tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42345043145739262802024-02-07T17:18:47.151-05:00The Northern GamerThe Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-63738093276462873722020-05-17T20:28:00.001-04:002020-05-18T16:06:42.148-04:00Giving blogging another go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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After being reminded that this blog exists after a previous post that I
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A few months ago, I picked up an Arduino kit since I needed an Arduino microcontroller as a bootloader in order to upgrade the firmware on my 3d printer. Anyways, during the COVID-19 lockdown, looked at my Arduino kit, and thought to myself that I could use the ultrasonic distance sensor and integrate that into an electronic sentry for a future game...</div>
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So I took out the Arduino and created a simple circuit with an HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor and an RGB LED light for output, and<a href="https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/sparkfun-inventors-kit-experiment-guide---v40/circuit-3b-distance-sensor" target="_blank"> adapted the code from Sparkfun</a> such that a measured distance of less than 20cm would light up the LED as red, more than 20cm but less than 40cm as yellow, and more than 40cm as green.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So the Light Tank, M3 that I had hanging around after 3d printing successfully tripped the sensor at 15cm.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The Light Tank, M3 reliably tripped the sensor when full on, and broadside aspect, but did so unreliably when angled 45 degrees to the sensor.</div>
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Next, I tried with a kneeling GI with M1 Carbine (I believe that the
model is Old Glory 28). At first it looked like I had success since
the light was green... but as soon as I removed my hand, it was for naught and the light went green.</div>
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Nonetheless, I think this is a valid proof of concept for a sentry in a pillbox for a raid scenario. Net step will be adapting a pillbox from thingivers to handle the wiring, or failing that, sketch one out on tinkercad. It's slightly disapointing that a single 28mm model won't reliably trip the sensor, the fact that 28mm models don't move by themselves and need a hand to move is sufficient by itself to make a useful gaming peice. </div>
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As for why use an Arduino and an ultrasonic sensor when a measuring tape will give the same information? 1) It's possible, 2) it looks cool, and 3) I think this makes the tabletop game more immersive for the player.</div>
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After having found an old draft a previous naval game on my blog, I finished it up and posted the game on our gaming group's Facebook page. Seeing the post, Stu asked when we were running our next naval game. As it turns out, it was this weekend.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stu happily clutches the SSD of the French Battleship Richelieu after inflicting a magazine explosion on the Red Eminence. Robby is less than impressed in the background. </td></tr>
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The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com1London Public Library, Crouch Branch, 550 Hamilton Road, London, ON N5Z, Canada42.9804606 -81.21501860000000817.4584261 -122.5236126 68.5024951 -39.906424600000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-38845118526231861462014-07-01T05:14:00.003-04:002014-07-01T05:18:57.822-04:00France's New Toys and a Fight Against the Brits<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new ships from Shapeways. The set in the bag contains the Clemenceau and the Gasgogne.</td></tr>
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I just realized that I forgot about this post and most of the details of the battle escape me at the moment. From what I can remember, the lack of radar hurt the French and that by the end of the day Davy Jones' had a formidable supply of baguettes. Conversely the only capital ship that the Brits lost was the Hood, but that's to be expected from a ship of that pedigree. The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-90997330429086605562013-02-16T22:56:00.002-05:002013-02-16T23:03:16.516-05:00Fear God and Dread Nought: Jutland in 1/6000 with Naval Thunder<div style="text-align: justify;">
So last Sunday I had to go to the police station. No, not for anything criminal, but to join the Historical Gaming Association of London in their monthly game ;-)</div>
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So for this month's game, it was decided that I would be hosting a re-fight of the battle of Jutland using my 1/6000 scale Figurehead ships and the Naval Thunder Clash of Dreadnought rules. This battle is one of those that gamers always want to play to a conclusion, but almost never do due to running out of time and space. I hoped that with the smaller figures and this set of rules would help make this dream a reality. We'll see how this ends...</div>
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Victory Conditions:</div>
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<li>British Grand Fleet: </li>
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<li>Tactical Victory: Sink more capital ships than lost</li>
<li>Strategic Victory: End the battle with more capital ships than the Germans. </li>
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<li>German High Seas Fleet</li>
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<li>Tactical Victory: Sink more capital ships than lost</li>
<li>Operational Victory: Sink more than 2x the number of ships than lost</li>
<li>Strategic Victory: End the battle with a number of ships equal to or more than the number of British ships</li>
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The Brits from Left to Right: Bob, Gavin, Jim, Greg and Stephen (off frame)</td></tr>
