Do not engage enemy intentionally with a ship you are not willing to lose. The NPC ships fight back, attack a large group, they will kill you. Though be warned, sail into some places or even out of some ports, you will be attacked. There is a lot to do, in PVP where actually fighting the enemy is not necessary. is needed for details on what trade routes are best, and out of normal enemy patrol routes. Players will also make suggestions that are not the best for building ships, the guide will clear up details on what type woods do what, etc. A lot of the steam guides are out of date, and sometimes have incorrect details. So you can avoid PVP and focus on trade & NPC ships to gain wealth, combat experience, and upgrades. There are places to trade in the PVP where the enemy players rarely if ever go. There are places you can build your character wealth without much interference from enemy players. They like to gang up on new players and take what they have. You are going to get sunk by the more experienced players with much better ships. Sure it is an online game with PVE & PVP. I held off due to reviews, wish I had not. RIP John.Game is better than what so many negative reviews claim. He was a powerful character, a British patriot, and I'm sad to know he is no longer with us. He later staged his own wargames show at Marston-Magna, Somerset, and I was pleased to put on a game at most if not all his shows.В In his last few years he sold his collections and re-embraced model railways, but on occasions we did still speak. Recently spotted a photo in a Featherstone book with a Tuckey game featured. I suspect many visitors to shows all over England from 1980 to 2010 will have seen his historical refights, always involving thousands of 28mm figures, and in all periods of history. I liked him, and others have said that when he mentioned my name, it was positive. As a wing-commander, retired, he was every bit a no-nonsense, forthright sort of bloke, and he wasn't acting the part. Among a certain generation, particularly those organising shows, he was a well known character. I started wargaming with John in the late 1980s, and continued to do so during the following twenty years. I think its appropriate for me to remember him here. Just heard from a friend of mine that John Tuckey recently passed away, aged 88. All figures are 28mm in scale, using a 1=25 ratio. Interestingly, French revolutionary cavalry have little in common with their later Napoleonic counterparts, the former are few in number, often poorly mounted, and no match for those in the service of the Allies. The British, Austrian, Dutch and German armies are often outnumbered, but they maintain the discipline and order of typical 18th century armed forces. Of better quality, able to change formation, will be white-coated regular and blue-coated volunteer battalions, aided by a fair number of skirmishers. Most of the French troops are 'levee' battalions, which I have chosen to base in column as their ability to change formation on a battlefield must have been limited, nor do I believe their volley fire had any great value. Morale dominates the games as the opposing sides are very different. I am very keen to keep my wargame rules as simple as possible, yet capture the character of the 1790s. RAISING MINIATURE ARMIES FOR THE LATE 18TH CENTURY

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