I had a quick got at one of the ship duel scenarios from Under The Southern Cross at lunchtime, adapting it to Galleys & Galleons again.
This time it was a small action from 1820 between an Argentine privateer, Santa Rita and a Portuguese brig, Maria Teresa. It was a night action, so used the rules from Fayre Winds & Foul Tides.
Santa Rita (26) - Q3 C3 - Square-Rig, Chasers
Maria Teresa (14) - Q2 C2 - Square-Rig, Chasers
Santa Rita started anchored and unalerted, 2 x Long from the east edge, which was land with attendant shallows. The wind was blowing from the north-east. Maria Teresa started in the centre of the south edge, heading north-west (so the wind was directly on its starboard broadside). Santa Rita could take no actions until it was alerted. At the start of the Argentine turn it rolled a number of Q dice depending on how close Maria Teresa was - 1D6 at 2 x Long, 2D6 at Long and 3D6 at Medium or less. Any dice that succeeded meant a level of alert; if Santa Rita achieved a level of four then it was alerted and could start taking actions.
The positions and wind were adapted from the original scenario, and if you set them up you'll see that Maria Teresa, despite having the element of surprise, is also downwind of Santa Rita.
So a win for the Argentine Santa Rita, who hadn't even raised anchor. To be honest the odds seem stacked against the Portuguese ship, but historical actions are rarely fair. It whiled away twenty minutes or so, so was a fun diversion.
Once again you can see that I had foreign vessels standing in for the combatants.
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