... I'll test both methods - and maybe some others - and see what people like. I suspect you are right though, and that the ROF>T>R>F sequence is the best way...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 2, 2006 7:42 pm
... Mark off one ROF rating point from the ROF box on the vessel's ship log according to the follow rules: - Each G hit caused by heavy fire reduces the target...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 6, 2006 1:07 am
Hi there all, I am looking at running a campaign using QotS campaign rules adapted for DBSA actions. I am going to set it in the Far East with probably French,...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 7, 2006 6:38 pm
Hey Doug, An important thing to keep in mind is that all major "players" in an incident would pump extra assets into the region, especially if it turned into...
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stephen_strawn
Oct 7, 2006 11:00 pm
... is ... people ... tables, ... Sorry to take so long to respond, Jim (was out of town). I think ROF->T->R->F answers makes the most sense as well, I just ...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 8, 2006 5:22 am
Hi Jim, yes, these were some of my thoughts as well. I think in the event of any major European conflict most powers would be reluctant to send even ...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 9, 2006 2:18 am
Hi, I am just trying to set up the parameters of a computer moderated pre-dred campaign game and was wondering whether there were established standards for ...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 9, 2006 5:29 am
Well, new ships from WTJ arrived today, well Froday actually, : (US - Oz less than 5 working days - excellent) 1 x Majestic (Victorious) 2 x Barfleur...
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Dave Carlton
davecarlton4
Oct 9, 2006 7:26 pm
Hi Doug Janes 1905 edition has the French Far east fleet as: The battleship Redoubtable (of absolutely no fighting value whatsoever. Built 1876, need I say...
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Dave Carlton
davecarlton4
Oct 9, 2006 8:09 pm
I'm also very happy with my new Powerfuls and Barfleurs. Now that I've finally finished my Russian Pacific Fleet they'll be next. I've noticed something with...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 12:44 am
Thanks Dave, in that case that's one 'obsolete' Battleships and the rest are pretty ordinary as well. Ah well, all the more important to get the 'cruiser' ...
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Brooks Rowlett
brooksindy
Oct 10, 2006 2:01 am
Brassey's 1900: cruisers D'Entrecasteaux Paseal Descartes Jean Bart 2 unnamed sloops + 5 in Cochin China (Indo China) armored gunboat Styx no destroyers On the...
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Brooks Rowlett
brooksindy
Oct 10, 2006 2:05 am
... Should be Pascal...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 2:08 am
Thanks for that.. I may stick with the 1905 TOE, as the 1900 one seems terribly weak. I am trying to find references to any additional French or British Forces...
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Brooks Rowlett
brooksindy
Oct 10, 2006 2:20 am
The Italians had on China Station from the 1900 Brassey's: third class cruisers LIGURIA ELBA CALABRIA German battleships: KAISER (of 1874) DEUTSCHLAND (ditto) ...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 2:29 am
Just after the Boxer crisis the German Fleet on station was : Imperial East Asian Fleet 1901 Battleships Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm (2 funnel brandenburg...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 2:32 am
Hmm.. I could wear this excuse - my only query is getting the damn thing onto one of my standard 5cm x 2.5cm bases..(and leave room for the name tag) Doug M....
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 2:36 am
The stuff sent to me by Brooks Rowlett from Brassey suggests that On the British side TERRIBLE was intended to replace POWERFUL. GOLIATH, was delayed for...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 10, 2006 3:11 am
Can anyone confirm whether British Ships of the China Sqdn in 1901 used the tropical 'white' colours, or were they the standard blaqck/white/ochre? Doug M....
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Brooks Rowlett
brooksindy
Oct 10, 2006 3:22 am
... This isn't really clear - the Brassey's almost seems to indicate, in text, that both were to have met on Cape Station instead of relieving at China...
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Michael B.
trebuchetcha...
Oct 10, 2006 1:07 pm
Hello, Newbie question. I know what blast damage does at long range and short range [as they're written on the chart], but what blast effects (if any) occur at...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 10, 2006 5:24 pm
Doug, I think you could consider them both easily available in case of war or other incidents. Even if one of them didn't happen to be in the region at the...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 11, 2006 2:02 am
Hi Jim, I know you are just tempting me to purchase more ships... ;-) get back to work on those other British Cruisers, and I will get another Powerful when...
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Doug Melville
dmelville64
Oct 11, 2006 6:50 am
can we block these Jim? Or implement a policy of not allowing unmoderated postings until we see the first one. Doug M....
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 11, 2006 5:17 pm
Hi Mike, Yes, point blank has the same blast effects as short range. It's technically covered in the portion of the Gunnery rules which notes that "...point...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 11, 2006 9:15 pm
Hey good news: All but one of the cruisers are done (Orlando, Astraea, Edgar and Apollo). Also the TGB Alarm, so now they are just waiting for completion of a...
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Jim B.
wtjcom
Oct 11, 2006 9:29 pm
The main reasons I have not moderated new member postings were several. The original function of the board was to offer immediate technical assistance to new...
Excellent News Jim! My Far East campaign looks like a goer then.. Doug M....
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kmahony1
Oct 12, 2006 10:07 am
Hi Dave, Simon, me and a couple of others had a large far east game the other night. The sides consisted of two larger russian squadrons vs a Japanese, German...
