Black Seas: Master & Commander Starter Set

Black Seas focuses on the golden age of sail, which encompasses the period between 1770 and 1830. During this period of maritime warfare ships were beautiful and deadly machines of war.

Games of Black Seas allow you to recreate the thrilling naval battles of the age of sail in all their glory. Utilising a unique and innovative inititative system based around the most important factor of sail powered combat: the wind. Additional rules enable you to fight in a "line of battle", engage shore batteries, rake your enemies with withering initial broadsides or capture vessels in heroic boarding actions. All while avoiding such hazards to navigation as fog banks, fire ships and shipwrecks.

The rules allow you to field fleets comprised of vessels ranging from the tiniest gunboats up to the true giants of the waves, the mighty 1st rate warships. Also included are rules for such famed vessels as Bucentaure, Santissima Trinidad, USS Constitution and the legendary HMS Victory. Black Seas also provides national rules for the four main protagonists of the era: the French, Spanish, American and Royal Navy, including rules for such renowned commanders as Commodore Decatour, Admiral Villeneuve and the inimitable Lord Nelson.

The thirteen scenarios included range between merchant raids, running blockades and fighting pitched battles, finally culminating in the engagement that defined naval combat in the age of sail: the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Master & Commander starter set contains everything you will need to play the games of Black Seas and pits the mighty Royal Navy of Great Britain against their age old foes - the ships of the French Navy. Frigates and Brigs clash on the high seas as you make your maiden voyage commanding your fleet!


The Black Seas: Master & Commander boxed game contains:
- A4 softback rulebook
- Highly detailed 1:700 scale plastic ship models: three Frigates and six Brigs
- Plastic ship assembly guides
- Printed acetat ratlines
- Full-colour sails sheets
- Rigging thread
- Full-colour Royal Navy, French Navy and privateer/pirate flag sheets.
- A0-size double-sided battle mat
- 3x die-cut punchboards (islands, sandbars, Martello tower, ruler, game tokens etc.)
- Wake sheets
- Ship datacards
- Black Seas Wool - smoke & fire
- Game dice (8x D10, 2x D6 und 1x D3)