Nice boys like a Sailor...

Another Victoriana nautical nonsense type game using the fine Perfidious Albion rules once again

Photo's of the game courtesy Joe Dever. Toys from collection David & Sam Marks

 Hurrah for Her Majesty's brave Sailors , defender of our shores and rights to invade others , earn riches, teach the world cricket ....

Those rascally Frenchies are at it again taking pot shots at Brighton , so Her Majesty's finest advance into the channel to stop this gallic affront to our prestige

 Let Battle commence and keep your lines straight

The Royal Navy plows forward towards the rascally Frenchies

The British Channel Fleet suck on sour lemons and ponder on what the Frenchies plan to do next off Sussex coast 

 Les Braves en envant !!! The cunning French plan to attack is revealed

Lots of smoke and bangs going off

 Big boy guns !

French keep their sang froid as well as their elan 

Brave Rear Admiral Steve Lampon attacks the Royal Navy with the Light Squadron

 A cheeky and ungentleman like Gallic gesture towards the Brits mid game

Frenchies plan unfolds... literally, as Steve ponders his squadron getting whacked/sunk by the jaunty Brits

Dr Evil gives thought to his command of French Navy's finest squadron . Is it all too much perhaps ? Will there be too many one's on the die rolls today ?

Another cheeky Gallic gesture to the Brits , c'est la guerre !

The angle of the dangle....

 Now that's a large gun and some...

 Admiral of the Fleet Sam Marks tries to retireve looming defeat by taking up position on the Frenchies side of the table ....

French Bombard Ships... 

 French fleet tacks correctly and advances en masse

Looks messy....with a bit of British Bulldog spirit going on with a good ramming of the Frenchies , as a first....

Despite being shot at profusely HMS Benbow refuses to sink on THIS day !!!!

La Gloire = French victory