Next weekend, Colin and I will be demonstrating Rolling Thunder! at The Other Partizan, Newark. The rules should (fingers crossed) be available this week.
The game is Day 1, Part 1 of The Four Days Battle, June 1st-4th, 1666. The outnumbered English fleet attempts to catch the Dutch at anchor. Most of the English ships will attack Cornelisz Tromp's Rear Squadron. As the game builds, Dutch reinforcements will arrive from the north east and the enormous running battle towards the Dutch coast will unfold.
If you want to command a division in the evolving game, even for 30 minutes, come along and throw some dice with us.
The game system draws heavily from Mad for War so, if you have that rulebook you will immediately be familiar with the principles of crew quality, skill checks, and sailing principles. The rest will come very intuitively as you handle multi-based ship groups.
It is belting fun and the action is fast and furious!
See you there!