> Hmmm, flame throwers or even flaming arrows would be more
 > efficient...
You might get hit with a Rule D (?) on that one 
 > A good 10#'r broad side would work!  (Used to have a game called
 > _Broadsides_, of square rigger-type boats.  Lots of fun, if you
 > knew when to lose the "weak" boat's mast in exchange for 2 off
 > of the more powerfull ones.)
I remember that game well ... it's worth about a 100 bucks now at game 
conventions   I still have a mint copy...
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