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The Grand Fleet's OOB</div>
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<li> C-in-C of the Grand Fleet, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (Jim)</li>
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<li>Second Battle Squadron, Vice-Admiral Cromarty (Gavin)</li>
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<li>First Division </li>
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<li>HMS King George V</li>
<li>HMS Ajax</li>
<li>HMS Centurion</li>
<li>HMS Erin</li>
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<li>Second Division</li>
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<li>HMS Orion</li>
<li>HMS Monarch</li>
<li>HMS Thunderer</li>
<li>HMS Conqueror</li>
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<li>Fourth Battle Squadron, Vice-Admiral Sir Sturdee (Jim)</li>
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<li>Third Division</li>
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<li>HMS Iron Duke</li>
<li>HMS Royal Oak</li>
<li>HMS Superb</li>
<li>HMS Canada</li>
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<li>Fourth Division</li>
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<li>Benbow</li>
<li>Bellerophon</li>
<li>Temeraire</li>
<li>Vanguard</li>
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<li>First Battle Squadron, Vice-Admiral Burney, (Greg)</li>
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<li>Fifth Division</li>
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<li>HMS Colossus</li>
<li>HMS Collingwood</li>
<li>HMS St. Vincent</li>
<li>HMS Neptune</li>
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<li>Sixth Division</li>
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<li>HMS Marlborough</li>
<li>HMS Revenge</li>
<li>HMS Hercules</li>
<li>HMS Agincourt</li>
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<li>Third Battlecruiser Squadron, Rear-Admiral Hood (Stephen)</li>
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<li>HMS Invincible</li>
<li>HMS Inflexible</li>
<li>HMS Indomitable</li>
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<li>Battlecruiser Fleet, Vice-Admiral Beatty (Bob)</li>
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<li>First Battlecruiser Squadron</li>
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<li>HMS Lion</li>
<li>HMS Princess Royal</li>
<li>HMS Queen Mary</li>
<li>HMS Tiger</li>
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<li>Second Battlecruiser Squadron</li>
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<li>HMS New Zealand</li>
<li>HMS Indefatigable</li>
<li>HMAS Australia*</li>
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<li>Fifth Battle Squadron</li>
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<li>HMS Barham</li>
<li>HMS Valiant</li>
<li>HMS Warspite</li>
<li>HMS Malaya </li>
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So for the German OOB we have:</div>
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<li>C-in-C of the High Seas Fleet, Vizeadmiral Scheer (Rich)</li>
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<li>Third Squadron</li>
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<li> 5th Division</li>
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<li>SMS König</li>
<li>SMS Grosser Kurfurst</li>
<li>SMS Kronpriz</li>
<li>SMS Markgraf</li>
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<li>6th Division</li>
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<li>SMS Friedrich der Grosse</li>
<li>SMS Kaiser</li>
<li>SMS Prinzregent Luitpold</li>
<li>SMS Kaiserin</li>
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<li>First Squadron, Konteradmiral Schmidt (Hayden)</li>
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<li>1st Division</li>
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<li>SMS Ostfriesland</li>
<li>SMS Thuringen</li>
<li>SMS Helgoland</li>
<li>SMS Oldenburg</li>
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<li>2nd Division</li>
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<li>SMS Posen</li>
<li>SMS Rheinland</li>
<li>SMS Nassau</li>
<li>SMS Westfalen</li>
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<li>Second Squadron, Konteradmiral Mauve, (Glenn)</li>
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<li>3rd Division</li>
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<li>SMS Deutschland</li>
<li>SMS Hessen</li>
<li>SMS Pommern</li>
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<li>4th Division</li>
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<li>SMS Hannover</li>
<li>SMS Schlesien</li>
<li>SMS Schleswig-Holstein</li>
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<li>First Reconnaissance Group, Vizeadmiral Hipper (Stu)</li>
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<li>SMS Lutzow</li>
<li>SMS Derfflinger</li>
<li>SMS Seydlitz</li>
<li>SMS Moltke</li>
<li>SMS Von der Tann</li>
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When I set up the table, I tried simulate the historical battle by getting the scouting fleets to go at it first and then have the main fleets rush in for the general action (more on how this affected the battle later at then end). And so whilst the main fleets of dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts are steaming at full speed towards the sound of the guns, the two scouting fleets start the action at medium/long range. On the first turn, Stu turns his Battlecruisers broadside-on while Bob in a true Nelsonesque/Beattyesque fashion charges full steam ahead towards the enemy. As the main guns open up Krupp armour, luck and bad British shell design seem to greatly favour the <span lang="de">Kaiserliche Marine as only the Moltke takes takes one non-penetrating hit and all other non-penetrating hits are downgraded to non-hits. On the other hand, the </span><span lang="de">New Zealand's suffered simultaneous multiple floodings, fires and an engine hit. The Tiger was also targeted and suffered only one fire and a flooding. </span></div>
