I wasn't sure how many takers I'd have for the themed naval game at the Wollongong Wargamers, so I kept the planning very simple...
In the end it was just Daniel and I, so we set the points at about 100 with an open seas encounter battle. Daniel chose the Royal Navy and went with three actual frigates:
To provide some 1812 flavour, I decided to go with a super heavy 'Frigate', Constitution, 'Old Ironsides' herself, leaving me with only a standard frigate, Chesapeake to get my points up:
Both fleets started in opposite corners with the wind fine on the beam. I sailed my fleet on slightly divergent courses: I was relying on Constitution's toughness to set up a hammer and anvil approach on whichever RN frigate we met first...
Daniel sailed his three as a squadron. Note some of these Royal Navy warships are sailing under foreign colours to confuse the enemy. (Laughs in British...)
With the wind remaining steady, my overthought maneuvering allowed Daniel's HMS Sirius to fire first. Not only was it at point blank range, it gained the extra dice from being the first broadside. USS Chesapeake was fair riven - A second broadside from HMS Themis was enough to sink her! Half my command gone in the first few turns...
However this left some sea room to get in a crafty stern rake on HMS St Elena, also at point blank range and with extra firepower dice!
St Elena was set afire and was barely afloat. However the fire immeadiately spread to Constitution!
St Elena's gallant crew failed to extinguish the fire and she sizzled down to Davy Jones. Constitution's crew however did a stand up job and the fire was extinguished, not without causing a fair bit of damage.
Which meant that further broadsides from Themis and Sirius were enough to force her to strike. Daniel's squadron of light frigates had completed a clean sweep!
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