Age of sail rules

[Charbe86]

About 6 years ago I found a good set of free age of sail rules, but I couldn't get minis for them at the time, so I lost them.  Does anyone know of some good age of sail rules, with detailed movement and weather, my google-fu is letting me down?

[Ruckdog]

The Sails of Glory rules are pretty good, and can be had for free:

http://www.aresgames.eu/9927

The only downside is that the game is fairly component-heavy, requiring all kinds of tokens, cards, etc.

[Charbe86]

Thanks, I'm having a look through the rules.  It looks like a good game but I was hoping for something a little more simulator than game. 

[Ruckdog]

Well, YMMV, but I've always found Sail of Glory to be quite crunchy as a game. Once you add in all the advanced rules, I think it really does a good job of capturing age of sail combat and forcing players to make the same kinds of tactical decisions the commander of a real sailing warship had to face.

[Charbe86]

Fair enough, I haven't had a chance to read through the rules thoroughly yet.  I actually found out a friend of a friend has the starter pack, so I'm hoping to get a chance at playing sails of glory over the Christmas break. 

[Ruckdog]

Awesome! You will have to let us know how you like it. Greg and I are reviewing the game in the next episode of the MBS podcast (should be posted tomorrow!).