tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post205250324892519508..comments2024-03-27T07:02:30.838+00:00Comments on A Wargaming Odyssey: Thoughts on the Jutland ProjectDavid Crookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-17982656613653114742014-11-09T19:41:07.393+00:002014-11-09T19:41:07.393+00:00Hi Geordie,
It will be happening during 2016 - th...Hi Geordie,<br /><br />It will be happening during 2016 - the plan is to carry out a refight to coincide with the centenary.<br /><br />All the capital ships will be ready for the end of this year and my post for 31/12 will be around a review of both fleets.<br /><br />Capital ship porn even!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-67051135568222292772014-11-08T22:47:07.427+00:002014-11-08T22:47:07.427+00:00The Jutland Project has got to happen by 2016 Davi...The Jutland Project has got to happen by 2016 DavidGeordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-10081044211839533022014-10-30T06:10:32.490+00:002014-10-30T06:10:32.490+00:00Hi Archduke,
Absolutely right! Your points are bo...Hi Archduke,<br /><br />Absolutely right! Your points are both well made and considered.The light cruisers and destroyers will have an important part to play in the game and so will certainly be represented. My concern though is that destroyers can often assume a far more important tactical effect during a game than historically which would serve to derail the whole thing. The threat of a torpedo attack is far greater than the effect and so I want to ensure this is the case - and is also something that AH Jutland captures simply but effectively with its 'turn away' option.<br /><br />My concern at this stage is the numbers involved have a disproportionate impact with massed torpedo attacks being launched all over the show.<br /><br />It will need a lot more work and thought but I have plenty of time to do both!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-31277139841678098502014-10-30T06:01:40.497+00:002014-10-30T06:01:40.497+00:00Hi Paul,
Funny you should suggest different base ...Hi Paul,<br /><br />Funny you should suggest different base types....This is something I have been pondering but suspect I will using formation movement trays rather than multiple model bases as I shall still to use them for low level actions on a one model = one ship basis.<br /><br />I suspect much experimentation will be needed.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-82233694565501091572014-10-29T21:12:04.779+00:002014-10-29T21:12:04.779+00:00It seems that the light cruiser squadrons of Commo...It seems that the light cruiser squadrons of Commodores Sinclair and Goodenough played a significant role attempting to draw the German fleet onto the battle cruisers, and informing the flag of developments.<br /><br />Early on in the action a destroyer/torpedo boat melee developed when the Germans attempted a torpedo attack on Beatty's and Evan-Thomas's Squadrons. At least twice more the German destroyers intervened to relieve the battleline from British gunfire.<br /><br />I understand that it was one of those attacks that induced Jellicoe to draw away from the Main German battlefleet, giving the latter time to draw away and retreat under cover of the gathering night.<br /><br />Given the fairly important, however secondary, roles of the light cruisers and destroyers, one feels that they ought to have some presence in their respective forces.<br /><br />That a mere 5% of torpedos ever found a mark might well be a benchmark for <i>opposed</i> torpedo attacks, though for unopposed attacks, one could go for a higher success rate. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-21759133815675014222014-10-29T13:56:20.935+00:002014-10-29T13:56:20.935+00:00You could represent the Destroyers as two kinds of...You could represent the Destroyers as two kinds of squadron bases - line and abreast formations, with a few representative hulls on them. That goes you the flex without the nausea of moving stack of bases.<br /><br />WRT Torpedo-phobia: perhaps obliging a ship to engage destroyers that are closing it, or manoeuvring the formation to maintain range, or both, would be an appropriate nod to those pesky Destroyer Captains looking for glory!Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.com