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Realizing that a Nelsonian engagement at pistol range would be suicidal, Bob decides to turn his battlecruiser squadrons to engage broadside to broadside whilst his Queen Es continue ahead in order to force a crossing of Stu's T. During the shooting phase, Bob is again hurt by the bad luck and bad British shells as his meagre number of hits rarely penetrates the thicker armour, and most of the ones that do penetrate are downgraded to non-penetrating status because of odd-numbered die rolls. Once again, the Germans are able to hit and consistently penetrate the less well armoured British battlecruisers. The ability to consistently penetrate the enemy shows in the state of the ships, as the whilst the Brits are consistently trying to put out fires and plug the holes below their waterline, the German ships suffered mostly cosmetic damage and all were above 80% health. During the secondaries phase, things got ... messy ... for the British as an 15cm shell from the Lutzow pasted Vice-Admiral Beatty all over his command bridge on HMS Lion via a super-structure critical. I guess that the British were will affected by the sudden loss of Vice-Admiral Beatty because only one of their 8 torpedoes hit the the Lutzow whereas 3 of the four German torpedoes his the battlecruisers, causing a jammed rudder on HMS Lion.<br />
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During the next turn, we do see that the Grand Fleet's manoeuvring woes continue, as the majority of the battlecuisers are badly hit and suffering from a mixture of bridge and rudder hits. These woes are further exacerbated by Stu crossing the T on the Queen Elizabeths and being relatively immune from return fire due to the multitude of shell splashes from the lead ships of Jellico's force at extreme range. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hipper's squadron is targeted by many different British ships. However, this had the side effect of destroying British accuracy. </td></tr>
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At this point of the game, Bob (as Admiral Beatty) is getting frustrated by his inability to get critical hits on his opposite number. In a dash of suicidal brilliance, he realities that there is no rule for bad British Torpedoes, and thus positions his ships accordingly. Stu obliges Bob and to Bob's chagrin opens up his undamaged torpedo broadside on the Queen Elizabeth. Things are getting more and more dire for the British Battlecruiser Command. The Bridge hits on HMS Queen Mary forces it to move ahead by 5 inches, and normally this would be fine... except that HMS Tiger had an engine hit that slowed it down to 3 inches per turn... Once again, Bob's dice betray him and the two battlecruisers collide and leaves the Tiger on fire with only one hull point left. The two indefatigable class ships are also in dire straights with HMS New Zealand sporting a list, multiple fires and multiple flooding as well as HMS Indefatigable suffering from a low number of hull points, a fire and multiple instances of flooding. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hipper opening up on a his undamaged broadside on the Queen Elizabeths. In the foreground, HMS Queen Mary rams HMS Lion and effectively hands out a death sentence for the Battlecruiser. </td></tr>
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As the Queen Elizabeths close to point blank range (3"), they open fire with their 15 inch naval guns anticipating massive damage on the upstart battlecruisers. Once again, the dice betray Bob (notice a theme here) and he rolls an unlikely amount of uneven numbers, and thus turning a potentially devastating barrage into a work order for a new coat of paint. During the secondaries round, both sides rolls a bucket of dice apiece hoping for super-structure criticals, and once again, Stu is lucky knocking out the bridges on HMS Barham<i> </i>and HMS Warspite whilst only suffering from a few fires in return. (It should be noted that both Stu and Bob were using the same dice) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup on the torpedo runs. Short range damage from the Queen Elizabeths are a disapointment since many of the 15inch shells shatter on the outside of the Battlecruiser's hulls.</td></tr>
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The torpedo runs were particularly vicious with all ships involved suffering at least a hit, but once again, the Germans got off less injured than the British. Meanhile in the rest of the battle, the German pre-dreadnought engage HMS New Zeland, and promptly miss all their shots. </div>
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It was decided that the Indifatigables, HMS Queen Mary and HMS Tiger were goners in the next turn ether though gunfire or a combination of fire-fighting/flooding. It was also decided that since HMS Lion and HMS Princess Royal were slowed down, on fire and flooding, not to mention in range of the Koning class ships, they would have a limited life expectancy of just a few turns. Furthermore, HMS Barham<i> </i>was down below quarter of it's original hull points and all other Queen Elizabeths were at least below half of their starting hull points, that if they could break contact they would need extensive dry-dock time to return to fighting shape. </div>
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On the other side of the ledger, SMS Lutzow was the only German battlecruiser to be below half hull points, and SMS Derfflinger was the only German battlecruiser to be slowed down from their original top speed. Since Hipper would have to extricate his squadron from point blank engagement with the Queen Elizabths and still deal with the crippled British battlecruisers on his way out, it was felt that baring a golden BB hit, Hipper would most likely lose the Lutzow and the Derfflinger or at the very least force them into a very long stay in the dockyards. </div>
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So how does this tally-up in light of the goals? Without a doubt, this battle is a major tactical victory for the Germans. At every turn, they outmanoeuvred the British and were able to inflict disproportionate damage on their adversaries. As for the global strategic outcome, I am of two minds of this. On the one hand, it could be
