What is Armada? Seafaring Adventure Starts Here
Dan HewitsonArmada is the new naval wargame from Mantic, based on Warlord’s own award-winning Black Seas rules system, but with revisions to embed the action into a fantasy setting. That setting…
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Enemy Vessels Sighted: The Rating System
Britain’s Royal Navy introduced a system of rating the ships of its fleet based on the number of guns they carried. This rating system takes its name from the capability…
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Black Seas: The Napoleonic Wars
Tom MecredyWe’re taking a look at one of the most iconic periods covered by Black Seas – the Napoleonic Wars. This article provides an overview of the conflict. One of the…
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Black Seas: The Battle of Trafalgar
The 21st October marks the anniversary of the greatest naval battle in military history. We take a look at the celebrated battle, and look at replicating the game using the…
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Scenery Workshop: Islands and Headlands
Charlie MonaghanGood day readers. Black Seas is becoming a staple game for me down at the local club. So much so there’s always a few tables laid out for a few…
Navigating the High Seas: Terrors Lurk Below
The Age of Sail was dangerous enough when contending only with the bellow of carronades, the clash of steel from enemy boarders in the heat of close-quarters combat and the…
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Robbie’s Guide to Rigging Black Seas Ships
Words and Images provided by Norm Flam of Toy Soldier Gallery in PA. First, I get steel wire. I use 36” Music Wire, 0.015 dia. It’s the perfect size to…
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Amphibious Warfare: Combining Black Seas and Black Powder
Since the dawn of civilisation, the sea has been both a blessing and a curse to military planners. On the one hand, it allowed the rapid redeployment of troops across…
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Here there be Monsters: Terrors of the Deep
Sailors have swapped stories of the horrors that inhabit the seas for centuries, creating legends of monsters that come up from the murky depths to drag whole ships down to…
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Painting Vessels from the Age of Sail
In the Carronade Era, there wasn’t a clearly defined painting scheme consistently used by specific nations, but rather a fairly limited pallet of colours that could be used in various…
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