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Offline lord marcus

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Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« on: December 05, 2017, 06:04:50 PM »
I can't find a copy of man o war inexpensively, and I'm looking for a fantasy naval game. Anyone have any suggestions?

Offline Davout

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2017, 06:38:42 PM »
Uncharted Seas by the now defunct Spartan Games. Went out of print a few years ago so probably not much help.

Offline Stroezie

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2017, 06:51:50 PM »
There's this one available from Ral Partha europe.
http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/empiresthe-miniatures-boardgame-c-135/
Don't know anything about it though, but the rules are freely available so it won't cost you anything to check them out.
(after browsing through them it turns out the ships are part of a larger game set in the demonworld setting)

I also know Microworld miniatures is working on a fantasy naval game but that's still early days at the moment.
more here
http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=137&t=32697
« Last Edit: December 05, 2017, 07:00:09 PM by Stroezie »

Offline joroas

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2017, 07:39:31 PM »
Dreadfleet?
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Offline madzerker

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2017, 08:17:56 PM »
I think Warcradle is going to be bringing Uncharted seas back, they at least bought the rights to it

Offline nic-e

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2017, 08:52:24 PM »
PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN!
Not fantasy you say? But it has dragons, monster crabs and oh so many crazy things!

Not a wargame you say?
BAH! look at the rules! it was clearly designed as a wargame then marketed as a small scale board game to sell the booster pack format!

No longer in production you say?
TRUE BUT SHUSH! it can be bought cheaply in bulk on ebay! I sunk about £40 and have HUNDREDS! of ships.
If you don't want to spend, simply find the full rules online, theres a busy forum for it on board game geek with all the rules! you can find all the cards and ship stats online and even make up your own!

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Offline lord marcus

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2017, 11:06:03 PM »
PIRATES OF THE SPANISH MAIN!
Not fantasy you say? But it has dragons, monster crabs and oh so many crazy things!

Not a wargame you say?
BAH! look at the rules! it was clearly designed as a wargame then marketed as a small scale board game to sell the booster pack format!

No longer in production you say?
TRUE BUT SHUSH! it can be bought cheaply in bulk on ebay! I sunk about £40 and have HUNDREDS! of ships.
If you don't want to spend, simply find the full rules online, theres a busy forum for it on board game geek with all the rules! you can find all the cards and ship stats online and even make up your own!




I'm mainly looking for a ruleset I can adapt for my 6mm scaled fantasy boats/ships from irregular.


Are the rules available?

Offline Dr. Kevin Moon III esq.

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2017, 11:16:16 PM »
Strange Tydes by wessex games is an option. While I've not played it, I have been impressed by other rules they produce (strange grogge and Firewall 2136ad).

Offline shadowbeast

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2017, 06:45:48 AM »

I'm mainly looking for a ruleset I can adapt for my 6mm scaled fantasy boats/ships from irregular.


Are the rules available?
Here is the latest known copy of the rules, but you will need an account at BoardGameGeek to download it.

Pirates of Yendor is for 28mm, but the way the grid is designed, you may as well use tiny ships and a small grid of hexes.

I found Uncharted Seas.
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Offline Grimmnar

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2017, 08:37:56 AM »
I can't find a copy of man o war inexpensively, and I'm looking for a fantasy naval game. Anyone have any suggestions?
Know anyone with a Scribd account by chance?

Grimm

Offline lord marcus

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2017, 08:05:22 PM »
Know anyone with a Scribd account by chance?

Grimm

Nope

Offline Grimmnar

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2017, 09:40:26 PM »
Nope
Well find someone. LOL
Scibd has the book but of course you need an account.
You could always sign up for the free 30 day trial.

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Offline Gracchus Armisurplus

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Re: Fantasy naval games other than man o war
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2018, 11:19:45 AM »
I know this is a bit of thread necromancy, but Galleys and Galleons is a scale agnostic naval wargames system from Ganesha games. Costs about $8 for a PDF of the rules. I've yet to play it but it seems quite popular and I've read through the rules a few times and I like what I see so far.

 

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