tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post3571747992385182909..comments2024-03-27T07:02:30.838+00:00Comments on A Wargaming Odyssey: Looking Backwards and Going ForwardsDavid Crookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-70924533503762145352018-06-04T08:36:45.006+01:002018-06-04T08:36:45.006+01:00Hi Dave,
I have extracted the rules from the book...Hi Dave,<br /><br />I have extracted the rules from the book and have compressed down to a couple of play sheets but as yet have not added in Eric's values. My timetable has been a little derailed over the last couple of weeks but I hope to be in action by the end of the month.<br /><br />The rules look pretty good for a campaign and for my part I will probably go with 3" squares.<br /><br />Best of luck with the WW1 stuff - I will be interested to hear how it works out.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DC David Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-16359832968232050822018-06-01T21:53:07.759+01:002018-06-01T21:53:07.759+01:00I read this with much interest!
I am also about t...I read this with much interest!<br /><br />I am also about to play some WW1 games solo in 1/3000 scale using the rules. I don’t have much space so gridded my sheets with 40mm squares. My playing area is 42x30 squares.<br /><br />I appreciate Eric’s post giving an idea how to calculate the ship values I couldn’t remember.<br /><br />I last played these in 1978 and then a few games around 2000. I am getting on a bit now so they will give me a fun solo set to hang a mini campaign on later.<br /><br />I follow with interest.<br /><br />Cheers<br />DaveDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00810917899000829312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-47816541908913908602018-05-16T14:16:54.936+01:002018-05-16T14:16:54.936+01:00Hi Stu Rat,
Now that is a good idea and is certai...Hi Stu Rat,<br /><br />Now that is a good idea and is certainly something worth considering. I have the very same books myself so will give this some thought.<br /><br />For now though I shall be using the rules as written as a baseline before tweaking them although I will be doing so at some point with a couple of areas.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-23583104023293852582018-05-16T12:35:15.652+01:002018-05-16T12:35:15.652+01:00Hi Eric,
Many thanks for your ideas - that is cer...Hi Eric,<br /><br />Many thanks for your ideas - that is certainly something for me to experiment with.<br /><br />It has proven to be quite a revelation extracting the rules from the book and they will come in at four sides of A4 (I could condense it further but I dislike cluttered play sheets). I enjoyed the book and BC's approach to naval wargames is very refreshing.<br /><br />There is a postscript to this in that he recommended using index cards for the ship specs. Many years ago (the early 1980s in fact) I remember using these for another set of rules. The ship cards have long since gone but I still have the blank cards!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-33700329947376495852018-05-16T09:35:37.672+01:002018-05-16T09:35:37.672+01:00Hi David, BC's book is a masterpiece of concis...Hi David, BC's book is a masterpiece of conciseness - here's how I worked out his ship values BB/BC 1/50 of std tonnage, CV/CVE 1/100 std tonnage, CA 1/50 CL 1/60 DD = 60 points DE 50 points - smaller 25pts, all subs 15 pts - seems to work quite well. Good luck1Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10498713664603927189noreply@blogger.com