I'm now on holiday in Brittany, which may or may not last a few weeks depending on which side of the fag packet Boris and Dom have been scribbling on, so I've got everything ready for a playtest game of Dahlgren and Columbiad, using the print and play counters that I prepared before I left home. I thought the easiest way to learn the rules would be to try them out over the holidays with the laminated paper counters, so that I am up to speed when I return and can use proper metal models, in 1/600th for riverine and coastal ACW actions but also in other smaller scales. The first game I'm going to play will be a very loosely historical scenario based on the ironclad clash in Hampton Roads between the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, which seemed like an obvious choice. I'm going to play it out tomorrow, once I've read through the rules one more time to brush up on the various mechanisms, with more scenarios to follow if it all goes according to plan. Full steam ahead!
I think I have D&C in my great pile of unplayed rules so it'll be interesting to see what you think of them.
ReplyDeleteI've played both Iron and Fire and Broadside and Ram before, so D&C should be easy enough to pick up, as it's a mash up of both rules.
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