Blood & Plunder battle at sea ...

 A sudden opportunity to get in a pirates game happened for me and my eldest son.

We jumped in with a fast pair of sloops fully crewed at a 200 point level.

the green sloop was under Alex's command
the black one under my command

Alex got off the first salvo of cannon
and managed to start a fire on my ship

I got the fire out quickly and manned the guns of my ship ...

I scored many hits with one critical
that when 'checked' I rolled again the '10'
a devastating explosion rocked through
the green sloop and killed all aboard

The excitement now over, we simply re-set the critical as a fire and continued the game.

we traded a few more cannon and
swivel gun volleys
crews became fatigued

an event for my pirates, an extra command point

which I used to great effect to have the crews
re-load cannon

strike points collected on the green sloop
crewed by Spanish forces, that simply
withdrew as they had taken too many
losses

Great chance to get the sloops out again on the tabletop and get in a game with my son.

Friction Fit Sloops and storage system

 Having been asked again what sort of storage and transport system I use for my ships in Blood & Plunder and also transport of my Napoleonic miniatures I decided it was time to put out a video relating to them both.

The sloops

 

 Troops into storage space

Then put into the rack

This system works so well, I have had one tall tower in the back of a van and had to stomp on the braked and caused the tower to tip - 30 degrees or so.  The total damage was one rider separated from his horse.