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A little something I was pondering about. There are stories in the 40K background in which aquatic combat takes place. However, this aspect of the 40K universe seems to get forgotten in favour of probably yet another Space Marine codex.

Now, the BFG rules are pretty much based on 2nd combat between shipswith a very Age of Sail kind of vibe. How difficult would it then be to simply translate that gamesystem into something that is fought on water instead of space?

Not 100% sure yet how to pull it off but I'm thinking about using the BFG lists and rename a few of the things and perhaps create some new stuff (terrain would be somewhat different I guess) and we're set right?

I would either do this(there's almost no rules conversions needed) or hunt down the rules for Man o' War(Fantasy version of exactly what you're looking for). Failing that, there's the new Uncharted Seas game if you're not looking strictly GW.

It is probably extremely doable. You would just have to change the Catastrophic Damage as sea going vessels probably aren't loaded to the hilt with Plasma Drives lol.

The ability to combine a sea level combat game and Aeronautica Imperialis is intriguing. You would literally have the two games happening at the same time...Aircraft Carriers and the fact that they won't interfere with the game below.

I'm gonna have to try that O_o