Monday 19 May 2014

Whoops! I did it again....

Now here's the thing. I have been looking long and hard at the Jutland rules produced in the old Avalon Hill boardgame of the same name and have been pondering accordingly. I have also been revisiting Paul Hague's outstanding Sea Battles in Miniature and sure enough - a light bulb moment occurred and so I think that a fusion of the two may be viable option for my WW1 naval project.

Great idea I thought.

But wait a second - this idea was ringing some long distance bells - I wonder why?

Then it came to me -  Jutland Sea Battles in Miniature - was a blog post from way back in 2012 that I had forgotten about. Not only had I forgotten about but I had also forgotten about the great pile of notes I had made to go with it - notes that were quite close to being ready to turn into a draft set of rules!

No prizes then for guessing what is coming next....
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12 comments:

  1. Archduke Piccolo19 May 2014 at 23:05

    I regard Paul Hague's book as THE classic for naval war games. One of those books - like Don Featherstone's Wargames Campaigns - I'd like to see back in print, so I could buy one.

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  2. MSFoy19 May 2014 at 23:08

    Therapy?

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  3. Peter Douglas20 May 2014 at 00:32

    David
    I remembered your postings about such a marriage of rules. I was sure that was what you were going to use for this project!
    Cheers
    PD

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  4. Bluebear Jeff20 May 2014 at 02:06

    Let's see . . . uh, maybe you are going to give us some rules for . . . 3D Chess?

    Oops, I'm wrong again, eh?

    I seem to make a habit of that.


    -- Jeff

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  5. Paul O'G20 May 2014 at 03:41

    Well you've saved yourself a bunch of work then!

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  6. David Crook20 May 2014 at 05:56

    Hi Archduke,

    I was lucky enough to pick up a copy courtesy of Ebay for a fairly modest price. There is a second edition but I have not seen this other than as a picture and a whimsical hope!

    It is a true classic!

    All the best,

    DC

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  7. David Crook20 May 2014 at 05:57

    Hi MSFoy,

    Knowing the head scratching that has gone into my previous naval endeavours I would consider this to be very likely....;-)

    All the best,

    DC

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  8. David Crook20 May 2014 at 05:59

    Hi Peter,

    It was rather embarrassing to have forgotten about the first efforts - I put that down to work though!

    All the best,

    DC

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  9. David Crook20 May 2014 at 06:02

    Hi Jeff,

    3D chess with battleships might be an option....

    ....or maybe not!

    All the best,

    DC

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  10. David Crook20 May 2014 at 06:04

    Hi Paul,

    I certainly have - and I am quite relieved that did not start the whole thing again from scratch, thereby doubling up the effort!

    All the best,

    DC

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  11. Paul O'G20 May 2014 at 09:59

    PS Tag you've been nominated!
    http://tasmancave.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/liebstered.html

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  12. David Crook24 May 2014 at 19:57

    Hi Paul,

    Many thanks old chap!

    All the best,

    DC

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