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So, I have a choice of different vessels such as:

Paddlewheel steam gunboats
Steampowered ironclads
Steampowered ironside vessels with aux sail masts
or early pre-dreadnaught style vessel.

We have all the factions in our gaming group and we are making a 6' by 4' board so size isn't really an issue if the boat sticks out over the 4' by 4' playing area. Also, if the vessels are small enough I might be able to put two on the board with gangways to the two vessels. So what vessel type is closest to Warmachine?

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The Minions Forces book DOES mention a Mississippi River style paddle boat, though.

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The closest real world example would be late 1800's era steam vessels with paddlewheels and sails (sidepaddle steamer?):
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Great_Eastern_1866.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SS-Savannah.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Mississippi_1863.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Fulton_%281837%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Susquehanna_%281847%29
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While there is some long distance exploration, a combination of steam assisted wooden ships that tend to stick closer to shore than far out at sea seems to be more accurate. Cryx's Black Fleet OTOH, seems to consist almost entirely of ironclads driven by steam - most likely because Necrotite is dramatically better than coal as a power source.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/398879/3365318.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/398879/3365318.page GMT