Chris and I arranged a day demonstrating the joys of Blood & Plunder at the excellent Justplay Games in sunny Liverpool. , where Paul looked after us and made sure we didn't lack for tea and coffee.
After a quiet start, we got a good few games in, with plenty of interest, conversations and admiring glances at the ships, scenery and forces. Suffice it to say, we had a great day out.
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| Justplay Games at 61 Tithebarn St, Liverpool L2 2SB |
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| We had the first table in the door, excellent... |
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| Chris setting up just inside |
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| Two sloops looking to lock horns... |
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| I am very proud of my lighthouse, and next aim is to make a rocky outcrop for it |
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| The No Peace Beyond The Line "Pilot" figure is now officially the Lighthouse keeper |
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| The Spanish Sloop "Sirena" |
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| The empty Frigate, for scenery only... |
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| Some Spanish friendly natives... |
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| The English sloop... |
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| Sea dogs galore... |
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| The view of the village and dockside from the English side... |
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| The English land forces with the dreaded French Filibustiers... |
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| The local "Guide" points the way for the French to close on the Spaniards |
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| Forlorn Hope and Filibustiers... |
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| The board from the English side... |
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| On the docks, the doctor cuts to the bone while the Jesuit offers his help |
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| The Spanish crew... |
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| The Spanish land forces |
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| The Spanish advance... |
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| The Spanish close... |
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| Nicely grouped for a Forlorn Grenade... |
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| The English get the first broadside but do little damage |
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| As they closed and boarded, both sides swung over and cleared their opponents aft decks... |
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| Both forces get reduced quite significantly... |
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| The English retake their aft deck and the Spanish look desperate |
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The Spanish strike their colours
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| Both sides set up for another slog... |
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| Chris is a better instructor than I, so he helped players out and I just let the Spanish die... |
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| The use of command points was soon picked up |
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| To the chagrin of the Spanish commander and his men... |
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| The Lanceros and Forlorn Hope wiped each other out |
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| The English "Filibustiers" Have I mentioned how much I detest these guys??? |
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| Especially as they killed my captain... |
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Ship to ship, the Spanish lost lo to cannon fire but make up for it with close range musketry
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| The sloops close in again |
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| But blurry but grappling was successful... |
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| The English initially whiffed their boarding attacks.... |
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| Both sides took the aft decks again. But eventually the British cleared the Spanish off the ships |
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