To get to know each game better and to decide which one is the most suitable for me, I will compare the basic features (which I have already partially done in the previous post), but I will give some missing details; and with the help of the game rules, I…
Life at sea is not easy. In addition to the hard physical work, the low-stimulus environment and confinement also make the everyday life of those working on the ship difficult. This is still true today, but especially in the old days, when the speed of ships was determined by sails…
In my first post, I mentioned that rums surely will appear here on the blog. So much so that I have already dedicated one of my few articles to this topic. I have been interested in rums since last summer. The past year was enough for me to get to…
After a relatively short search, I found three games that I was looking for. The decision is not easy, because there are more and less pleasing elements in all three. In general, in case of naval wargames, the target audience gets a separate rulebook for free (or at an affordable…
Today is World Rum Day and this is already the 6th time. Why it falls on the second Saturday of July every year and what the purpose of it is, is still unclear to me. Also, the goal is very understandable and fine (raise rum among the other recognized and…
Wargames have never appealed to me. Standing around a table full of figures, fiddling with a ruler or measuring tape, browsing tables, rolling dice. What’s the fun in that? Not to mention the preparations: gluing units and figures, painting, then assembling the playing field (landmarks, buildings). Then, once you…
Greetings to the Reader on Salt and Tar blog! Notice: I’m not a native English speaker, so it can be that some of my texts will be a bit unclear. I will try my best to simplify the original Hungarian text for a better translation. However, in case there…