Play Wooden Ships & Iron Men boardgame online or challenge other players at different wargames.

Main menu

Preferred site

Forum Index

Forum Message

Back to the messages list Post a reply Previous message

City:	Indiana
Personal Data:	Male, born: June 30 1963
Membership	19years 249days ago.
Last Login	48days 8h ago.
Last Move	48days 8h ago.
Longneck is currently	Send a mail to Longneck

Message header

Area/Game:	Wooden Ships & Iron Men
1Topic:	How to play
Subject:	Re: [WS&IM][RULES] Why is field of fire not blocked by surrendered ship?
Posted by:	Longneck - 17years 185days ago.

Message text

Aubrey08 wrote:

OK, moving on to turn 9, Cruelty of the Seven Seas shot at Bretagne through the friendly surrendered ship ... so it appears that surrendered ships don't block anybody's field of fire (friend or enemy)...

Maybe I'm missing something, but the wording of the rules seems off: "If the closest ship happens to be a friendly or surrendered ship, the field of fire is blocked and the ship may not fire that broadside in that turn."

The rule is inaccurate. It's true for the boardgame, but as you've seen, the online version does allow shooting through struck ships. I usually maintain the rules pages, so I'll make a note to change that soon. Note that if a ship surrenders some other way (lack of crew, guns, etc.) it DOES block firing, so it's inconsistent, but one of the "house rules" here you just have to get used to.

Thanks for pointing that out. If anyone else notices inaccuracies in the rules, please post them or let me know privately.

Messages thread

Posting elapsed time	Posted by	Subject

17years 185days	Aubrey08	[WS&IM][RULES] Why is field of fire not blocked by surrendered ship?
17years 185days	Aubrey08	Re: [WS&IM][RULES] Why is field of fire not blocked by surrendered ship?
17years 185days	Longneck	Re: [WS&IM][RULES] Why is field of fire not blocked by surrendered ship?