A further update on this topic: I was able to contact the owner of a Spanish language website specializing in the Spanish American War. His site is located at ...
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Rocky
rckfllr
Nov 26, 2011 8:46 am
From the messages here, I see that WTJ once made a Pelayo model. WIll it ever return? As one needs alternate SpAm War scenarios for balance, the idea of the...
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wtjcom
Nov 28, 2011 8:14 pm
Hey Rocky, The Pelayo only recently ran out of stock and it will definitely be restocked. I will look at stock levels for the rest of the castings on that disc...
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Rocky
rckfllr
Nov 28, 2011 8:35 pm
Thanks for that word. I do hope those other spanish include Don Juans, since I need 3. I await the arrival of my first order with great anticipation. R...
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Rocky
rckfllr
Nov 29, 2011 1:07 pm
Jim & Co.: Does/did WTJ make an Indiana class US BB? R...
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wtjcom
Dec 2, 2011 5:29 pm
Yes, it's just not in stock right now. I have put a picture of it in the Photos section for reference. Jim...
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Rocky
rckfllr
Dec 2, 2011 6:45 pm
Impressive! As the NFL ads say: "I want that!" Rocky...
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bigcheesefry
Dec 25, 2011 3:50 am
I am looking for these stats, but can't seem to find them in either the current ruleset or the beta page. Are they located somewhere else?...
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wtjcom
Dec 25, 2011 3:51 am
Yikes! Good question, I'll check on that. Jim...
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wtjcom
Dec 26, 2011 4:39 am
As it turns out, it will be a while before I can come up with detailed numbers. However a few guidelines based on our last games: A standard heavy transport...
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bigcheesefry
Dec 27, 2011 3:19 am
Thanks! I was wondering if you had a formula for taking the actual specs of the real vehicles and scaling them to work with the game rules. I've been toying...
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steveoc6464
Dec 28, 2011 2:43 am
Hi all, One of my big projects for 2012 is to get cracking with an online computer assisted wargaming site for running tabletop battles. Its almost running now...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Dec 28, 2011 3:18 am
Folks: See my latest blog entry regarding the spontaneous combustion occurring in the coal bunkers of the pre-dreadnought and dreadnought type capital ships. ...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Dec 29, 2011 4:43 am
As was typical for ships of this time period, coal bunkers were placed along the exterior hull of the ship to act as additional armor protecting the magazines....
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Antony Farrell
antonyfarrell
Dec 30, 2011 6:02 am
Isn't a coal bunker explosion now believed to have been responsible for the rapid sinking of the Lusitania?The torpedo hitting an empty bunker causing a coal...
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wtjcom
Jan 1, 2012 12:06 am
I'll have to look through my old notes to see if I can find that, but if I remember correctly the main armor values were tied in to the Weapon Size using...
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wtjcom
Jan 1, 2012 12:21 am
Wow Steve, I read this and needed a bit of time to digest it. I will defintely consider it, but I'll have a few questions - I may ping you off-line about it...
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steveoc6464
Jan 3, 2012 2:59 pm
Thanks Jim, Still enjoying holidays here, so will take another week or so to get back into this properly. I can hotlink content OK, but there are some benefits...
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wtjcom
Feb 9, 2012 8:40 pm
It's great to see mainstream media giving coverage to the subject. Having said that, I recall that a lot of the horses were already out of service due to...
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david.oliver2@...
stickybombs
Feb 9, 2012 9:10 pm
It wasn't just the hot summer and the winter. At the end of June there was a severe storm in the Vilna area that was reported to have resulted in the loss of...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 7:01 am
This is Bert: About 420,000 men marched on Moscow of the 500,000 that crossed the border. About 1/3 of that number [420,000] during the first six weeks of the...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 7:12 am
Bert says: Lieutenants think tactics, generals think logistics. Winter warfare during that period was more or less non-existent [I am sure you can find ...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 7:14 am
Bert says: During WW2 the German army became highly dependent on the Russian panje horse for transport of all types. Indigenous horse of small stature but ...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 7:18 am
Bert says: A National Geographic magazine article from a few years back showed a wagon train park from the American Civil War with 250 wagons and teams of...
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AlbertE
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 7:25 am
Bert says: If you are able, get hold of and read a the book: "The Russian Campaign 1812 by M. de Fezensac. Very highly recommended and you can read in an...
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alnsnmyralb@...
coolbert60440
Feb 10, 2012 3:38 pm
... Interestingly enough, the Mongol invasion and conquest of Russia was accomplished during the winter time. It seems that the Mongol was NOT impeded by lack...
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steveoc6464
Feb 20, 2012 3:49 am
Hi all, I have an interesting situation in a game, where basically a brigade of Dragoons has broken through on a flank, and after having a little rest in the...
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Jon Freitag
jfreitag2829
Feb 20, 2012 5:00 pm
WTJ_WargamesSince leaders are not combat bases (or units) with respect to assault resolution, I would suggest redeploying the contacted HQs by 8cm. To punish...
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steveoc6464
Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm
Thanks John, that seems like a good resolution. I am playtesting here, so I want to see how much of the Austrian line the French can effectively roll up once...
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Jon
jfreitag2829
Feb 21, 2012 2:50 am
"I did make 1 big mistake earlier - you may note from part 1, that the French 1st Division took severe artillery casualties during the initial advance, and I...
