Wargame: the Spanish Armada 1588

In this title in the Battle for Britain series, well-known historical illustrator Peter Dennis takes the battle out to sea, supplying all the artwork needed to create the navies which clashed in the English channel at a moment of supreme danger for the realm.

Artwork is also suppled for a printable squared sea surface, coastline and islands.

Here, the galleons, Nao and galleasses of the Spanish invader can clash again with the sea dogs of Elizabeth I using simple rules from veteran wargamer Andy Callan.

This source book shows you how to copy and make any number of simple and colourful ship cut-out models using traditional skills with glue and scissors.

To play the game you will need a tabletop playing surface and a handful of dice.