Casting Off: Initial Engagement

Hi all it's Neil here with a new Casting off post for Victory at Sea.  Its been a while since my last post mostly due to a lack of releases for my Royal Navy and a shift in what I've been painting and playing but I did recently-ish get my first actual game in with fellow warlord Tom.  I'm not going to go into super detail about, rather I'll give my takes on how I felt the game played.

Casting Off: The Ark Royal

Hi all it's Neil here with a new Casting off post for Victory at Sea.  I recently got some reinforcements for my Royal Navy fleet in the form of Ark Royal escorted by a trio of Tribal class destroyers to give them a proper fleet carrier.

Casting Off: Matched Play Musings

Hi all Neil here with a new Casting Off post with some more of my musing about how to create a matched play style of play for Victory at Sea.  Everything in here will be my ideas and opinions and are currently untested due to the COVID pandemic but hopefully I'll get to test them at some point.  Creating a more matched play style means looking at list building, battleplans and scoring, which I will discuss in turn.  Each of these are vital to creating a balanced matched play environment and will probably look very different from the section in the rulebook about gaming.  Being a part of the community for the game I know that points are a controversial issue currently, pending a FAQ/Errata at the moment, but for this it kind of doesn't matter what the points are either a more sensible Warlord issued set or a community generated set so long as everyone playing a game (or event) are using the same one.

Casting Off: Looking at the Full Rulebook

Hi all, its Neil here and I now have my full rulebook for Victory at Sea by Warlord Games so I thought I'd take a look at it.  My plan is to see how it compares to the quick start rulebook and whats new in it then look at from reading it how playing games looks by looking at the GW style game types of Narrative, Open and Matched play as these are my main games.  So its now time to get stuck in to the book!

Casting Off: Pride of the Fleet

Hi all its Neil here with a new post for Casting Off.  In this post I will talk about HMS Hood as I've painted up the model and I will give a bit of the Hoods history and involvement in WW2.  In previous posts I've given my theory on how the ship type would work in game but as I did that in the post about the HMS Duke of York so instead I though that now I have three different battleships for the Royal Navy I will compare the three.

Casting Off: Eagle in Flight

Hi all its Neil here with another Casting Off post for Victory at Sea.  This post will look at HMS Eagle, the first aircraft carrier for my Royal Navy fleet and some Swordfish for it to launch.  I will also have a look at what HMS Eagle did in WW2, how aircraft carriers were used in WW2 and how I see their use in the game.

A 2020 Retrospective - Neil's thoughts on 2020 and looking forward to 2021

Hi all it's Neil here with a quick look back at my 2020 hobby year.  I'm sure we can all agree that it has been a different year with the pandemic really limiting the gaming part of this hobby so for most of the year I've been limited to the building and painting aspects in general though my theory hammer has also been getting some work too.

Casting Off: The Grand Old Duke Of York

Hi all it's Neil here with another Casting Off post for Victory at Sea with my growing Royal Navy task force. This time is all about battleships as I have painted up the Duke Of York, a King George V class battleship.  I will in this post show you my painted model, give a brief overview of historical battleship use and how I see them being used in games.

Casting Off: Light Cruisers On Patrol

Hi all it's Neil here with another Casting Off post for Victory at Sea and my growing Royal Navy fleet.  I have painted up the trio of light crusiers that come in the starter box so this post will be about how I painted them, the historical use of light cruisers in WW2 and how I see them being used in the game.

Casting Off: Destroyer Screen

Hi all it's Neil here with some more WW2 ships in this Casting Off following my journey with Victory at Sea by Warlord Games.  This post will be about the destroyers from the Royal Navy Starter Fleet box that I've painted up and a bit about both the historical use of destroyers and how I think they might be useful in game.

Casting Off: The First Ship Out of Port

Hi all it's Neil here with another post about Victory at Sea from Warlord Games.  In this post I'll take a look at my first model for the game, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Warspite.  I will take a look at the model pieces itself and then show how I've painted it up (plus there are even be some small bits about the real Warspite's history with the Royal Navy).

Casting Off: A Look At Victory at Sea from Warlord Games

Hi all it's Neil here and today I'm going to look at a new game from Warlord Games, Victory at Sea.  Victory at Sea is a WW2 Naval Fleet Combat game where both sizes field ships from destroyers all the way up to battleships and aircraft carriers.  It uses 1/1800th scale ships and aircraft as the gaming pieces.  It has the feel of a very characterful rules set similar in feel along with some vibes of World of Warships for those that have played.  The rules out at the moment are not the full set rather they're basically starter rules so miss out some parts (even though they're referenced in this rulebook).  In this post I'm going to take a look at the available rules and at one of the available models from Warlord Games.