Great game last night using the scenario in the book, slightly adapted. One question.
How do you handle ships firing at troops on land? It felt too deadly, but maybe we did it wrong.
So finally a face to face game last night! The British have captured the notorious pirate Charles Vane and are taking him for trial and imprisonment. His comrades have got wind of the plan and are trying to stop them. The game was played with Donnybrook rules, both side have 5 units; the Pirates had...
I’ve seen a few posts on this subject, but it is certainly an issue for Pirate games where most units have some sort of ranged weapon (pistols, muskets, blunderbusses, bows, thrown spears). I found that the pistol volley before melee was killing more figures than the hand to hand. That didn’t seem v...
Hello all, Recently acquired Donnybrook and Donnybrook at Sea with a view to using them for Pirate games. ~I’ve had a couple of test games to get the hang of the rules. One thing puzzles me. Why no penalty for shaken units in melee? I’ve tried giving them a -1 penalty to hit and that seems to work f...