Shipbuilding

With time on my hands over the extended weekend, I found my thoughts turning to gaming. But not in any systematic way - just a bunch of random thoughts.

This random thought came courtesy of Bob Cordery, Arthur Harman, and Mark Cordone. Recently, Mr. Cordery and Mr. Harman edited and released the latest compendium for the Portable Wargame.

In it, Mr, Cordone provides an ancient naval variant of the Dominion of series. I decided to give it another run (this variant was initially posted on the Portable Wargame Facebook page. I previously posted about it).

I played a game of it, liked it, but did not like my current counters.

He is a picture from my August battle.

I don't know why I don't like the squares. They just seem bulkier.

Anyway, I decided to rectify the situation. I created two new types of counters: line abreast and line ahead.

I plan to use the line abreast for ancient warfare and line ahead for age of sail to modern. I have two fleets of each (red and green).

As you'll notice, I have 3 types of counters. Dominion of the Oar and Spear has 4 types of naval squadrons, plus a bonus for large ships. I may need some additional markers to indicate the types. I will likely designate the small ships as ambushers. I need to think about the rest of the markers.