argued that the British did not lose the status quo in
controlling the sea for they still had more capital ships in the North Sea at the end of the battle than the Germans, and thus by maintaining a fleet in being, they could continue the blockade and continues to choke off imports crucial for the Imperial German warmachine. <br />
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On the other hand, losses on this scale would have shaken the British
people to their core. It we were to look at the political fallout of
Jutland with the relatively small number of ships lost compared to this battle, it is very possible that Admiral Jellico is sacked outright and probably court-marshalled "pour encourager les autres". Also it is quite possible that this could have lead to H.H. Asquith's government from falling in June rather than December.<br />
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A few remarks about the set-up and the battle<br />
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<li>One mistake on my part was setting up the Battleships 3 feet from the battlecruiser action. This was mostly due to me playing much more Naval Thunder Battle Ship Row lately in which the average speed for a battleship is 7 inches per turn and the extreme ranges for the guns are between 60 and 80 inches instead of 5 inches of movement and 36 inches in range during the WW1 time period. </li>
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<li>I'll say it again, but in this game it's crucial to be able to consistently score critical hits in order to score serious damage on the enemy. </li>
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<li>We also played with the Powder flash rules, and in this respect Bob's dice were excellent and saved three ships from turning into rapidly expanding balls of smoke. </li>
<li>Despite all of the critical hits that were rolled on the critical hit table, no ships rolled a twenty and thus spontaneously blew up. I was surprised and pleased. I hope that this could be offered as proof that this game is not ruled by golden BBs.</li>
<li>As to the participants of the battle, I'm sorry for taking this long, but the flue and real life got in the way. </li>
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So on Saturday we had a short playing session at the library due to other conflicting obligations. So since we had just a bit of time, we decided to play a twist on the British sinking the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir. In order to speed up the scenario, we ignored the British aircraft carrier as well as all of the destroyers on both sides. This left the players with:</div>
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<li><i> </i>Strasbourg</li>
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Kevin chose the French since he thought that he could redeem his performance from last week in which he lost two battleships and two battlecruisers in exchange for a North Carolina class. Once again, we chose to use the L shaped table configuration because the extreme range of the Dunkerque's guns is 80 inches and we felt that this would permit some pre-contact manoeuvring. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As the ships approach contact, the British light cruisers lay down a smoke screen in order to help protect the outnumbered battleships.</td></tr>
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The French are out-ranging the Brits by a substantial margin (80" to 60"). Therefore the British light cruisers create a smoke screen in order to protect the more valuable capital ships. These actions proptly made the cruisers a target in the eyes of the French and many poorly paraphrased lines from Scotty were uttered every time the HMS Enterprise was hit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin is turning his battlecruisers to face Albion's battleships, accepting that at this range it would be better to be a harder target to hit and suffer the armour penalty if hit.</td></tr>
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As the Brits fire off their first salvo, one hit is recorded, and the result was a main battery hit on the Strasbourg. Since the French turrets had a 60mm steel partition between the two half of the turret, we decided to give the French player a 6+ save to see if he would loose the entire turret of 4 guns or just half the turret, leaving it 2 guns. In this case, Kevin failed the save, and the whole turret was lost...or so we thought. It was pointed out that the British hit should not have counted since the British player forgot to add the +1 for crossing the T. With this new modifier, the roll to hit failed, and the Strasbourg's turret reappears as if by magic.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The smoke screen from the light combatants.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin sinks the two light cruisers... The smoke lingers on</td></tr>
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In the next turn the French succeed in sinking the British light cruisers and the British score a main battery destroyed on the Dunkerque. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French fleet as night falls. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Final position, and the peanut gallery looks on.</td></tr>
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So we had to call this game earlier that usual. In the final tally the French only had minor structural damage on the Dunkerque and the British lost both light cruisers. So we called it as minor French victory.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com1Hamilton Road, London, ON, Canada42.980776981084929 -81.21530413627624542.980685981084932 -81.215461636276245 42.980867981084927 -81.215146636276245tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-6624417031146647252013-01-13T00:27:00.001-05:002013-01-13T00:27:04.871-05:00The Battle to Determine the name of Chips: French Fries or Freedom FriesIt looks like so far my blog is only posting the games in which John is absent. This is not my intention, but it looks like that because it's been a while since I've played at the HRGG when John is there. Regardless, today John had a great reason for not gaming... picking up his wife from the hospital. (Good luck on your recovery Beth.)<br />
