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Showing posts with label Naval Wargame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Naval Wargame. Show all posts
Wednesday, 4 December 2024

Bucket List Project: Fletcher Pratt 1:600(ish) game of The Battle of the River Plate [Model Collection] HMS Achilles

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This is a long standing project of mine, ignorant to the disrespectful advice on how silly and large a scale it is to play it in. True to Ai...
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Thursday, 18 May 2023

Nimitz - Operation Freya (1/3000 Ships)

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At last a use for my 1/3000 WWII Navwar naval collection (huzzah), the Nimitz rule set and its hypothetical introductory scenario, Norway 19...
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Thursday, 15 September 2022

Inter War USN Planning - WWII War Plan Orange Evolution

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I can highly recommend this talk from Peter Pellegrino (of NWC fame) with respect to teh evolution of the US naval strategy against the IJN ...
Monday, 20 June 2022

Black Seas and the USN

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Here's my story. Many, many moons ago I purchased Black Seas and expected to dive into the "age of sail" in 1/700 scale and be...
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Monday, 22 November 2021

Naval Wargaming Podcast (Man Battle Stations) and Episode 55 introducing Naval War (FREE downloadable naval wargaming rules) Link

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Just discovered the "Man Battle Stations Podcast" .. Naval - Air and Space gaming, past to present and speculation into the far, f...
Saturday, 18 January 2020

My First Cruel Seas: Italians versus Royal Navy & Russians?

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Introducing the Italian fleet: Italian E-Boat lookalikes (see below, very nice paint jobs with the diagonal red and white stripes): I...
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Friday, 3 January 2020

This is where my "love" of Naval Started, blame it on Paul Hague

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Take me back thirty eight years to the tender age of 13 or 14 and I read this book from my local library cover to cover several times over. ...
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Friday, 15 March 2019

Rediscovered this great little Naval Gaming Blog .. well worth a look

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http://redinthemorning.blogspot.com/ All sorts of stuff Will pop in there again for inspiration
Thursday, 17 January 2019

Note to self: WW2 Naval Wargame Rules (David Manly)

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http://wargameterrain.blogspot.com/2019/01/long-face-games-find-fix-and-strike.html https://www.wargamevault.com/product/263954/Find-Fix-an...
Friday, 19 January 2018

Russo-Jap War Naval: Port Arthur Break Out (Part 6) Freedom or Death?

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Yet another similar looking Russian photo of the "enraged" cruiser action (the lighter ships do seem to get hurt when they get hit...
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Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Russo-Jap War Naval: Port Arthur Break Out (Part 5) Tooth and Claw

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The Russian Admiral seemed to like to take very similar "pairs" of photographs. Perhaps Russian intelligence has developed a stere...
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Saturday, 13 January 2018

Russo-Jap War Naval: Port Arthur Break Out (Part 4) A Crisis Point in the Breakout Battle

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The battle has formed as the Japanese Admiral Togo wants it. He it heavily engaged with a portion of the Russian battle fleet (thus having a...
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Thursday, 11 January 2018

Russo-Jap War Naval: Port Arthur Break Out (Part 3) Fire All Guns that bear at the Bear!

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The Russian destroyers sweep past their Japanese counterparts unabashed and bravely face the "obsolete Japanese battleship's second...
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