new tactical wargame in the age of sail From: munrox <chageator@yahoo.es> Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:02:59 +0000 I would like to present a new free tactical naval game in the age of sail. I'm the designer and developer of the game. The game is Velmad and it is currently focused on XVIII and XIX centuries. It is a turn based game but playable in web using any browser. It is a real wargame, it simulates a miniatures wargame (don't get wrong by the web thing) but it doesn't need of a master who receives all the movements from players, make turn results and email players again. Players give orders to their ships, each player at any hour of day and when all players have done it, the system calculates the new turn, all the simultaneus actions and movements and shows the new map. It is similar to playing by email, but faster. Of course It doesn't compares to live playing in a big table and with real miniatures but something is something. Velmad has a great active community of spanish speakers players. We have started game number 55! We have a ladder system, a championship running, and other games only for fun. But now we want to show the game to players who don't speak spanish. I think it is a very good idea to have players from other countries and learn from them. They can contribute with knowledge about their countries navies and their vision of history. Finally, it is always interesting chating with people who have the same interests and hobbies. Please, give it a try. Currently the game and rules book is translated into english from spanish. You can download the english rules book and read some other help here: http://foro.spacegame.es/index.php?topic=1558.0 The recently created international (no spanish language forum): http://foro.spacegame.es/index.php?board=26.0 And the game system itself: http://velmad.spacegame.es Up