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So today we decided to break out my new WW2 French fleet and since we didn't have any Italians ships any of our collections or any painted Brits (I'm working on them, but they aren't fully painted yet), we decided to get a little tong-in-cheek and picked the Americans - hence the title of the post. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin surveys the American fleet from the French table corner</td></tr>
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<li> French Order of battle</li>
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<li>Task-force Baguette (Vice-amiral Kevin)</li>
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<li>Battleship Division (All Richelieu Class)</li>
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<li>BB-15 Richelieu</li>
<li>BB-16 Jean Bart</li>
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<li>Battlecruiser Division (All Dunkerque Class)</li>
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<li>BB-13 Dunkerque </li>
<li>BB-14 Strasbourg </li>
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<li>Task-force Brie (Contre-amiral Martin)</li>
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<li>Museum Division (All Bretagne Class)</li>
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<li>BB-5 Bretagne </li>
<li>BB-6 Provence</li>
<li>BB-7 Lorraine</li>
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<li>Cruiser Division</li>
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<li>CA Algérie </li>
<li>CA Colbert (Suffren Class)</li>
<li>CA Montcalm (La Galissonnière Class) </li>
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<li>American Order of battle </li>
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<li>Task-Force Burger (Rear-Admiral Andy)</li>
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<li>Battleship Division</li>
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<li>BB-60 Alabama (South Dakota Class)</li>
<li>BB-56 Washington (North Carolina Class)</li>
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<li>Cruiser Division (All Baltimore Class)</li>
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<li>CA-72 Pittsburgh </li>
<li>CA-69 Boston</li>
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<li>Task-Force Bagel (Commodore Deric)</li>
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<li>Battleship Division</li>
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<li>BB-39 Arizona (Pennsylvania Class)</li>
<li>BB-41 Mississippi (New Mexico Class)</li>
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<li>Cruiser Division</li>
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<li>CA-68 Baltimore</li>
<li>CL-51 Atlanta </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French deployment from Left to Right: Battleship Division, Battlecruiser Division, Museum Division and Cruiser Division </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American deployment from top to bottom: Bagel Battleships, Burger Battleships, Burger Cruisers and Bagel Cruisers.</td></tr>
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The game started with both fleets ordering full steam ahead. It becomes obvious in a few turns that the older ships can't keep up with the more modern ships, and this will have disastrous consequences later on. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kevin mesuring out the 80 inch range of his Battlecruiser's main guns. Unfortunately he is half an inch short - much to Deric's glee. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The game starts promisingly for the French scoring multiple extreme range hits against the older American battleships and the Americans unable to respond back due to the shorter range of their guns.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French fleet sailing at full speed. Note the Bretagne Class ships falling behind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the American ships from the french position. Battleships are closer and cruisers at the back. Older battleships are also falling behind.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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As the ships close the Mississippi decides to ignore the battleships to her 10 o'clock and decides to pound the cruisers. Algérie was first to feel the wrath of the Mississippi and was the only cruiser to survive 2 turns. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The battle lines are closing, and the cruisers are sinking. </td></tr>
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As the ships closed the range,a few things became apparent: <ol><ol>
<li>Radar fire-control has gives the Americans an strong advantage in all but extreme range. </li>
<li>Kevin's decision to pile on two ships on each lead ship in order to "Sink a ship instead of leaving 2 wounded ships" </li>
<li>The French fast and light rounds and American's stronger armour made the American ships much more survivable than their French counterparts. </li>
<li>16 inch guns are brutal, and massively outclass the Richelieu's 15s</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The four modern French battleships form lines of battle. The three WW1 vintage ships are so far back that they are out of frame.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Richelieu gets pounded by the 16" guns of the Alabama and looses both it's main turrets and all secondary turrets. In order to save the hull, Kevin orders the ship out of the line. </td></tr>
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The older American ships turn their attention to the Dunkirques, and the their armour is insufficient to stop the onslaught of heavy American shells, and they rapidly join the Alabama into a race to the abyssal depths. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final position of the battle. By the end of this turn, all modern French battleships are sunk and the French concede to forevermore eating Freedom Fries. </td></tr>
