Anniversay battle of Lepanto 2017

Well everyone showed up at Discover games, so we had 9 players and 114 ships.

Ottoman fleet smashed into the Spanish/Italian fleet  and had just started to turn the Christian left when their certer collapsed.


A win for the Westren Alliance! Going to have to adjust the gun factors just a bit for the next big game but overall I think the game mechanics worked very well.

Action

Turkish force, Sorry about white movement trays, a last minute addition

Ottoman Right vs Christian left

Fierce fighting in the center

Venetians

The Lexington and Saratoga leave harbor

Preparing for the anniversary of Lepanto.

 Okay with only days left I've gone with a 1:5 ration of ships, so about 114 ships in all.
Added some of the Langton flags to give the ships a bit more flair.

72 ships so far, Goal is 150 by October 7th.

Lepanto again and Bigger this time!

It took a month of steady painting and a vacation day, but our 100+ galley game finally got played.
The rules were Christian Fire and Turkish Fury by David Manley, who ever so kindly sent me a PDF.
They are designed for Fleet action renaissance naval games, using a Fire and Fury type mechanic.
Everything is done by squadrons.
Bob Henderson brought his gorgeous Langton ships while I provided the many Navwar 1/1200 ships.
Game took about 2 hours with 7 players who had never played the rules before.
A Turkish Victory!

Spanish

 

League Right Wing

Turkish Corsairs

Galleass

 

Langton Quality