Naval Ship Combat
- Thread starter analogkid
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The BRCS-playtest at Birthright.net had some, but they need some revision for 3.5 and just in general require some revisions. But it all depends on what you mean by good. It also depends on what you want with ship combat. Are you looking for ship's using cannons and arbelists or more towards boarding?
Ranger REG
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Seafarer's Handbook by Fantasy Flight Games (part of the Legends & Lair series line).
Seas of Blood: Fantasy on the High Seas by Mongoose Publishing.
They both have boarding and mass combat rules (at least I know of Mongoose's book).
Seas of Blood: Fantasy on the High Seas by Mongoose Publishing.
They both have boarding and mass combat rules (at least I know of Mongoose's book).
TheAuldGrump
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Yep, those would be my recommendations as well.
Broadsides by Living imagination is also out there, but I believe it is for gunpowder games. Ditto for Swashbuckling Adventures.
Me, I like gunpowder. Until gunpowder came about you generally didn't have any weapons on board for ship to ship combat.(As oppose to boarding actions.) Cannons take up a lot less deck space than even ballista, and using a high arc artillery piece like a catapult on anything less than a glass smooth sea is a nightmare to aim. As for trebuchet,,, a counterweighted warmachine on a pitching ship's deck... (shudder)
I believe Mongoose is updating their ship combat rules in the Book of the Sea, due out soon.
The Auld Grump
Broadsides by Living imagination is also out there, but I believe it is for gunpowder games. Ditto for Swashbuckling Adventures.
Me, I like gunpowder. Until gunpowder came about you generally didn't have any weapons on board for ship to ship combat.(As oppose to boarding actions.) Cannons take up a lot less deck space than even ballista, and using a high arc artillery piece like a catapult on anything less than a glass smooth sea is a nightmare to aim. As for trebuchet,,, a counterweighted warmachine on a pitching ship's deck... (shudder)
I believe Mongoose is updating their ship combat rules in the Book of the Sea, due out soon.
The Auld Grump
