PanzerKaputs' Blood and Plunder

We have an amazing five way, okay five player sea battle with two Spanish ships, a Brigantine and a Sloop, two English ships, a Light Frigate and a Sloop and a French ship, a Bark. The scenario was quite simple, it was to capture the longboat in the centre of the table and hold it to the end of the game.

Sounds simple doesnt it? Well me tell what happened!

Well I thought that being a small French ship I would be able to slip in and take the prize and win the game while the Spanish and the English fight is out with each other. Oh no, that’s not what happen at all.

No sooner as I started to move the English Light Frigate and the Spanish Brigantine moved toward me and opened fire on me.I had the smallest ship and the two biggest ships fired on me. Luckily I had upgraded my Bark as its hull counted as hard cover or else my Bark would of been awash of French dead. As it was the crew seemed to be taking the canon fire well, though my hull was looking a little worst for wear.

So the English Light Frigate pounded my hull and the Spanish Brigantine racked my deck from stern to bow and I had the must unlucky rolls every, I think my crew was looking over the edge of the ship at the mermaids that had appeared and from a crew of 24 souls I was left with 9 and I struck my colours and limped away.

So with me limping off the table the others started to pound the heck out of each other but the Spanish used tactics and fought together and captures the prize and both ships defended it from the English