These rules differ greatly from my other rules & variants using card decks, since movement, fire etc in this game are not dictated by the cards at hand, but merely influenced by them. The idea was to create a pirate game with interactive sea & land battles in the same scale, but you might just as well make it a land or sea battle only. In order not to overcomplicate matters, the mechanics of movement, fire, combat & morale are kept simple (2 pages each for land & sea battles), but the flavour of Errol Flynn swashbuckling adventures is being created by cards offering both hazardous situations and great opportunities rather than by adding umpteen rules. The reason I use poker dice in the game is not only because pirates gambled (be it not dice poker...), but also because the game of dice poker offers an interesting range of combinations for the dice. The “I feel lucky!” rule adds an extra dimension for true daredevils.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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