Trafalgar
?1970s
Action games and toys
 
First produced
?1970s
Players
2 to 4
Age(s)
10+
             
 

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This is a realistic sea battle game that recreates The Battle of Trafalgar. Use the wind and your tactical skills to out-manoeuvre the enemy, bombard the port, unmast the ships and silence the guns.

You can defeat the enemy in two ways;
1; sink all the enemy ships or achieve superiority of 3 or 4 ships to 1 or
2; fight your way into the enemy harbour, capture the enemy's flag and take it back to your own harbour. You cannot win the game if the enemy has possession of your flag.

  Contents Notes
 

1 x large playing board in two pieces

4 x ships of the line with masts

4 x frigates with masts

44 x cannon

3 x gunnery dice

4 x flag poles on stands, two of which are spare

1 x wind compass

8 x battle recorder cards

1 x rules leaflet

1 x ship assembly instructions

This is a beautifully game with great illustrations on both the game board and box lid. A real collector's item.


Trafalgar simulates realistically a battle between two squadrons of famous ships, each of which played an important part in the Trafalgar battle.

In 1805 a great naval battle was fought off Cape Trafalgar on the South West coast of Spain . The British fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson and numbering 27 ships, fought a Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships under command of French Admiral Villeneuve.