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During the last turn before we called the game, the heavy cruisers delivered the coup-de-grâce the Richelieu with extreme range fire and the floating museum ships finally got into range and scored a few good hits against the Mississippi. However, since the ships were outclassed in speed, armour and guns they were still facing long odds even if they were unhurt. The Washington was at just over 80%, the Mississippi was at about 65% and the Arizona was at 45% and missing one turret.<br />
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<li>This game could have been closer if the French had played a bit smarter and had not been dazzled by their speed advantage and used the older ships as ablative shielding while using the modern ships to fire at extreme range.</li>
<li>Our gaming group prefers surface actions and between my collection and Andy's there are 0 aircraft carriers. However this does lead to some unbalancing in points since the heavier AA complement of the American ships inflate their value in an environment with no air or subs. </li>
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Anyways, I'm off to eat some Fren...Freedom Fries. The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com1Hamilton Road, London, ON, Canada42.980787060365863 -81.21523374648285242.980605560365866 -81.215548746482852 42.980968560365859 -81.214918746482851tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-22928716914305625042012-12-15T21:08:00.002-05:002012-12-15T21:08:40.340-05:00An incident in the Gulf of Tonkin...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today was a quiet day at the HRGG. Of course with Christmas coming up soon, many had other places to be on a Saturday morning... but that did not stop a few of us to make it down to the library and game out a fictional clash between the French and the Japanese.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A one-on-one duel between HMS Canada (far end) and SMS <i>König (near end)</i><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4234504314573926280" title="SMS König"><i></i></a></td></tr>
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Whilst waiting for the others to arrive, Andy and I decide to play a quick one-on-one duel between HMS Canada (Andy) and SMS König using my Figurehead 1/6000 scale minis. The two ships steamed towards each other with Canada opening fire first thanks to it's larger 14 inch guns. At long range the Canada hit an unlikely number of critical hits, including a heavy flooding and and engine room hit. Needless to say, with superior range and speed, the Canada was able to quickly open the range and pound the König to the bottom the the sea. Despite being of the loosing end, it was a fun mini-game and it shows the importance that range and speed can play in a one on one game.</div>
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Now, with that out of the way, it was time for the baptism of fire for my brand new GHQ French light ships. Since for obvious reasons France did not build ships from 1940 to 1945, it was decided that the battle would feature exclusively Treaty ships. (* denotes ships built after 1940, but was used for the battle due to limited number of suitable models.)</div>
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As the ships close, the Japanese are surprised that the French out-ranged them. Prior to the game, all players were able to inspect the SSDs of the opposition, however since they saw the Japanese out-range the US, they thought that it would be the same case with the French. The French players rubbed their hands in glee as they saw the enemy ships enter
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As the ships close, Andy and Glenn are frustrated by their inability to hit the enemy ships, while me and Bear hit the enemy with some regularity. (A quick note, Andy and I were sharing the same dice)</div>
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The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com2578-596 Hamilton Rd, London, ON N5Z 1S5, Canada42.980476755014443 -81.21291160583496142.974668255014443 -81.222782105834966 42.986285255014444 -81.203041105834956tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-19790511787292063032012-11-18T21:45:00.002-05:002012-11-19T02:02:32.836-05:00Necromancy and Naval Thunder<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Largest Table yet at the HRGG</td></tr>
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In the absence of John (who was unable to attend due to business) I'll fill in and give the weekly gaming report for the Hamilton Road Gaming Group. This also gives me a chance to re-animate my long languishing blog, but then again going to Grad school has taken a large toll on my time.. at least that's what I keep telling myself.<br />
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For this week week's game, we used Andy's superbly painted <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/" target="_blank">WW2 GHQ ships</a> and the <a href="http://navalthunder.com/" target="_blank">Naval Thunder: Battleship Row</a> rules. As a side note, the original set-up was to have the three USN battleships face a four ship Japanese taskforce. However since the scheduled Shadowrun game was canceled, the idea was sprung to why not use the extra tables, and thus we played on what is most likely the larges ever contiguous table ever at the HRGG (that will show you John to put business before wargaming ;-) ) <br />
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As this was our second time playing the WW2 rules, we use the base game as well as the Fast Battleship and the Acceleration optional rules. <br />
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The sides (apologies if I messed-up the names and commands):<br />
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<li>USN:</li>
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<li>Commodore Nick, USS Alabama</li>
<li>Captain Bear, USS Mississipi</li>
<li>Captain Brian, USS Arizona</li>
