I have toyed with the idea of gaming the War of the Worlds. My question is this; what ship would come close to the "Thunder Child" as descibed in the book? ...
... That would very much depend upon whether you use the cover of the album or the book as the reference, or the Tom Cruise version... In the book Thunder...
It's funny you mention this, because I was reading War of the Worlds a while back with exactly this in mind. I found additional references in the story which...
Just a note: martian "gas" attacks were not really such things. It's stated in the novel that the martian gas "mushrooms" didn't disperse with the wind (in...
Gents, Like all you die-hard fans of the pre-dreadnought era, I had been struggling with how to celebrate the upcoming Centennial of the 1907- 09 World Cruise...
Very Nice! That one's going on my Christmas list. Next week we celebrate by taking on the Kaiser's shiny new fleet. I think Teddy's GWF will overcome, but...
I didn't know it was contact, I did recall mention of how water could neutralize it (?) or at least the "author" noted the gas-smoke particles in river...
I just posted a new WTJ Naval release of British battleships and cruisers including the King Edward VII, Duncan, Orlando, Astrea and others. It is much later...
Thanks Jim, very sorry to hear about Chuck, Ral Partha have been around a long time, I can still remember buying some of their castings in the late 70's (IIRC)...
Hey all, What ships do I use as substitutes for the following engagement ? Battle of Santiago, Spanish-American War Spain the three large torpedo boats Furor,...
Yes it is that time again. With Cold Wars the first weekend in March we need to get in gear now! The deadline for GMs for the Preliminary Events List is the...
Hi Mike, For Indiana you can use the Oregon, they were sister ships. For the Porter your only current substitute is Torpedo Boat #1, which is a generic tiny...
Hi Jim! Jim: For Indiana you can use the Oregon, they were sister ships. Right… I knew that. (thunks self on head!> Jim: For the Porter your only current...
... Actually, I just checked Porter in Conway's and she was quite a large TB, so the tiny generic TB#1 would not really work. You could however, use the...
Hi all! As some people take interest in reading "battle reports", here's one for you. It's a fictive naval engarement from the RJW played using a heavily ...
Hey, thanks for the Battle Report! Sounds like a blast! ;) One question though, with the larger playing field, how did you handle flag signalling/wireless...
Hi Mike and thanks, We didn't use any rules restricting the communications between the ships or squadrons, but as I basically doubled all distances (range,...
Ah, I was curious because those of us on the DBSA list (Damn Battleships Again) were discussing ways to handle flag signalling. As such, I was hoping you might...
... yes, I am still looking for mechanisms. I think it should be a case of pay for sub-commanders, varying costs for varying competence and any orders should...
Hi guys! I have finally worked out how to ad a PDF to my web-site, so just visit the battle report again and there you have it. The current version is an...
Hi! I'm trying to build up a chinese squadron and the dutch pacific fleet (both of them extracted from the scenarios from Space 1889 sourcebook "Ether flyers...
I think the Atjeh (now called Aceh) might be "proxied" by the USS Boston, although I'd have to see if Atjeh had symetric armament. It might take a few...
I am searching for a game for large battles of the period such as jena, auerstad, waterloo, borodino etc.I like very much the philosophy of republique and I...
Hey, My group has been using Republique for about 5 years now and its the best set we've found so far (subjective opinion of course) however when we have...
Napoleon's Battles ...1° or (best) or 2° edition.... old ... but very good game....See: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/napsbattles/?yguid=57053237 ...
Our group changed from Napoleons Battles to Republique in order to play larger sized games. The Multi phase mechanism in NB is far too involved for big games. ...
Dear Rob, Unfortunately my friends and I do not have a large company (of 8 players at the time) as yours to play battles such as Borodino. That's why I try to...
Hi Vaggelis, The basic unit of maneuver for Republique is the regiment/brigade. Did someone tell you it was battalions?? Actually, the average unit of maneuver...
Republique is set at Regiment level (or Brigade for the British), each base of figures being 550 "men" so not as extreme as you feared. Plus lots of the early...
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