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Completely different question . . . but for the Victory scenario, when is it supposed to end? The victory conditions just talk about whoever loses more ships, but no mention of when to tally that up.

A lot of things destroyed Napoleon's army in Russia, I do not know that one can give Cossacks all the credit (the regular Russian "brigades" played a big part, too). But for a company level war-game,...

The fascists (speaking especially of the German National Socialists, with whose history I am more familiar) and the Soviet communists (with whom the term originated), were very big on ensuring that...

The Europeans, and most specifically the French, definitely intentionally ignored the whatever lessons could have been learned from the Civil War. Still enamored of Napoleon (at least as interpreted...

Shattered Sword is excellent (though I think in a few cases the author's overstate their revisionist case), and is "required reading" for any interested in the Midway campaign; however, it focuses...

Fair enough. Too each his own. However, Asian military history in general, and Chinese military history in particular, bores me. I doubt I would ever purchase such miniatures.

Actually, I'd rather have some British 64s and French 80s than the BHR (more useful for gaming purposes). Just stating that an American wanting more American ships is perfectly legitimate. And yes,...

Its a game with little toy plastic ships. Arguably the whole thing is "petty" in the grand scheme of things.

However, it is definitely a bit arrogant to think one can determine which methods...

Honestly, ole boy, even among those historically aware, Yorktown is probably not the most famous of the WWII carriers; her sisters Enterprise and Hornet get much more name recognition, and probably...

I rather think you would find a lot more name recognition with John Paul Jones and the Bonhomme Richard than either the USS Yorktown or the Argo, at least on the American side of the lake.



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In fairness, one would rather guess that, if humanly possible, Bon Homme Richard would be released. It's up there with Constitution and Victory as famous ships, at least for English speaking players.

Note I said "first successful large federal" republic. The Roman Republic was never federal. Moreover, I would debate that it was ever a "large" republic, or at least a "large republic" for any...

Not sure I would call Jefferson and Madison a "nozzlehead." Mistakes on the international scene aside, they did have "successfully started first successful large federal republican government in...

I may be remembering it completely wrong (it has been years since I read it), but I got the impression the Norfolk was supposed to be an 18lbs 44 (more of a USS Chesapeake "44" than a true...

Talking of the game, even if you used an unmodified HMS Concorde vs the USS Constitution, you would have to severely handicap the Constitution or upgrade the Concorde to make it an interesting fight.

Do any other first rates use the "I" deck, or is that unique to Victory?

Dutch and Danes?

Besides that, I am sort of at a loss as to what other nation's ships (during the Napoleonic era) Ares could model? I know Russia had a fleet of sorts, but my impression was that...

It is quite normal for a ship designed for speed to be longer than a ship designed for "hitting." Consider, for example, the British or Japanese WWI era battlecruisers (Repulse and Kongo). Despite...

Very, very happy to hear this. I'm sure a full scale Trafalgar or Glorious First of June will still be a pain at anything other than a gaming convention, but here is hoping some of the smaller fleet...

That is probably beyond the detail level that SoG was aiming at, but your's is a useful houserule.

Looks like the Combat Rulers are out of stock again. I presume they will be stocked in the future at some point?

You can download a .pdf of the AoS strategy guide here: http://www.oldpcgaming.net/strategy-guides/

Cheaper even than Amazon.

Impressive!

As a kid, I once turned a Lego Coast Guard Cutter into a passable representation of a Nagato-class BB (assuming the Nagato was ever painted in overall light blue with white...

That is definitely very logical, but does not square with the shot every other turn. Rate of fire for most of these guns was about 1.5-2 min per shot.

And of course, most battles lasted more than...

The problem really is, unfortunately, sloops have no role in the same map space as a 1st Rate. Obviously, the scouting role was more a part of operational (or grand tactical) maneuvering than it was...