A great set of naval rules that can be played either as a boardgame using 1" hexes or as a miniatures game using 5" hexes. Eric even produces a range of 6mm scale cardstock ships for use with the game. Don't let the scale fool you, these boats are big, I'm talking around 12cm long for the smaller ships such as the Hemoila and 22cm long for the bigger ships such as the Hexeres. And I havent even seen any of the flagships let alone anything from Marc Anthony's fleet. The rules look pretty good, nothing complex and the hex based system makes for a fast game with none of those "discussions" over ranges or movement.
The suggested build time for a ship is around the hour mark although the first one took me around two hours as I took my time trying to work out the best way to cut all the fiddly curves without bending the card too much. The ships come together quite easily and look great for a cardstock ship. The price is around $10 for a navy set and most of the ships come with multiple colour variations and optional parts. I don't even want to try and guess how much a resin ship would cost in this scale, let alone a metal one. So the great thing here is that your navy is only limited by the number your print and build. And they come pre painted!
I'll need to purchase another game mat for this one, probably get a double sided one with 5" hexes one side and 1.5" hexes on the other (Bag the Hun). Won't get too many 5" hexes on a 6x4 mat so I may end up ordering two and I'll leave the other side of the second one blank in case I uhhh... *checks to make sure his wife isn't in the room* buy any other games that doesn't need hexes.
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