, 08:54:37 AM
Ah! No doubt you'll have a few ideas already. Personally, I would struggle (but would probably refer to the currently free and available Spanish Fury rules in The Perfect Captain to get me started). Good luck.
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 09:24:41 AM
From what I've seen of the stuff that's out there, the secret must be to treat squadrons of ships like units of infantry in land warfare....
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: Steve J on 16 October 2020, 10:59:41 AM
Very nice indeed 8).
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: paulr on 16 October 2020, 10:48:10 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 16 October 2020, 09:24:41 AM
From what I've seen of the stuff that's out there, the secret must be to treat squadrons of ships like units of infantry in land warfare....

This is my thinking as well, to fight decent size battles you can't get bogged down in the details of individual ships

Unfortunately most of the rules I've seen focus on the details and seem to 'bathtub' larger battles
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: hammurabi70 on 19 October 2020, 04:59:36 PM
Quote from: paulr on 16 October 2020, 10:48:10 PM
This is my thinking as well, to fight decent size battles you can't get bogged down in the details of individual ships

Unfortunately most of the rules I've seen focus on the details and seem to 'bathtub' larger battles

Yes, which is why I have kept away from the topic.  I have a friend who has tried to write larger battle rules and he is can do about 30 a side but one is in danger of reducing everything to a simple competitive die roll, which is why we gave up in the 1990s.  I hope you can pioneer the way with something new.  The P&SS friend a new approach with C17 naval warfare with Generals-at-Sea where units were squadrons (of sailing ships)  rather than individual ships.
Title: Re: Venice rules the waves
Post by: paulr on 19 October 2020, 07:34:56 PM
David Manley made a good attempt at this approach back in the early 2000s with "Greek Fire and Roman Fury" based on the Fire & Fury 'engine'