Sunday, January 1, 2012

FIRST POST OF 2012

I awoke after a long nap in the hotel and could not get back to sleep.  The last day of 2011 was spent with my compatriots of the Jackson Gamers playing Uncharted Seas for the first time. Since it was a Saturday and New Years eve I stayed over after the game.
 Ed Sansing (the gamemaster) along with Bill Hamilton provided the ships and provided aid with the rules.  I was given the command of the Dragon Lords and was allied with the Orks against 3 groups of Dwarfs.

Ed Sansing and our gracious host Jay Stribling during the pregame 


The pride of the Dragon Lords, my flagship

The Dwarf commanders left to right
Bill Hamilton, Jay Stribling, and Admiral Fred Diamond


The rules are explained as Dwarfs ponder their fate




The Dragon Lords sail into battle with no concern for the wind.
I was pleased to find out that Dragon Lord sails create their own wind and ignore the restrictions of wind direction.  My Ork allies were continually keeping an eye on the weather gauge to determine the changing winds new direction.  The Dwarfs and their infernal machines needed no aid from the wind to move.






The Orks under the command of Jim Pitts draw first blood and sink a Dwarf frigate of Bill Hamilton


A second Dwarf frigate goes under the waves.
Frigates are small fast and fragile ships.  The live hard and fast lives.


The Dwarf dirigible provided the only air cover in the game


A view of the battle from the view of the Dragon Lords


Dwarf subs attack an Ork destroyer


What happens when 2 Dwarf subs attack a Ork destroyer
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!


The Dragon Lords engage the Orks in the center



Orks close with the Dwarf cruisers of Jay Stribling


What happens when frigates ram a Dreadnaught
DOOM  DESPAIR DESTRUCTION
The Dwarfs split their sides laughing


Since ramming would not stop the monster, combined fire from the rest of the fleet was tried


and tried


Finally success. It only took the loss of 5 frigates and a cruiser to bring it down


Jim Pitts gangs up on the Dwarf battleship


Sean Pitts brought down the airship with a devastating volley