In regards to my 'Looking for Advice' thread, I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to reply. I recieved a great deal of help, and some good...
Has anyone here played SPI's 'The Fast Carriers'? It caught my attention because the cover says '1941-1977'. How does it play? What kind of detail? Would...
I've just posted a few pics of some of my Modern Soviets for you all to look at. The pics are not fantastic but I thought I would show them off anyhow, so what...
... I have NOT played it but I have done a thorough rules read -though not recently. Plus, my copy is packed up at the moment and I cannot directly reference...
I have the game and concur with Brooks. SPI games of the 70's are noted for their exploration of the concept of the warfare being represented. (CA, ...
... Hi Brian, I took out the rules copy that I had for documentation for my constant work on Flat Top rules and I went to have a look on them. The rules are...
... It has 4-hour turns on the strategic map, individual ship counters, a tactical board for maneuvering aircraft and ships during airstrikes. As others have...
I trust everyone is aware that those old seadogs the *Swiss* have won the America's Cup! AMAZING. :-) I can remember how euphoric we all were when we lost it...
No Lou! It's just gone to a country with even MORE money than the USA! :-) The Swiss made no bones about being prepared to spend money on the project. I...
But note that their captain skippered the last two (successful) New Zealand campaigns, and that their team comprised sixteen different nationalities. I wonder...
Ha Ha. Which is what I meant about what money can buy! Even a top crew!! Dunno about Lake Constance. I saw that point raised the other day on TV, but it seems...
Updated V1.32 screenshots and AARs posted; http://www.navalwarfare.org/content/wcww2.html Thanks Christopher Dean Naval Warfare Simulations Team Director /...
Sorry to contradict you K, but I have been running this DOS program on XP without a hitch for some months. Doug Thomson, HK ... From: "KLW" <winks147@...> ...
Either yahoo or MSN was interfering with my comm. Comm check sat ... Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others. ~ Groucho Marx ...
Our group fought out a naval action on Saturday night, using War At Sea, computer moderated rules. Big Trev. did the work on the computer as I was feeling...
Not bad Jim. I wish I could still draw the lines on carrier decks, as neatly as that. (Sigh!). I have to make several attempts in order to get it even half way...
Anyone know where I can find a list of ships hit during the Iran-Iraq Tanker war? I would prefer online but a widely distributed book (i.e., one I might find...
Hi There is a book out called "Tanker War" by Sreedhar Kapil Kaul. I have it, but I don't know how easy it is to find. It lists all the tankers that were hit,...
Anyone know where I can find a list of ships hit during the Iran-Iraq Tanker war? I would prefer online but a widely distributed book (i.e., one I might find...
Try "The Tanker War" by Navias and Hooton (IIRC). I have a copy somewhere - lists all the ships attacked, what they were attacked by, what the result of the...
In a message dated 3/5/03 5:50:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, dbkaust@... ... I just need some general statistics: type of weapon used to attack (guns, ...
I would like to do a mini-campaign in the Solomons in 1943. Does anyone know a good resource for telling what units (land, air, and sea) were present and ...
Anyone know of some good accounts of military actions in this war? (only know of 3--Cordesman's "Lessons of Modern War" and the new book "Iran-Iraq Air War" by...
Tim, You can also try "The Lessons of Modern War: vol.2:The Iran-Iraq War" by Anthony Cordesman--pretty cheap at abe.com if not in your library. Some good...
I'm afraid this will need multiple sources. I think a decent one on the air units is Bergerud's Fire in the Sky. Morrison may get the job done for naval....