Galleys Cannon and Glory! with 15mm Galleys and Crews

Been years but I dusted off my 15mm handmade renaissance galleys and played Galleys Cannon and Glory.
Let the measurements the same and everything went quite well.
The guys down at Discover Games really seemed to enjoy it and have me motivated to build some more. Have to open up the shipyard.

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

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.

15mm Galleys, Guns and Glory

8 galleys and 1 Lanterna per side. 5 x 8 table. Ended up playing 3 games with 9 players giving it a try.
Very fast and Very fun. 2 Christian wins and 1 Turkish win.

Getting ships ready for Saturdays 15mm Galleys, Guns and Glory game

Been filling out crews, adding flags and making counters for Saturdays Galleys, Guns and Glory game at Treefort. These ships have been in the closet for some 5 years now. All handmade 15mm galleys
Should have 9 galleys per side.

Turkish galleys along the coast

On the way to Crete

Venetians spring trap

Turks receive Venetian fire

Great Naval Battles of Chuck Heston, 15mm galleys

Yes! After years of sitting idle in the storage closet, Great Naval Battles of Chuck Heston (also known as Great Naval Battles of the Silver Screen) was back in play. My brother and I use to run this game at Nashcon back in the early nineties, using the old Minifigs My Galley Salley ships (by the way if you have 1 or 2 gathering dust let me know). Spent a few days painting up a few more galleys and some crew for a new total of 27 ships! I let everyone know by email and via Facebook, it pays to advertise if you want a good turnout. 10 players showed up, with  running the game.
Romans with Greek and Rhodian  allies (Lots of infantry and seamanship with the Rhodians)
vs
Hellenistic Monarch with Greek and Eastern allies. (Lots of machines and archery)

As usual some players attempted a little tactical maneuvering but it quickly turned into a brawl.
Slim Roman victory in the end.

Hellenic Monarch McGinnius V

Roman Consul Stelios checking the signs

Part of Hellenic fleet

Setup and some early worrying

 

About to get to grips

The bloody melee

Ship view