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<li>IJN Taskforce Tōkei</li>
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<li>Fast Division </li>
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<li>Rear-Admiral Martin (KIA) / Commodore Kevin, IJN Heie</li>
<li>Captain Chance IJN Kongo</li>
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<li>Battleship Division</li>
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<li>Captain Glenn, IJN Nagato</li>
<li>Captain Andreas, IJN Mutsu</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another view of the table, with the teams setting up. Americans to the Left and Japanese to the Right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IJN Task Force Tōkei in a smart formation. From top to bottom, Marty/Kevin, Chance, Glenn and Andy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">American Squadron, in a new tactical formation</td></tr>
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Each side set-up on their own end of the L-shape table, with the Japanese in a staggered line ahead lead by the fast division and the Americans in in an inverted V formation. Both sides advanced towards the enemy at the top speed of their battleships.<br />
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As the Japanese ships approached the intersection of the two tables, the Americans discovered to their dismay that their guns were much shorter ranged than those of their enemies. During the first volley, Rear-Admiral Martin died of heart attack and was immediately succeeded by Commodore Kevin who had just walked into the room. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy rolls his dice, shooting at an absurdly long 76 inches. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans must steam into the teeth of the enemy broadsides, needing to close the range of 64 inches to respond.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Commodore Kevin giving moving the fleet flagship. Chance and the far end of the table, who despite looking a little board rolled extremely well during the day, once landing 6 of 8 shots needing 8+ on a d10.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andy measuring the range to the USS Mississippi.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The USS Arizona on fire. Although we cant see it, the Mississippi was in tough shape having lost half of it's forward turrets.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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The long range fire was taking its toll on the American ships, with the Mississippi at one point loosing all of it's forward batteries due to critical hits. However as the Americans closed the distance and their shells started to hit with more regularity the difference in shell weight was felt. Kevin was frustrated by his inability to penetrate the armour of his targets whist receiving automatic penetrations from the American ships. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Americans get into range...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and blow-up the Mutsu on the first and only shot by touching of the powder magazine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forced by a rudder hit, the Americans open up their broadsides</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where is the Nagato going??? A rudder hit forces it into a 180 while the fast division tries to open up the range.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Distraught by the "auto pens" the Fast division attempted to open up the range. Under constant attrition from the fast division, the Arizona was the first ship to loose all of its hull points and in a slow and dignified manner, slipped into the briny deeps. At the same time, it seemed that Glenn was systematically reducing the Bear's turrets, to the point that Bear was down to only one rear facing turret... and then the USS Mississippi's turn to slip beneath the waves. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final position.</td></tr>
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The game ended in a final salvo that would make any Bushido following seaman proud as the USS Alabama and the IJN Nagato exchanged simultaneously fatal broadsides at each other. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final position from the American point of view.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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It was a costly win for the Japanese with both Nagato class ships down to Davy Jones' locker. The Kongo emerged unscathed and the Heie was severely damaged, but both ships are able to steam back to port, so it's a win none the less. On the other side, all three American ships are sunk despite having a more "points" on the board at the start of the engagement. <br />
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Despite only playing for the first few turns and then becoming the GM, I really like these rules for they give a flavour of the period, without having to bog down into the minutia of having to calculate the modifier for the blood-alcohol level of your gunners. I can't wait to play this again.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-32270616103151160902010-04-14T04:53:00.001-04:002010-04-14T05:19:26.961-04:00Gulf war what if<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv1sL_ip0YziEtrPzyxOP6TqNX4w0KuVT7kRJZ3lT-7J_-DIcVrtzYXdV0s6fCh5VguHnCn0fkzCFseqKYbByqI3RmVKvF8unpm8CK9OBEwoLvd_lFhosmKTSlP6J0jq4vVwIlxxoWM8/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-04-14+at+2.37.34+AM.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidv1sL_ip0YziEtrPzyxOP6TqNX4w0KuVT7kRJZ3lT-7J_-DIcVrtzYXdV0s6fCh5VguHnCn0fkzCFseqKYbByqI3RmVKvF8unpm8CK9OBEwoLvd_lFhosmKTSlP6J0jq4vVwIlxxoWM8/s320/Screen+shot+2010-04-14+at+2.37.34+AM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459914365548478034" border="0" /></a><br />In the few months ago, I acquired 2 GHQ combat commands (Israel and UK (mid-80s to mid-90s). I want to create a campaign featuring this two countries, and here is a draft of my ideas.