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Hey all

After a long stint in the 40k universe, then dolling up showgirls for the malifaux reality quickly followed up by keeping company with some trollbloods from the hordes game set, I was looking at the concept of becoming a ship painter....

...I looked at the dreadfleet miniatures and decided I'd like to have a fleet of pirate ships to broadside my enemies and sail the tabletop with the breeze in my face (preferably not from my opponents gamer odour). However I understand that dreadfleet exploits more luck and chance than skill.

Can anyone advise me on a gaming system where I can possibly flood my opponent with side-on cannon fire, board his/her ship and possibly kit my ship out with bigger, badder guns every so often?

I'm willing to try play testing new rule sets from people, but ideally want a decent miniature set to start in case my fancy in the genre doesn't ignite; at least I can have a painting project and decent looking minis

Cheers

Uncharted Seas is the only ship-based game that comes to mind. It's a fantasy/pirate theme.

Oh - there's also Sails of Glory. It's Napoleanic ship combat. And I think the minis are pre-paints.

I'm sure there are other rule sets though.

Uncharted Seas is a possibility and it's a free download from Spartan Games.

You can also pick up cheap copies $3-$4 of the soft cover (so you and your mates can play) from Miniatures Market.

It's a shot in the dark, but there's always the Pieces of Eight ruleset I got to play with recently. It's less ship-combat than swashbuckling, but it was plenty of fun, and we had about 8-10 players running around a small Spanish town causing havoc.

One of the other options (and the best in my opinion) is the very out of print Man-O-War game by Games Workshop.

You can still pick models up off ebay but they can be expensive.

If your willing to take a more steam punk approach there is Dystopian Wars by Spartan Games, I believe there is a new rule bulk on the horizon but could be mistaken.

The old Trafalgar game comes to mind. There was also an old WizKids games with sucha theme.

You might also want to look at:

http://www.freewargamesrules.co.uk/napoleonic.html

and search for Naval rules