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Post by chillatbmth on Jul 5, 2015 10:54:01 GMT
comstar has lent me a set to look at. There I was thinking it was a little set for early 19thC warfare [shows how misleading the cover art is] when no it is the complete history of naval warfare - the 3 page potted history is worth rereads. So Jason and his argonauts can take on the USS Enterprise, any of them - take your pick - yep, that one too with a chorus of the Klingon battle cruiser is on the starboard bow. The rules are at the most 12 pages, but of course, depending on your period you may not need the pages on ECM or Air combat or Boarding /Ramming actions -- me I like the last one. Some of you may like the twisted historical match ups -- but that's not my cup of tea. There are damage / crew boxes to tick off I have no idea what the games plays like but rolls of 5 or 6 score hits so it could be a nod to piggy Maybe comstar can tell us more, like what the play test games were like and was it fun, childish fun, complete Harpoonesk brain ache, cartoonist or realistic for the period. Alien Dave and @admiraltim could give it a spin and let us have there thoughts for the age of the missile navy engagements?
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Post by comstar on Jul 5, 2015 17:10:16 GMT
I played very early on so may have changed a lot but of the three periods with several games played they worked well Tri-reems, Napoleonic Sailing Ships and WW2 Navel with planes etc. I can't remember the system's but at the time felt right All games were about three years ago at Stab before I worked every weekend
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Post by Alien Dave on Jul 5, 2015 18:40:44 GMT
12 pages to cover all of gaming history? Either it's a very small font or the printer lives in a TARDIS...
With minor tweaks, not a lot changes in Naval wargaming until you get to the 20th century, then it all gets a bit mad. I'd be interested to see how he's made a simpler set of Modern Naval (that's missile age - everything else is ancients) rules than Mr Shipwreck.
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Post by comstar on Jul 5, 2015 19:32:25 GMT
Well it did do a reasonable job to change between tri-reems and WW2 If I remember correctly but not sure when it comes to modern. Sorry sir i cant help any more than that.
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