Trafalgar 1805. Héroes e imperios en la encrucijada (2005)

This game uses a simulation system ("Navíos de línea") to recreate naval combat in the period from 1740 to 1815, both at a tactic and strategic level. In the tactical system players control individual ships on a blue grid. In the strategic system, players control squads on an board showing all the Atlantic. WARNING: All game components are in Spanish! The tactical game used to recreate the naval battle of Trafalgar uses the following sequence: 1. Determine initiative 2. Combat: First, the player with the initiative fires cannons, and then the player without the initiative (although damage is applied simultaneously) 3. Movement: First the player without the initiative, then the one with it. 4. Crew actions and surrender: Boardings, Sinkings and Surenders are resolved. The strategic game uses another sequence: 1. Initiative 2. Meteorology: Climate and Wind 3. Strategic Movement: Squad composition, Sightings, Persecutions 4. Tactical Movement 5. Adjustment phase: delay of strategic orders. 6. Repairs Included in the box are: -Rigid Gameboard (126 x 64 cm), printed on both sides for tactical and strategic maps. -60 cardboard figures of the ships that participated in the battle. -180 sails to be mounted on the ships (plus 24 extras) -Historical Notes which include a replay of the historical battle. -Rules of play and 150 cardboard mounted markers. -60 plastic bases for the ships, a vane, and a 6 sided die. More information on www.deltaediciones.com