... Oh no, I generally use the Ospreys for paint schemes and uniform colors, and the more "serious" (usually meaning: "expensive") books for details. Even...
... I'd agree - they are "patchy". The recent ones on ships of the Kriegsmarine are pretty poor, but the other recent one on British MTBs is well worth the ...
... Unlike the steel-and-steam period, capital ships sank in action, or as a direct result of action, very rarely in the sail era, especially after 1700. In...
Albert Parker
acep@...
Jan 1, 2004 9:35 pm
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Fascinating treatise Dr. Parker. ... -- We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are...
... Quite the contrary. What you've described sounds pretty much exactly like the "all critical hits" combat system concept. I think the issue here is that...
Wearing away is indeed way to get a square-rigger from one tack to another. Say the wind is coming from the north and the vessel is close hauled sailing to the...
Wearing away is indeed way to get a square-rigger from one tack to another. Say the wind is coming from the north and the vessel is close hauled sailing to the...
What are you interested in playing. When you say "turn of the 20th century," I assume you mean pre-dreadnought. If you are going to use 1/3000 models, you...
I found this american site www.wtj.com it has some naval interest in the site as well as three free rule sets Drew [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Drew Jarman
andrewjarman@...
Jan 2, 2004 11:55 pm
19186
I would have thought it was all much simpler than that - and had to do with the ability to surrender and/or scuttle a vessel - along with somewhat more ...
ALmost forgot, add to what is below: You cannot surrender to aircraft, no matter how much you try. Also, didn't most of the Sail Era Naval Battles occur not...
And a bunch of Iraqi infantry surrendered to a UAV ..... quite sensible since it was being used to control fire from 16" naval guns at the time :) ... From:...
On the off chance any is interested, Shipbase IV has been updated to version 1.2 and is now available online at http://www.irvania.com/oldgames.htm . Why, you...
While pondering my options for gaming out Yalu 1894, I remembered the obvious: my old computer-assist version of Metagaming's even older "Fire When Ready" (my...
Not to mention an entire German division in Southern France in 1944, which surrendered to strafing Allied aircraft. The aircraft called in the Army to round...
... 1700. ... 1, ... Add to that Orient (exploded at the Battle of the Nile), Achille (exploded at Trafalgar), Real Carlos (exploded at Algeciras*), San...
Hi I have purchased soem 1/2400th Jap amd Us destroyers and cruisers. Now I am looking for some rules to give a good game. i have had Command ar Sea Rising Sun...
In a message dated 1/5/2004 4:53:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... You are going to get a wide variety of opinions from this list. It seems that every system...
I would recommend you take a look at the Seekrieg 5 rules. go here: http://www.seekrieg.com for more info. You can get the old Seekrieg 4 rules there for free...
... Did you get Kitakami?? Tough question to answer without knowing some details: 1) do you want smaller actions, (Slot, IB sound) or larger fleet actions? 2)...
... Holland ... June ... (exploded ... (also ... in ... "accidental ... none ... Fires and explosions are a separate case from foundering. The point was that...
Albert Parker
acep@...
Jan 7, 2004 6:33 am
19200
Yeah - lumps of wood float better than lumps of steel. Put a hole in steel ship and it founders (leaving aside issues of watertight compartmentalization and...
I've just started Massie's _Castles of Steel_, about the naval aspect of World War I. I'm in the middle of the account of the flight of the Goeben. At one...
