What scales do you plan to build the build naval minatures? I am partial to 1/2400 and 1/1200 scale ships. Hard to find ships like HMS Terror and Erebus...
Simon, it might be a little too obscure for the mainstream but larger scale (1/600th) WW1 light, coastal and river forces are not covered widely at the...
But the counters ARE pretty! ... best ... board, you ... interest ... keeping ... the ... that ... plans on ... the RJW game than for WW1. I did an extensive...
"But the counters ARE pretty!" Perhaps relative to other counters. Not compared to a properly painted GHQ miniature of the same ship. [Non-text portions of...
Some people make it sound like the Avalanche Press games Great War at Sea and Second World War at Sea have no value in their tactical systems at all. As if the...
... Oh, they are affected by tactics -- just not *realistic* tactics, at least not in the tactical modules. ... Please see the list archives for a more...
... Not random, but skewed. ... Well, any tactical system that does not reward crossing the T certainly has a lot to answer for as far as "affected by tactics"...
I have been lurking in the background for several years now and feel I should comment because I have noticed a disturbing trend of late. As Stephen Loughrey...
... Of course, sometimes you discover that your GHQ mini is not even the ship it claims to be. See my letter in the files that among other things describes...
Well, I for one will also step in as a dissenting voice. For those who *prefer* to game out tactical battles using miniatures rules, the AP games are...
... apply to ... remember ... I believe Karl developed two seperate systems. One is _Great White Fleet_ (or some such) that handled pre-dreadnought era...
... Well, as I already mentioned in my previous post, I for one do not "prefer to game out tactical battles using miniatures rules." I am entirely happy with...
"Of course, sometimes you discover that your GHQ mini is not even the ship it claims to be." I'm not disputing that Brooks...in which case I would try to buy a...
... be." ... company that got it right. Sorry for highjacking thread, but I kinda feel obligated to protect the innocent from some of the errors of GHQ! Brooks...
"Sorry for highjacking thread, but I kinda feel obligated to protect the innocent from some of the errors of GHQ!" No apology is necessary. I'm of like mind....
If you want an easy operational system without getting into GQ#3 & Clash of Arms systems, this is the one for you. It has logistics and searching, etc, etc....
... 1) OMG! FORTRAN! Cool! ...in a retro sorta way. 2) We have our differences, but let me add my wholehearted acclaim to the above. It WAS a staple of bad...
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What about the War plans Series Red,Black,Glold and Orange? ... 1) OMG! FORTRAN! Cool! ...in a retro sorta way. 2) We have our differences, but let me add my...
I know that the Kiev's air group (Yak38) was the 279 OKShAP (Otdelnyi Korabelnyi Shturmovoi Aviatsionnyi Polk, Independent Shipboard Attack Air Regiment). Or...
... I am reminded of a conversation on SFConsim-L. One of the Aussies made a comment about F-111s practicing attacks on US CVBGs during the Cold War, and...
... 1 for 1? Damn, I got ripped off! [grin] Okay, now a segue back into -- oddly enough -- naval wargaming. Did any of y'all see the History Channel show not...
... I guess I didn't :-( I wuz wrong. Kuznetkov has the 279 Air Regiment. So did the 279th provide the pilots, and planes, for Kiev and Baku? And later for...
Campaign gaming, of whatever kind, was a principle focus of my wargame group for 10 years. Most of the time, we were playing non-campaigns because the last one...
A quick PHONECON with Brian tells me that he simply Googled to find the URL of this article he had written, and hadn't noticed that it had been lifted from my...
Warning: you've opened somewhat of a can of worms. Some people really HATE AP. My take: Panzer Grenadier is great. Their stuff looks great. As far as their...
"Kiev" and "Gorshkov/Baku" shared the 279th (Northern Fleet) while "Minsk" and "Novorossiysk" shared the 311th (Pacific Fleet). There was a third training...
