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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Aberton" data-source="post: 335628" data-attributes="member: 1518"><p>Yeah, the other books would be definately frustrating to me. I mean, wind direction, strength, tacking, sail type, etc. are what sailing's all about!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>I guess I can't really expect the authors of Seafarer's HB and Seas of Blood to care about the minutiae of sailing in their books, but I really applaud Broadsides! for going the extra mile.</p><p></p><p>I mean, I sail a lot in RL (and when I'm not sailing or gaming, I'm reading about sailing) and I want that kind of verisimiltude in my swashbuckling games...</p><p></p><p>It is kind of a funny image to think of Joe Gamer and his buddies at the gaming table during a session...</p><p></p><p>DM: Suddenly, the wind shifts 60 degrees to starboard! Roll initiative! </p><p></p><p>JG: I trim in the mainsheet and braces and put the helm over to starboard tack!</p><p></p><p>Other Gamer: I charge up the rigging to tighten in the t'gallant braces!</p><p></p><p><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to come off as a sailing elitist or anything, but I'm a little disappointed at the other two book's treatment of sailing, particularly concerning maneuvering vessels and wind direction/strength. I've seen gales and I've seen calms, and there's a hell of a lot of difference between the two! Beating into headseas in stiff breeze, in the rain, is a world of difference from cruising downwind in a light air in a sunny day. </p><p></p><p>However, I absolutely love Broadsides!, and give it a 10 on a scale of 1 to 5. In truth, I would not have expected a gaming book to go into such detail on the subject of sailing, and I was very pleasantly surprised when Broadsides! did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Aberton, post: 335628, member: 1518"] Yeah, the other books would be definately frustrating to me. I mean, wind direction, strength, tacking, sail type, etc. are what sailing's all about!:rolleyes: I guess I can't really expect the authors of Seafarer's HB and Seas of Blood to care about the minutiae of sailing in their books, but I really applaud Broadsides! for going the extra mile. I mean, I sail a lot in RL (and when I'm not sailing or gaming, I'm reading about sailing) and I want that kind of verisimiltude in my swashbuckling games... It is kind of a funny image to think of Joe Gamer and his buddies at the gaming table during a session... DM: Suddenly, the wind shifts 60 degrees to starboard! Roll initiative! JG: I trim in the mainsheet and braces and put the helm over to starboard tack! Other Gamer: I charge up the rigging to tighten in the t'gallant braces! :D I don't mean to come off as a sailing elitist or anything, but I'm a little disappointed at the other two book's treatment of sailing, particularly concerning maneuvering vessels and wind direction/strength. I've seen gales and I've seen calms, and there's a hell of a lot of difference between the two! Beating into headseas in stiff breeze, in the rain, is a world of difference from cruising downwind in a light air in a sunny day. However, I absolutely love Broadsides!, and give it a 10 on a scale of 1 to 5. In truth, I would not have expected a gaming book to go into such detail on the subject of sailing, and I was very pleasantly surprised when Broadsides! did. [/QUOTE]
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