Gain very little firing this time, Just two British ships. But It has been eventful despite that. As you can see the turn sequence favoured the Spanish. But alas when they came to shoot not a single target was in arc. Also lots of players did not send any orders in so they just continued in a straight line. One captain sent in about 5 emails. No problem with that at all as It makes intentions clear and allows me to work to them more closely.
We are used to this shot by now. As You can see all the action is all over the place.
HMS Badger Commanded by the valiant crew of "Mecedes" Rammed HMS Inconsistent further damaging both ships. But has now come to rest lying along side one another. A risky but hopefully profitable manoeuvre. In the background "Unicorico" is turning back towards port maybe returning home. Who can tell?
HMS Cutlass turning to port (but not the port) brings HMS Badger out of arc. But has the plucky frigate got ideas of grandeur and is thinking of taking on the 74 gun San Francis?
HMS Agamennon was able to bring fire on San Francis (every dice I rolled turned out to be a 5 or a 6) and at long range did damage to the Spanish flagship. One can only imagine that Seb the captain will not take this lightly!
Mecedes and El Interceptor have the open sea ahead of them. As It stands only one British ship could possible stop them IF they choose to leave the table and create havoc in the Med!
Same ships just a different angle but with Unicornico in the background.
Unfortunately SS Guano took a Broadside from HMS Pachyderm. Fortunately only one shot hit. Unfortunately for Captain Mills is was enough. SS Guano is now sinking. Her Hull reduced to a sieve and the sea rushing in to fill it as the crew abandon ship. Sorry Lee no prize money here, that ship is bound for Davy Jones. Unlucky Millsy but you did carry the fight to the enemy to the last.
The Captured "Mermaids Revenge" will make it from the board next turn barring disasters or a Kraken. (There are no sea monsters in this game!)
So that is the end of turn 20. I will try to send out damage reports this afternoon. As always if you want, need or desire any more photos get in touch. I shall look forward to any orders the Saturday next week 8am as per normal. But for Now I am back to the painting.
A Big thanks to all the guys playing and with luck I will see you all on the internet very soon.
Kindest regards Clint
Well at least my ship lived up to her name. I'm well and truly in deep guano now! Sorry to disappoint you regards a prize Lee. :-)
ReplyDeleteAre you going down with the ship? Or will you abandon ship with your crew? Either option is acceptable and no criticism or blame will accompany either action. Cheers Millsy.
DeleteI'd be happy to accept the surrender of your longboat!
DeleteThe crew have been given leave to save themselves. They've done sterling service and deserve nothing less. His Most Catholic Majesty has every reason to be proud of their valiant efforts.
DeleteYour offer is most generous Capitan Lee, however I will be going down with my ship, cigar in one hand and a glass of something in the other. Goodbye gentlemen!
Thanks Millsey. I did not expect anything else.
DeleteTerrific stuff Clint. Nice to see the HMS Agamennon and HMS Pachyderm giving the Spanish a taste of British cannonball. Another great write-up :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Blax. I would still give the Spanish the edge in the battle at present but it could be clawed back.
DeletePhew what a turn. When I first saw the SS Guano heading my way the main question on my mind was "how damaged is this ship". I knew she'd seen a lot of action earlier in the game and decided to risk an encounter, figuring I was in better fighting condition than her...I never expected to sink her though! I guess that's just the way the dice go sometimes. That'll teach you for giving me the supposedly ironic nickname "Lucky Lee"!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lee and the nick name is well deserved.
DeleteThat's part od the fun portion of the game as only I really know how badly or not certain ships are shot up. And While player know their own ship they would not know the enemy ships strengths and weaknesses.
I'd been riding my luck for some time Lee. Just about everything that could be broken and repaired had been, often more than once. :-)
DeletePoor Michael's ship went down. That must be hard for a player to be out of things completely. How many rounds does a game like this usually take?
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne when playing on the tabletop you tend not to count the turns so I could not answer with too much certainty. But this game seems to be coming to a close as I judge it. Who knows how badly other ships are off?
DeleteLooks like a right old mess out there! Does neither side have a commander-in-chief to try and impose some discipline?
ReplyDeleteThe British commander in chief is out of the game. The Spanish commander in chief has stopped playing and been replaced by another player.
DeleteBesides you know what wargamers are like, It really is like trying to herd cats.
Thanks C6
Well done Clnt, keeping it going!
ReplyDeleteWill do Dave. Thanks. A little encouragement goes a long way.
DeleteIts all action this game, I think Millsy will go down with his ship, he'll never surrender himself to Lee.
ReplyDeleteWE cannot know what Millsey intends. but feel free to speculate away. Thank you Ray.
DeleteAm I really that obvious Ray? Clearly I'm an open book and not the enigma wrapped within a riddle that I aspire to be...
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