SIGNAL CLOSE ACTION - THE FOURTH EDITION -
The Fourth Edition Package includes:
Main Rule Book - with full colour laminated cover - takes you
through setting up game and core game;
Appendices Booklet with Optional Advanced Play features and
Glossary;
Separate Playsheets including Ability Chart, Speed and Gunnery
Charts. Also, Card Compass,
Attitude to Wind Indicators, Firing Arc Indicator etc .
6 x six-sided Coloured Dice.
Ref: PUB8
PRICE: £23.00 plus p/p as follows:
UK - £4.00
Europe - £7.95
Worldwide Zone 1 - £12.80
Worldwide Zone
2 - £16.00
USA - £13.30
What's new about Fourth Edition?
It being the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, I was
inspired to produce - not just an update of previous editions, but an
enhanced game, smoother, with more fluid movement and ability for vessels.
The Ability Chart remains fundamental to the game - particularly as it cuts down on the need for excessive dice throwing and record keeping. This time however, there are more dice and they play critical roles. In the past, if you had a 'bad throw', all your actions were affected by that same dice score. With Fourth Edition, the dice are colour coded, with one being 'common' to all. The score of the Common dice is added to the dice relating to the various actions.
Other new innovations include the division of a player's part of Turn into two segments and Reloading of the guns, so that the time scale of actions are more realistic. The actual Firing rules are not changed noticeably but there are new separate charts for firing at Unrated vessels.
Finally, the format has changed and Carol has done a brilliant job on the layout which makes the rules much easier to navigate. The main rule book takes you through setting up a game and the core game. There are distinct pointers to where a section has an advanced play option and many of the pages have a little 'Quick Ref' box which picks up the actions mentioned on that page and gives you the cross reference page number.
SIGNAL CLOSE ACTION LINK PAGES
About Signal Close Action - Fast Play and 4th
Edition
4th Edition Errata
4th Edition Feedback - Q&A
4th Edition After Action Reports
Check out the SCA pages in our Napoleonic Naval section for Q&A and
Feedback. Thanks to players in France, particularly Olivier Dufour for
writing in 'after action reports' describing their club games - scenarios,
action during the game and results.
