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Read Book Form Line of Battle Ebook FORM LINE OF BATTLE PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Alexander Kent | 368 pages | 04 Jul 2006 | Cornerstone | 9780099497622 | English | London, United Kingdom Form Line of Battle – GeMiGaBoK If things go well, a side can draw all of its three cards and get to act before the other side. Movement is quite regulated, yet randomised, each ship has to throw a number of d6, based on wind direction and ship maneuverability, to determine how far it can move. The player has to decide whether to use all of the dice, or just one. This causes all sorts of chaos and fun in the battleline, when some ships move faster than others. All ships have to first move straight ahead and then turn. Ships of the line turn max of 45 degrees, frigates etc max Corrected angles after comment by Kaptain Kobold. Ships can fire each broadside once during a game turn. Movement and fire is defined so that ships can fire before they move, after they move but before they turn , or after they turn. Fire arc is 60 degrees or so. All ships have broadside values and hull values 10 for a normal 3rd rate plus some additional class and quality modifiers. The result is the number of broadside factors lost by the target and possibly critical hits like masts falling or rudder damage. Well placed hits also reduce the hull factor of the target, making it more vulnerable. When the broadside falls to zero, the ship has to surrender. There are all the normal provisions for raking, collisions, boarding, nice critical hits and all sorts of detail, which makes for a very enjoyable game. Reviews 0. Please log in to add or reply to comments. See All Ratings and Reviews. Browse Categories. Combat Type. Product Type. Publisher Resources. Gift Certificates. Time Period. Ancients up to A. Medieval to Renaissance to American Civil War. World War One. World War Two. Pulp Gaming. Science Fiction. STL 3D Model. Vector Graphics Laser Cutter. A and A Games. Pay What You Want. See all titles. 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You are indeed right, the turn template is Keelhauling of the culprits who smuggled the wrong angles into the article shall commence forthwith! Form Line of Battle. Like this: Like Loading Next Article Charlie Company rules. Please leave a comment Cancel reply. Copyright All right reserved. Search for:. To tell more would spoil the story. Just know there is plenty of action for readers of naval fiction. Feb 29, Lee rated it liked it Shelves: alexander-kent , Another good effort as Bolitho takes command of his new ship the Hyperion. The French Revolution is just underway and they are fighting against the British. The book has several naval engagements along with several land battles as well. Bolitho comes across and old foe and meets and old friend as well. I weary of " Not so fast. Bolitho in this book finds another love. You'll have to read the book to discover the outcome. And there's obviously more to come as England wars with France. I guess I'll keep reading. Feb 06, RhC rated it liked it Shelves: serial , historic-fiction , fav-author , military , action , nr. Meets wife. Disjointed writing. Mar 25, Jack rated it it was amazing Shelves: to-own. Jan 07, Hermann Gucinski rated it liked it. I can recommend this to people who love adventure tales set in the days of iron men and wooden ships. In these tales, the hero may have set-backs but wins, so the outcome is rarely in doubt. I like books about the sea, but this will not be everyone's cup of tea. I note tha I can recommend this to people who love adventure tales set in the days of iron men and wooden ships. I note that there is good character development, and the elements of leadership that make the hero so successful are well described. Jul 28, George rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: people who enjoyed the Horatio Hornblower series. He will be serving in the western Mediterranean off the coast of France in the early stages of the war with revolutionary France. This is another action packed adventure novel in the Bolitho series which further developes his leadership and command skills and developing respect amount fellow commanders, but not necessarily those above him. Jan 08, Matt Howard rated it really liked it. Alexander Kent has written nearly thirty novels with Richard Bolitho, Bonaparte wars British sea-captain and his nephew Adam as the protagonists. In other words, these are in the same genre as Patrick O'Brian and the Hornblower novels. What sets these apart is the attention to developing Bolitho's character, but they are basically relaxing time killers. This review and entry includes all the books through 23 to avoid making separate entries for each. Jul 06, Merritt rated it really liked it. Another fun installment in the Bolitho series. Again, great plot, great subplot, great characters, and great romance though DUDE, you don't just go asking the fiance of your psycho angry admiral to marry you. Sorry, that was NOT smooth. View all 15 comments. Mar 20, Topher rated it really liked it Shelves: naval-warfare. Continuing adventures of Bolitho - as well written, entertaining series. Dec 23, Matthew rated it liked it. Book 11 in this series proved just as enjoyable as the previous installments. It had been a few months since I read anything in this series and I enjoyed the return to the days of sail. Mar 04, Brian added it. Good historic novel - not quite a accurate historically as a Bernard Cornwell or CS forrester - but good to read. Alexander Kent has a masterful way of making the reader feel as if they are on board. He leaves no detail behind, and one gets the sense that he himself must have been out at sea for quite some time. Another great book in the series. Totally hooked. Great stuff. Keeps you right in the action and characters. Dec 03, Alan rated it liked it Shelves: age-of-sail. A little to close to Forester's Ship of the Line, with both featuring the protagonist captain commanding his first two decker, with an admiral marrying the woman who will become the captain's wife. Dec 14, Terry rated it really liked it Shelves: historical-fiction. Dec 03, George rated it it was amazing. Cossacks never used linear tactics. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tactical formation of soldiers. This article is about the line of battle in infantry and cavalry. For the line formation in fleet, see Line of battle. Not to be confused with Line infantry. The Seven Years' War. Essential Histories. Retrieved 1 July Categories : Tactical formations Tactical formations of the Napoleonic Wars. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. Line of battle | Military Wiki | Fandom Four Days Battle , Battle of Schooneveld , Battle of Trafalgar , by trying to cut off and isolate part of the enemy's line and concentrating a stronger force on it e. Battle of Texel , Battle of the Saintes , or by trying to "double up" the enemy's ships e. Battle of Beachy Head. This way the enemy ships block each other's line of fire. The main problem with the line of battle was that when the fleets are of similar size, naval actions using it were generally indecisive. The line was also easily countered by the gunnery doctrine where material damage at long range is the goal. The French in particular were adept at gunnery and would generally take the leeward position to enable their fleet to retire downwind while continuing to fire chain shot at long range to bring down masts.
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