THE GALLANTS OF FOWEY

Riverine action in the West Country

Chris Thompson

I saw the impressive – and indeed award winning – naval game at Salute put on by the Cornwall Wargames society. So – after taking lots of pictures of the fabulous display game of boats fighting in a river, I did what I usually do and said: “write me an article please!”. So Chris did… Ed. INTRODUCTION There was already the germ of an idea to stage a Medieval naval game before we took part in Salute, as we’d heard about the Billhooks rules spin-off – called Boathooks – that was soon to be released (see nevermindthebillhooks.com for more details of these rules. Ed.). This coincided with Sarissa Precision releasing a couple of new ships at Salute 50, and things began to take shape. I was delighted that my War of the Roses…

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Miniature Wargames (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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