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A board game I had as a kid and enjoyed was an American Heritage by Milton Bradley game titled Broadside and it was based on the naval actions of the War of 1812; there was a good sized board with a grid system and a set of blue (US) and red (UK) ships with removable masts that were used to navigate along the grid lines; the object was to position your ship, in alternating moves, in such a manner as to 'fire' a broadside at the your opponent, causing them to lose a mast; each fleet had ten ships, ranging from full-masted men-of-war to single masted schooners; you played until one of the fleets was fully dis-masted; one of the interesting strategic aspects is it allowed for maneuvers like 'crossing the T' allowing you to fire a broadside at your opponent while crossing their bow, costing them a mast and costing you nothing and the presence of shore batteries that could also dis-mast you if you wandered to close to land ; I used to play that game for hours with a neighbor kid back in the early '60s...

Broadside is an American Heritage game from the "Command Decision" series published by Milton Bradley circa 1962. Players take turns maneuvering their frigates and other ships to gain position so as to fire their cannons and destroy the masts on the enemy ships. Not for hardcore gamers, Broadside is an introductory wargame of early naval combat on the high seas. Some ports are guarded by land based cannons and players risk losing ships by straying too close. Rules are easy to learn and like "Dogfight" the game includes some great plastic miniatures to play with.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1508/broadside




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