A mate of mine, DC, mentioned that he had recently painted half a dozen pirates in anticipation of Cutlass. I was inspired to finish off 20 Old Glory sailors that had been floating around for a year or two since I had become disillusioned with Legends of the High Seas. I decided to teach him the Flashing Steel basics at Good Games Newcastle that opened in town yesterday (!).
There is already an excellent review of FS here.
I didn't get enough photos to show the entire game, but in essence it was a free-for-all to teach the basic game mechanics. I knocked up rosters of about 250-300 points per side. Swashbuckling rules were left out for simplicity. Shooting from both sides was barely effective, and things devolved into three or four brawls in the centre of the town. DC's pirate captain was isolated and surrounded by two sailors and my captain, but got lucky and killed my captain (he rolled a 6, I rolled a 1) resulting in the cascading morale failures are the signature of Ganesha's end-games.
- Captain Q3 C3 sword, pistol, Leader
- First Mate Q3 C3 two pistols, Dual Pistol skill, Second-in-Command
- 5 Pirates Q4 C2 with a mixture of swords, pistols and flintlocks
Bark's Royal Navy:
- Captain Q3 C3 sword, pistol, Leader
- Midshipman (Lord Sandford) Q3 C2 pistol, Eager, Second-in-Command
- 6 Sailors Q4 C2 with a mixture of swords and flintlocks
DC's figures are conversions of GW's Empire Militia, with planking made from ice-cream sticks.
My sailors are Old Glory's European Sailors, and the Captain and Midshipman are from Black Cat Bases. The Black Cat figures are in the 30-32mm range rather than the OG 25-28mm, but it doesn't really show on the tabletop.
The scattered crates are from Battle Works Studios.
