Gaming an 18-19th century amphibious landing?

[ichwillauch]

For scenario ideas you can replay the Hornblower books.

[traveller]

Somewhere in one of my naval warfare books is an image of an 18th Century British landing craft - not unlike the D-Day version, with with a large frame and drop-down gate at the front, specifically to land guns and horses.  I gather they were only used in Europe, but they took part in the raids on the French coast that became known later as "smashing windows with guineas"!

It would be very interesting to see how that would look, sounds like a scratch-building project 

[traveller]

For scenario ideas you can replay the Hornblower books.

Good idea, I have the videos somewhere

[SteveBurt]

Thanks SteveBurt, both sounds like suitable scenarios. Were there any special gaming mechanics connected to the approach/landing of the Marines?

There are rules for the boats being spotted, fire from shore guns and so on, yes. Those were all in Sharp Practice v1. v2 didn't have them, but I think suitable rules have appeared in one of the Lardy specials

[traveller]

There are rules for the boats being spotted, fire from shore guns and so on, yes. Those were all in Sharp Practice v1. v2 didn't have them, but I think suitable rules have appeared in one of the Lardy specials

Thanks, I will start the search for those 

[Baron von Wreckedoften]

Traveller - I shall see if I can find it over the weekend.  Unfortunately, I have rather a lot of books on 18th/19th Century naval warfare.....

[traveller]

Traveller - I shall see if I can find it over the weekend.  Unfortunately, I have rather a lot of books on 18th/19th Century naval warfare.....

Thanks!