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Subject:	Re: Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming
Date:	Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:52:54 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, James Howse wrote:

In lugnet.pirates, Chris Yoder wrote:

In lugnet.pirates, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

Whether grape is “too effective” or not as currently written is the subject of much discussion in ESPG circles. I don’t think there has been any firm conclusion drawn as of yet.

I think it is too effective. I want cannon fire to be about ship-to-ship combat and not slaughtering the crew while leaving the ship intact. From what I saw, GS is easily the most effective way to take a ship.

But that’s broadly historically accurate.

Well, no. Dismasting a ship was probably the easiest way - the opposing ship couldn’t manuever to make an effective broadside while you can. You don’t do that with grapeshot. Further, grapeshot was only really effective from close range, and then not from every gun. Typically, high mounted guns that could shoot down onto a deck. Carronades, with their light weight so that they were usually mounted high and had a limited range anyway, were great at it. Within the game, it should not be solely about firing off grapeshot at ridiculous ranges and clearing a ship of all crew with it, because it simply couldn’t do that.

-->Bruce<--

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		Re: Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
(...) ship (...) do (...) close (...) could (...) were (...) Within (...) do (...) Most of the debate I had heard in the past was that grape wasn't really worth using in the game. In the past couple games I've run, I have seen some use of grape. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming)

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		Give him some prize money! (was: My First ESPG)
(...) But that's braodly historically accurate. For most countries' fleets/ships/captains the whole point of shooting at an opposing ship was to disable it, board it and force the crew (or what was left of them) to surrender. For example, for the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jun-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.gaming, FTX)

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