I wonder how things wil go then it is more weapon capable states and we finally decide to move them all to a central holding area or multiple ones but all...
Actually not exactly true. Washington was far closer to Giap than traditional 18th century warfare. The Continentals lost most of their battles. However as...
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Jun 1, 2009 6:24 pm
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The Brits were also fighting the French & Spanish - coupled with lines of communication stretching across the atlantic. Cheers for now Nick ... From: scott...
... Wars short of total are generally a matter of convincing the other power that it's not worth the cost of winning. In this case, cost of winning would be...
I've got this really weird example. Probably the only one like it in the galaxy. It's got the smallest possible superearth smack dab in the middle of the...
Also the British had a lot of "mercenaries" and all that can bring. Language Command Structure Depot and Training Supply/Support The "Hessians" was actually...
The various German merc contingents were an administrative handful but the British had experience of such multinational armies back to the time of William and...
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Jun 2, 2009 5:33 pm
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... In fairness the tournaments were to compare battle fleet designs with no reference, alas, to supposedly extraneous factors. AFAICT the original issue which...
... On that note, the Doom boardgame by FFG has the best ammo tracking mechanism I've seen. Damage, range/accuracy, and ammo are all incorporated into a...
The article was very interesting indeed. Their final loss was as I read due to the home team supplied refs basically holding their tactics as against the...
FWIW :) "...no Militia will ever acquire the habits necessary to resist a regular force. Even those nearest the seat of war are only valuable as light troops...
Yup but what the militia could do was keep counties and regions aligned with the Whig/rebel/American cause in the absence of British regulars but in the face...
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Jun 4, 2009 1:09 am
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Congratulations to Fred Kiesche, who became a character in David Drake's "In the Stormy Red Sky." Fred was mentioned as being a Astrogator on page 314, and...
Heh. I haven't gotten that far in the book yet. I'm also due to be "tuckerized" in a Hammer's Slammers story. As a matter of fact, that one has been pending...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/04/abl_first_flight_blasts/ Airborne laser project. It's suffering from severe problems, it is already just one strike...
Tuckerized: Becoming a minor character in a science-fiction book. Usually an honor bestowed by the author for great contributions to his book. (BTW, Tom Pope...
It is like being redshirted, but I get to survive. F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble,...
Baen authors are very enthusiastic about tuckerization. If you come across a "Buckley" (named for Joe Buckley, and it can be a character or a program or a...
Compuserve, in its prolonged death throes, is evaporating my old static website 'The Observatory,' at the end of this month. Most of the content can vanish...
I'm working (for my own amusement) on a science fiction setting that takes place around 1910. As part of that background, I'm trying to find information on...
... Wow, you have a lot of patience! The climate sim is, shall we say, user hostile. :> My downloads may end up requiring separate hosting if I go the 'static...
... IIRC, Massie's _Dreadnought_ opens with a lot of discussion of the technological milieu. The biggest crew factor will be whether the engine's are coal or...
... Perhaps, but not for the case required. Crew composition is not discussed in the design sequence. In fact Crew are only mentioned in the combat rules....
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