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Re: Pirate Game Question
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:10:50 GMT
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> The problem with eliminating swivel cannon is that 12-wide ships are too
> narrow to really have cannon facing each way, and it's almost impossible
> to have a side facing cannon on a cutter. Of course one must also
> recognize that the game is really just a fun representative game, and
> not a serious war game.
Of course, choosing which side to place your cannons on is nice 'n
tactical in a campaign game, you could try and put all 7 on one side of a
class 7 and use a cutter or two to defend your other side... One thing I
like about the pirate game is that it works on several different levels,
you've got your sailing around & combat + ship design (crewing, placing
cannons, other items) + role-playing (trading, diplomacy etc.)
When I ran the game in April (sorry, no photos yet - I'm pestering
people for 'em), I had a bag of 2x4 black 'n grey brick for people to build
up mounts for their cannons, that way you can quite easily get a side-facing
cannon on a standard 6077 cutter (One clever player even managed to get one
to face forward...)
Steve
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| (...) Although I should point out that I may handle the broadsides cannon differently. But then I've never been shy about changing rules (my game design hobby started only slightly after my gaming hobby - I remember designing alternate boards for (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.pirates)
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