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ORIGINAL: sad ham

In my opinion fleets should be square counters similar to the army counters. It would be more homogeneous and (always in my opinion) more elegant.

ORIGINAL: TheBattlefield

ORIGINAL: sad ham

In my opinion fleets should be square counters similar to the army counters. It would be more homogeneous and (always in my opinion) more elegant.

Thank you for your interest, sad ham. (And again thank you for your flag link!)
Yes. We also like the square counters. The ships in their current form were a long voting process. We were ( without exception) agreed that for this game we did not want any ugly mini-pixel-pictures or silhouettes for the beautiful sailing ships of the Napoleonic period. Thus, the square counter quickly separated because it would simply be too little space for the ships and the markings on it. I had initially preferred a hex form, but that would be too avangardistic without an adaptation of the land units. In line with SIPRES counter mod we chose the open contemporary banner form. We find a quite good compromise, because an oversized square shape looked really inelegant! I hope you can get used over time to the new appearance of the ship counter...
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ORIGINAL: oxford_guy

ORIGINAL: TheBattlefield

[:D] LOL. You're also a T-Rex, mate!

Better this way?

Yes!

ORIGINAL: SIPRES

On the road to Leipzig???

ORIGINAL: Ironclad

I like the hexagonal design for the ship counters and appreciate the logic about giving more room on the counter compared to a square one that would fit inside a hex. It is an elegant solution and if you are not using icons (my normal preference but more than happy to work with clear and attractive counters - especially for a different period than normal) its a neat way also of instantly recognising fleet units as compared to land ones when near the coast when confusion may occur.

The only complication that occurs to me would be if the design size led to critical hex information being obscured and for most sea hexes that isn't an issue. Just one thought, rather than listing the rating at the base of the counter, why not put the number of the rating on a forward sail? Maybe less pretty but it might give you some scope to slightly reduce the size of the counter, if that would help.

Forgive me for asking a question which I suspect has already been raised earlier but what do the large cross straps on the infantry counters represent; only they do seem to diminish the rest of the design?

ORIGINAL: SIPRES

I am afraid its a Tyrol Insurgent wich I would use as Austrian "partisan"
I may change the hat or figure as I found also a little bit too much "fantasy" style

ORIGINAL: Iñaki Harrizabalagatar

I wonder, what about making a small campaign Napoleonic scenario with a new map and smaller map scale?

ORIGINAL: sad ham

Maybe the project was too ambitious.[:(]