<br /><br />January 23th 1991 AM: Iraqi SCUD attacks against Israel are successful in causing an Israeli response. Israel decides to send out the 162nd Armor Division to the Western Iraqi desert in order to take control of the launching zone, forcing the scuds to deploy out of range of Israel.<br /><br />January 23th 1991 PM: Jordan, sensing that Israel's incursion on Iraqi soil would be unwise, denies permission to Israel to cross it's territory.<br /><br />January 24th 1991 AM, Seeing that Israeli mobilization of the 162nd Armor Division continues unabated, King Hussein asks for help from the UK contingent of Desert Shield.<br /><br />January 24th 1991 PM, Fearing that its main combat elements would arrive too late, infantry from the 7th Armoured Brigade (1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment) are inserted by helicopter, along with all the MILAN systems that could be spared, in a ridge line directly in front of the Israeli line of advance in the hope that this would make the Israeli government and military apparatus to re-think its actions and save the coalition against Saddam Hussein. Ominously, the OC of the infantry detachment has been given orders to consider Israeli forces hostile if they approach within 3000 meters of river he is guarding.<br /><br />While the soldiers of the 7th armoured are diging in, their Warrior APCs are driving North from Saudi Arabia to meet them, and they are also bringing their attached Grenadier Guards Company and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.<br /><br />January 25th, AM: The 162nd Armor Div. enters visual range of the river...<br /><br /><br /><br />The map:<br /><br />At least 75% of the Israeli force must enter the board in the vicinity of Point Alpha and must exit the board at Point Zulu.<br />Up to 25% of the Israeli force may enter the board in the vicinity of Point Bravo. This represents a scouting / recon by fire force. They may cross at the bridge, or they may ford the river and proceed off the opposite edge of the board.<br /><br />At least 75% of the British Infantry and all available MILAN launchers must deploy on the board in a defensive formation in order to block point access to Point ZULU, and allow time for the mechanized forces to reach the battlefield.<br /><br />The Rest of the 7th Armoured Brigade enters at Point Charley.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm still a few month away from starting the campaign (Exams, building terrain, painting the figs...), so constructive criticism is welcome since it can make the scenario better.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-70184575531163458882010-01-14T18:44:00.000-05:002010-01-14T18:51:53.741-05:00Tanks!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysJT4HV_LLTICqLK9FpYb2WD8gHphuajCtHWta1uEUvpnguyfZdQRs06fk9G5UePHv5mIUY5nRsPcnLlJV5YliNWAYnVdJbZuHRLaAW9Fe9ELzk6z15zBV0gDlPZBudiUxL96S-Rjq3I/s1600-h/100_3600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysJT4HV_LLTICqLK9FpYb2WD8gHphuajCtHWta1uEUvpnguyfZdQRs06fk9G5UePHv5mIUY5nRsPcnLlJV5YliNWAYnVdJbZuHRLaAW9Fe9ELzk6z15zBV0gDlPZBudiUxL96S-Rjq3I/s320/100_3600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426747122639769074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBpX3PtJsurfMlqSQ34xCwHoV23ZN4zMisfynSd__B3Xq1XPXq3N3ngYdNvIGaTokzbxJMbI5DkWu57aG7rxDPhRt5O95dI9uqRVbuLZg13y0tan7cZII3-whIboA3CpEoHg2kkwc4Wk/s1600-h/100_3598.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBpX3PtJsurfMlqSQ34xCwHoV23ZN4zMisfynSd__B3Xq1XPXq3N3ngYdNvIGaTokzbxJMbI5DkWu57aG7rxDPhRt5O95dI9uqRVbuLZg13y0tan7cZII3-whIboA3CpEoHg2kkwc4Wk/s320/100_3598.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426746459019090738" border="0" /></a><br />Hey, sorry for the wait, I was a very busy the last few months. Now here is a pick of my Leopard 2 with a few Canadian infantry in support. All the models are QRF.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-55843185428685644202009-11-08T15:17:00.000-05:002009-11-08T15:23:28.969-05:00Done the Canadians<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1O4virRRSvsYMUhgGdKV6GtFw6vpFOHI2xg3pITIrxlSYRBpxpkUyrTTmvmTxgkn_9z1VmJNDbB9_l64QqAleoHTGr31UaxYY9H7TxFQtklBwR3Cey-Ki0UUeB39UV6Y8en-LKp3xKw/s1600-h/CADPAT+AR+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1O4virRRSvsYMUhgGdKV6GtFw6vpFOHI2xg3pITIrxlSYRBpxpkUyrTTmvmTxgkn_9z1VmJNDbB9_l64QqAleoHTGr31UaxYY9H7TxFQtklBwR3Cey-Ki0UUeB39UV6Y8en-LKp3xKw/s320/CADPAT+AR+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401830803177736194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAW-MbCBcfKxKk5o7lvddA9oFTgKt_GMzwBMpF5l7LxHJiyucXhNCRHVM0bXlaekTxpjUA3O2YdNsrdU8CfVFWVfexz05pI6BALSavU8kUf1k6aGrsORw2xpJIyd-wI5LKkOcd1g4r4c/s1600-h/CADPAT+AR+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAW-MbCBcfKxKk5o7lvddA9oFTgKt_GMzwBMpF5l7LxHJiyucXhNCRHVM0bXlaekTxpjUA3O2YdNsrdU8CfVFWVfexz05pI6BALSavU8kUf1k6aGrsORw2xpJIyd-wI5LKkOcd1g4r4c/s320/CADPAT+AR+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401830796637437522" border="0" /></a><br />Finally finished the Canadians in CADPAT. Used Vallejo paints and Coat D'Arms supershader.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4234504314573926280.post-42973622549058591042009-10-21T20:24:00.000-04:002009-10-21T20:46:30.237-04:00First Post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXpqRIa_HQHsVadNTSopR6u6vggjGuGzcTZiHihgaVzhyphenhyphencV6ycIVPz39Hr6OkrDrRwXA7hA86Q2mcXOXdb1VU26nFNUqnWlwADRE25DidfmjSsPSHx0_6WMnf39mfHbX4Rk7UNSwhQTI/s1600-h/Afghan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXpqRIa_HQHsVadNTSopR6u6vggjGuGzcTZiHihgaVzhyphenhyphencV6ycIVPz39Hr6OkrDrRwXA7hA86Q2mcXOXdb1VU26nFNUqnWlwADRE25DidfmjSsPSHx0_6WMnf39mfHbX4Rk7UNSwhQTI/s320/Afghan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395218612564803650" border="0" /></a><br />Woot!, First post!<br /><br />Just got some modern 15mm figs from QRF in the mail and they look great!<br /><br />I've been reading "The Bear Went Over the Mountain and The Soviet Afghan War by Lester W. Grau. So I picked up some Mujahideen and VDV (Vozdushno-Desantnye Vojska) and I'm planing to do a Soviet-Afghan war scenario for Cangames during the Victoria Day long weekend in Ottawa.The Northern Gamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908403912113309151noreply@blogger.com0