Well, sorry I've let it get so quiet the last few weeks. I've been busy with some designs and also working on some other WTJ features... just posted another...
Was was thinking of picking up a copy but a 80 buck is it worth it? Is the work just a collection of stats like Jane's or is there ship history and narrative?...
Rather than describing it myself here is Ned Middleton's review from Amazon. "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 is the first in a series of 4...
Hi! Found two ships at the Spanish-American War site http://www.spanamwar.com/charleston.htm http://www.spanamwar.com/philly01.jpg Some references are here as...
I own the book, and most certainly agree. It is a standard and essential reference work for anyone interested in naval wargaming from that period. I don't know...
There are small blurbs about various ships. I like it much more than Jane's. You mau still want to puruse it at a major library or something first. I think...
USS Charleston was lost after running aground on a reef in the Philippines circa 1899. USS Philadelphia was converted into a receiving ship in 1904. That's why...
I was thinking about writing up the torpedo ram Polyphemus, but can't find rules on reload times for torpedoes. If the game turn represents 3 minutes I can...
The issue of reloading torpedo tubes during a predreadnought era battle is probably a bit tricky. Just having the tubes and reloads does not necessarily mean...
The recent remolding of our WTJ Naval predreadnoughts has resulted in excess inventory on some of the ships released in early 2004. As a result, I've decided...
Hi; The new manufacturer of the Houston Foriegn Ships line is the Colonial Connection at http://www.greatendeavours.co.uk/colonials/ . The new prices, on the...
Jim Just to let you know that I read your email asking for feedback on the beta version of Republique. I will let you have some comments next week (after a...
Hello, I have a question about Quckfire rules: there are 2 gunnery range brackets (600-1200 mm), is 600mm maximum range for light guns and 1200mm for heavy...
Hi David, No problem with the commentary. This beta copy is somewhat of an experiment in that I am relying more on "old hands" to do some of the test playing...
Jim The main issue is the difficulty actually doing any damage. Take a single base of medium guns firing at between 12 and 20. If no other factors apply the...
Hi Daniele, Both heavy and light fire may be used for both range brackets. That is, light fire may be conducted out to 1200mm just like heavy fire. Hope that...
Thank you, so there are modifiers for long range /short range? I do not find them. Sorry if this questions is dumb, but I'm not English mother-tongue Another...
The effect of range is handled in the Blast Damage. You are more likely to score blast damage at short range. There are also more types of damage. Hope this...
I have posted a new combat chart for the Republique 4.5 beta test rules. The test assault modifier for Overlap has been temporarily removed, with the old In...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the wtj_wargames group: Which of the following groups of 1/3000 pre-dreadnought era ships would you...
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I have been a keen collector of WTJ models for some eighteen months now and yet I only just heard about this Group last evening, thankyou Colin T. I also note...
Heeeeey Richard!!!! Did you know that you were the first person in the UK to buy WTJ Naval? You also appear to be member #350 of this group, so maybe I should...
Welcome Richard, When can we expect to see pictures of your fleet? BTW - thanks for your help I got a Very Good for the Fisher Thesis, and an exceptional for...
Hi all, new to this group, just bought a bunch of German pre- dreadnoughts, and looking forward to trying out Phil Barker's DBSA rules with John Garvey in...
ok, my order from WTJ has arrived, really prompt service, (about a 9 day turnaround, including two weekends, so about 5 days in all to get from US to...
... What year for the scheme? The English translation of the Groener et al does describe the standard schemes and tell what years they were in use.... do you...
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