What period does Sailpower cover? (click to expand)

Sailpower covers the Age of Sail, pre steam, and post cog era -or approximately the late Elizabethan thru Napoleonic era. The cannons are abstracted in a general way so that ships from differing era can be played together, or you can choose what era you want to focus on. Sailpower is perfect for Golden age pirate scenarios, War of 1812, Napoleonics, American Revolution, or even Barbary Coast pirate actions. You can even incorporate Sail power into a semi fantasy setting although there are no fantasy rules in the core rulebook.

What scale is Sailpower? (click to expand)

Sailpower is playable in many scales, two of which are playable without conversion: 15-20mm (1/100th – 1/8th inch =1 foot/play in inches), and 5-6mm (approximately 1/300th – 1mm =1 foot/play in centimeters). Conversions are available to other scales. The easiest conversion is to 28mm, just use 2X (eg 2″ in real world = 1″ in game”).

Sailpower models are available in 15mm/ 6mm / 28mm at this time.

I don’t have much space. Can I still reasonably play Sailpower? (click to expand)

Yes, we tested the game heavily with small sloops and schooners on 3X3 and 4X4 coffee tables. If you want to use very large ships you obviously will need more space, but a battle of sloops on a coffee table is just as exciting as a pair of frigates, perhaps even more so! If you want to play a larger game in a small space, our 6mm scale ships would be suggested.