It's been five years since this game began, and I thought some new folks might enjoy reading these adventures. The game was begun by Chris Jones, who ran it...
It's been five years since this game began, and I thought some new folks might enjoy reading these adventures. The game was begun by Chris Jones, who ran it...
I've been reading up and found some interesting folks mentioned in Balfour's The Armoured Train. Does anyone have a scoop on the following , especially what...
Still working on my crazy Bugs versus Victorians game. The Bugs do most things through Chemistry, including shoot projectiles and mine ironclads and armoured...
Figured some of you might be interested in some 'teaser art' I've put up on my site for Iron Stars: http://www.geocites.com/thedugan/iron/ If you go to my main...
Someone contacted me about finding the metal minis for Sky Galleons. I dire= cted them here because I figured if anyone knew about them they'd be on this...
it all depends on the design. some of the earliest liftwood vessels were actually boats, so yes. but you only have to take a look at some of the designs to...
Are they watertight? All those conduits for the liftvane trim controls could compromise the watertight integrity, so even whatever the lift factor things...
... As I run them, no (unless specially designed): 1. They are by and large too heavy to float (especially those redman vessls, or any martian vessel with...
I'm working on a first time scenario for some friends, but something a bit more than the free for all than the first scenario in the rules. It's going to...
In a message dated 6/24/2004 12:24:45 AM Central Standard Time, kedamono@... writes: So how well will this one play out? Am I missing anything? -- John...
... I'll take a look at your PBEM and let you know. :-) One thing I remember from my days of playing SGoM when it came out was that Aphid class boats can't...
It's a natural development, combining the best of both worlds, or is it? Say that I take a Swiftwood and retrofit a 30 ton boiler (Engine Size 3) with a 30 ton...
In a message dated 6/24/2004 2:30:38 PM Central Standard Time, kedamono@... writes: It's a natural development, combining the best of both worlds, or is...
... For a simple game, the current kite rules are just fine. I've played games where you have to spend about as much time worrying about the sails and the...
In a message dated 6/24/2004 3:22:47 PM Central Standard Time, kedamono@... writes: Time to get a boiler up to steam is a couple of hours unless you have a...
John, I have the plans for a similar vessel at home. To begin with, I would say that it doesn't matter whether it is a good idea or not (or if it would work...
... Trouble with Flash boilers is that they don't scale well. I'd say no more than 30 tons. It also takes a skilled engineer to keep one running well. Figure...
... And there were a ton of merchantmen ships, old clippers and the like, outfitted with paddlewheels as sails. ... Well, my main reason for coming up with the...
OK, here is my first take at codifying the rules for Steam kites. Suggestions, criticisms and praises are eagerly solicited! Steam Kites Steam kites are a...
If you are going to post from group page Dave, do your writing offline first, even if that means copying the text from the edit window. I've had the page lose...
This month's issue of "Naval History" magazine included a story about an American submarine in the 1920's which ran out of fuel (water in the tanks) and...
I bet all their bed sheets went into the sails, but the masts... They'd have to use pipes and figure out which pipes they could use and not badly damage the...
A quick Google and I found this picture of the R-14 under sail: http://www.sid-ss.net/history/r14.htm According to the bits I can find, they used blankets and...
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