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Fire When Ready - Rules for Pre-Dreadnought Naval Wargames, 1880-1905

By: A&A Game Engineering

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Miniature Rules (A&A Game Engineering)

Last Stocked on 10/8/2023

Product Info

Title
Fire When Ready - Rules for Pre-Dreadnought Naval Wargames, 1880-1905
Author
David Manley
Pages
44
Dimensions
8.5x11x.2"
NKG Part #
2147391172
MFG. Part #
AA-020
Type
Softcover

Description

Fire When Ready covers actions with pre-dreadnoughts. They come with a set of rules for creating your game statistics for your vessels using published sources such as "Jane’s" or "Conway’s".

The rules features an choice of game systems. The "Duel" Game is intended for use with a small number of ships and each ship has a captain and crew generated individually. The "Battle" system is for large battles such as Tsushima and ships operate in formations, each of which has a Commander and ships' crew ratings are generated for a formation.

There are alternative gunnery systems offering simultaneous effects (which can be used with the "Duel" Game) or sequential effects based on initiative, in which shooting follows in order of initiative (highest scores shoot first) and where damage is applied immediately (this can be used in either game system).

The gunnery rules include the effects of "crossing the T" and other features. It is now possible to achieve significant amounts of damage and multiple special hits.

There are 10 scenarios and ready calculated ship data is provided so you can sit down and play any of them.

recommended scale 1/1200 to 1/3000
complexity: 6/10
level of detail: 6/10
avg game length 2 hours
dice required: D20, D10, D6

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