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Salamis ad Actium

Naval Wargames Rules for Ancient Times

by David Manley

with Andrew Finch and Alan Butler

 

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Description

With these rules you can take command of the fleets of antiquity with oared galleys roaming the Mediterranean, maintaining control of your Empire and keeping the Pirates in check. In those days warfare was up close and personal. The wars between Greece and Persia, Rome and Carthage, The Roman Civil War, all are covered. You can ram, carry out oar rakes, board the enemy, fire archers and ballistae, hurl rocks from stone throwers.

A list of 40+ ship types is provided, which with their variants adds up to a total of 80 data sets. There is also a points value system. We have incorporated a command system which allows for both good and bad commanders, and which has an effect on the flow of the action. The turn is of variable length and certain actions will only be permitted during an Intermediate Phase which happens at random.

A simple campaign system is provided as a basis for those with Imperial ambitions.

 

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Quick Reference Sheets

Quick Reference Sheets for Salamis ad Actium

Rules Support

Turn and Missile fire Templates and Squadron Record Sheets for use with these rules are available in the following PDF:

Salamis ad Actium Rules Support Package

For your convenience we have made the attached PDF which has the campaign maps. These will be useful if you are using the printed version and will be easier to use than photocopying the booklet.

Salamis ad Actium Campaign Maps

Clarifications

There are no Clarifications at the moment.

Errata

There are no formal Errata at the Moment, however there are some remarks concerning how the effects of weather should be interpreted in the expansion shown below.

Rules Updates

We have created an expansion to the rules, thanks to work done by one of our players, Jasper Merendino. This takes account of the fact that the ram was in use from a much earlier date that would appear from the rules as published by us.

Rules for "weak bows" (covering the use of unsupported rams) were part of the original draft of the rules before the 1st edition was published in 2003. The significance of this feature was not appreciated at the time and we shoulder the blame for leaving them out.

Unsupported rams are less effective and can be equally dangerous to both parties when used.

Salamis ad Actium Rules Expansion

Salamis ad Actium Rules Expansion Background Explanation (15 January 2022)

New Data

There is no new data at the moment

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