Another adventure in the Caribbean

[Patrice]

Some pics of a game we played last week-end. Six people took part, two of them were game masters/referees.

There were four large tables and it was possible to go from one table to another. One table was open sea with some tiny islands, the 2nd one was Tortuga (French), the 3rd was the fort and town of S.Agustin (Florida, Spanish) and the 4th table was a Spanish colonial plantation in Florida too.

Everyone had some objectives to reach and there were clues and mysteries, hidden treasures etc, all around so it would be too long to explain everything. Here are some pics:

One of the French privateer ships:


The French Fort in Tortuga. Some of the guns are wooden dummies.



The captain of the privateer ship meets the governor's niece, Mademoiselle Clotirisse, in a romantic place: a hill near the sea
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Then a dead body is discovered! During the night a sailor has been crushed in the sugar mill…


…and a few hours later, a Marines corporal is found drowned in the indigo basins.


The privateer captain sails to S.Agustin a Spanish town in Florida (on another table)



There the Spanish governor asks for a document in possession of a female passenger of the ship, and does not want to let them go.


They jump in the street and run, pursued by the town's Black militia



They manage to go aboard their ship and sail away, but the captain is wounded.



They sail back to Tortuga. There the French governor decides that some retaliation is needed. French Marines troops go ashore on another table (a Spanish plantation in Florida)


The French privateer, with another "French" ship (whose captain is probably a pirate in disguise) sail again to attack S.Agustin from the sea. On the open sea they meet three Spanish ships which try to prevent them to pass.





While these ships fight on the "open sea" table, the French Marines have passed from the "plantation" table to the "Spanish town" table. The Spanish governor does not want to discuss and fighting begins.


The two French ships also arrive and face the fort.



French Marines come near the fort walls. The Spanish governor has not many men left and he accepts to negociate to avoid more damage.

[Cadet13]

Very nice! I really like the Vauban fortress. Is it scratch built?

[War In 15MM]

These huge layouts look wonderful.  So much neat stuff to see.  Richard

[Galloping Major]

Impressive stuff 


www.gallopingmajorwargames.com

[Patrice]

Yes the Vauban fortress is scratch-built. Some pics of its construction here:
http://argad.forumculture.net/t94-castillo-de-san-marcos

The original plans are those of the fortress in Saint Augustine (Florida) but slightly smaller than scale. I think that the plans (of the real fortress) can be downloaded on this monument's website.

[Marine0846]

Like what you have done.
Looks like alot of fun, had by all.

[Euthanasor]

Another point of view of this wonderfull game:
Pudubec's high adventures, french pirate last week-end.


Antoine Pudubec, as "Borgnefesse" and his quatermaster on "the Shark" 's deck.


unfortunated spanish sailors, thrown to the sea after their vessel's capture.


Devastated lower deck of a second spanish capture ! Pudubec, wounded, will be evacuated. He'll later saved his foot. 


French marines invade Florida.


They'll attack the fortress by land, while french ships would attack it by sea.


"The Shark" plundering the spanish fort. The town will be set on fire before.

A lot more pictures on my blog... but french commentaries. Sorry.
Pudubec.

[marianas_gamer]

Looks like a lot of fun  I really like the oxen mill and the indigo baths, very original and needed for this time period.
LB

[Engel]

Ohhhh !
Shiny.

I just love those ships.

[FifteensAway]

If you really meant six - not sixty - people with two referees across four tables and four players then this is absolute proof that you froggies are pure loons.  Creative and fun loving loons, but loons none the less!   

[Patrice]

If you really meant six - not sixty - people with two referees across four tables and four players then this is absolute proof that you froggies are pure loons.  Creative and fun loving loons, but loons none the less!   

Yes, why are you surprised?

In fact the two referees took a large part in the game as they were playing many Non-Player Characters, there often is a role-playing dimension in our games.  "Dids" was the main organiser and had written most of the scenario and was referee for the naval rules, and he played "Spanish" NPCs. I was referee for the wargame rules on land, I had devised some of the clues in Tortuga and I played the "French" NPCs. We could probably have managed a few more players but not too many.

There were four tables because it was a large Games event, there was a lot of available space and we love to expand on many large tables when we can. The "open sea" table is necessary if we want some good fight on sea: this is 28mm.

[Wingnut]

@ Patrice and Dids
Wonderful work again. Your games are as much inspiration as colossal event.



Wingnut