Hi; The British ships at Lake Erie ( Put-In-Bay ) had a random assortment of guns. The origional intended guns were intercepted and captured by US forces. The...
... Well, I have a round about answer. I have a booklet "Building of Perry's fleet on Lake Erie", from the PA historical commission. They lisy Perry's cannon...
a "natural knee" is a piece of wood that actually grew in the intended bend .. not cut into shape .. this ensures that the fibers of the wood also follow the...
Markus, I'm going to have to call you on this natural knees ending with the Wasa..... Natural knees were used until knees made of iron came into use in the...
... that was not what i was trying to say .. the Vasa is the last one where i defintely KNOW that they used this - which does not mean it was not used later i...
Perhaps that is true in European navies, but it was quite common afaik in the Americas. The USS Constellation, the last all sail USN warship and still afloat...
http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/images/aam_new/aa_0930_box_t_1.jpg http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/?p=5750#more-5750 Ooooooh....errrrr....I've been leaning...
I used to frequent a wargame shop in Providence RI where our small group of historical gamers shared tabletop space with a horde of teenage Warhammer 40k...
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Mal, I wonder if you actually ever played a game of FoW. The scale does not permit large formations, usually a battle is between companies. Massed tanks and...
Yep, Hasbro/WoTC is moving into naval gaming. Well, it is probably more true that they are adding a new genre to their collectible game empire. Now for my...
Well, I have not played a game of FOW but I can understand Mal's concerns. I agree with Frank that the TOEs in FOW are pretty good from what I have seen of...
The rules are probably exactly the same as the old War At Sea and War at Sea: Pacific from Avalon Hill. Bare bones, quick play lots of sinking ships, not much...
I would love to discuss the frailites of the American School systems and comparisons with the rest of the world, but this is probably not the best forum. ...
I would suggest that the problem is unfortunately very widespread and not just with the products of today's education system. I am recently in the midst of an...
... I'm willing to guess the same kid knew all the historical details of each and every legion of Space Marines and the Orks. BT Tracy Johnson Ye olde...
Odd. I do play some GW games (some of our group will play nothing else) and find their fluff, tiresome, badly written and irrelevant if not downright sill and ...
As I just advised on another list, it is with great regret that I inform
everyone that the party who aroused my ire, was NOT a youngster, but well
into his...
Sad, but most likely true Tracy. Mal. ... From: Tracy Johnson Date: 6/02/2007 2:17:27 AM To: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Re: [NavWarGames] Shudder...
I want blood! I want to bathe in their blood for a week!!! Oopps too much Rome Total War recently! :-) Luke In a message dated 05/02/2007 16:00:55 GMT Standard...
Oooh. My favourite game....but with the 'Rome total realism' additions,
which makes it one of the best computer games I have ever seen! Pity they
make the...
I can understand chocolate. I just don't always understand why people need
to 'meddle' with an already wonderful and extensive history we have to play
with....
hi all .. did my second mail get through? .. obviously my lack of english a native language coupled with the late hour bollixed up my meaning .. servus markus ...
From what I could see of the pictures the models were by no means great, but they have two things going for them, they are relatively cheap and appear to be...
On the other hand alternative history can be quite useful in understanding the history as it actually happened and why certain decisions were made rather than...
Yes. I would have loved to have been able to fight naval battles on screen as well as the open field land battles and sieges. Even amphibious landings - will...
... any game who's components are "collectible". That is nothing more than a tawdry (if all to successful *sigh*) method of forcing folks to buy things they...
Markus, Yes, I saw your 2nd note. English is your second language? Geeee, I wish my Spanish and German were as good as your first language! The timber trade...
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