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Tactica: Dreadfleet

October 2011·pp. 36–39

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Phil Kelly offers five principles for commanding the fleets: form a plan, understand each ship, deploy for the mission, concentrate forces and exploit pirate tricks. Slow flagships need several turns of foresight, while faster craft can flank or recover objectives. The article combines a comparative ship table with formations and boarding examples, repeatedly placing scenario success ahead of simply sinking an attractive target.

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EditorialWD 382 · Inside cover

Ship’s Log

Andrew Kenrick introduces Dreadfleet through the studio’s lunchtime campaign and the rivalry it has generated between writers and designers. The issue follows the boxed game from story and miniatures to tactical advice, two narrated games and a complete painting workshop. He presents the individual warships and their unusual captains as central to its appeal.

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InterviewWD 382 · pp. 10–17

Death on the Ocean Waves

Phil Kelly talks to Andy Hall about a self-contained naval adventure driven by Jaego Roth’s revenge against Count Noctilus. John Blanche explains the importance of a convincing haunted setting, while the design discussion connects huge characterful ships, three-dimensional islands and damage cards to unpredictable games. Twelve scenarios teach the system through different adventures, with momentum and manoeuvring requiring captains to plan several turns ahead.

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LoreWD 382 · p. 16

The Grand Alliance

Jaego Roth returns to Sartosa to find his family killed by the supposedly legendary Dreadfleet. Denied official help, he steals the Heldenhammer and raids Zandri to pay other captains to join his pursuit. The Golden Magus, Aranessa Saltspite and Red Brokk bring their own interests to the expedition, with Prince Yrellian encountered later inside the Galleon’s Graveyard.

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