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Post by afilter on Apr 29, 2019 8:10:06 GMT -5
Had a great time at Little wars running two iterations of Tsushima. It was nice to get these ships back on the table. Will do a full blog AAR this week. Here are a few pics to hold you over in the meantime. /
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Post by afilter on Apr 24, 2019 20:42:02 GMT -5
That is the plan. Running two sessions and plan to get some pics for an AAR.
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Post by afilter on Apr 11, 2019 18:46:04 GMT -5
Everything is set up for Friday afternoon / evening on 26th April and Sunday morning / afternoon 28th April in Chicago. If any are going to be in the area stop by and check it out.
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Post by afilter on Mar 12, 2019 23:07:55 GMT -5
What about shelling them?
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Post by afilter on Feb 1, 2019 9:58:45 GMT -5
All, I will be returning to Little Wars this year held 25-28 April 2019. I have been doing a lot of land stuff the last few years. I decided it is time to return to the high seas specifically Pre-dreads. In addition to the Battle of Rorke's Drift (140th anniversary this year), I will be running the Battle of Tsushima twice. Once Friday afternoon/evening and again Sunday Morning/afternoon. I think the last time I had this particular battle on the table Harry was one of the participants. Planning to run it in 6 hour time slot with up to 10 players. Been sometime since I ran it, but as I recall there time spent maneuvering and then a massive slugfest. I plan to run a couple of test plays before to make sure the time works. If needed I may close up the distances, but I think we can get to a reasonable resolution in 6 hours or less. Anyway if you are in the area and thinking about Little Wars it would be great to see you there. I love to teach NT to new players, but it is always nice to have a few old seadogs at the table to help move things along. Unfortunately, I lost some of my Tsushima pictures, but here is the last report from Battle of the Yellow Sea, I will be using the same 1/2400 fleets as I have the complete OoB for RJW. rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/2012/01/battle-of-yellow-sea-rjw.html#comment-formHope to see you there, Aaron
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Post by afilter on Jan 30, 2019 19:53:01 GMT -5
Nice, need to go get this so my NT collection is complete again.
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Post by afilter on Jan 30, 2019 19:48:36 GMT -5
How did I miss this?
Aaron
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Post by afilter on Jan 30, 2019 19:46:14 GMT -5
Michael,
How is this coming along. Thinking about running NT at Little Wars this year.
Aaron
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Post by afilter on Dec 3, 2017 21:30:51 GMT -5
I started with WWII and then moved into WWI and Pre-Dreads. Be careful I found the Pre-dreads the most addictive. They are true gun battles and the ranges are crazy close. I used Panzerschiffe for most of my pre-dreads....very affordable and with a little work (adding masts) look pretty nice. Now there are even nicer 3D print models available from Wartimes Journal that are still affordable. Here is a link to my Blog where I captured some of my NT projects. rallyroundtheflag.blogspot.com/search/label/Naval Thunder If you check out the other forums you can also find some great resources. Not as active as it once was, but I still try to visit periodically. While Harry did a great job, keep in mind he is more or less a one man show with a small team of helpers and this was mostly a side job unlike some game companies that do it full time. He is still a great resource and I had the opportunity to play NT with him a few years ago. For what it is I think NT is amazing compared to some like VAS considering the support and data sheets that are provided. Although not as active it is still a very freindly and helpful community. Don't hesitate to ask questions or even PM other members. Aaron
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Post by afilter on Dec 2, 2017 20:35:21 GMT -5
Thank you Aaron, it does help. Got to say, having already paid for two books in order to play WW1 games, it is disappointing to hear that I need to open my wallet again to get the data for the predreads that fought during the Great War. It is shame that the data, for those that did, wasn't included in the WW1 books as well. But I guess the authors need to make some money out of it in whatever way they can. Appreciate your concerns. Keep in mind that it was not all published ar once. I think Harry tried to include the first rate capital ships and most played scenarios units when he first did COD. RoTB only includes Russo-japanesse while RoBT2 includes SPAN-AM and many of the other missing units some of which were still around in WWI. I bought them all as released and paid initial retail price and do not regret it. I always encourage new players to take advantage of the bundles if they can. ALL IN ALL A vert reasonably priced rules package wspecially considering you get free updates as they come along. If you do find something truly missing check the shipyard. People have posted stats there. Not sure if there will be more releases, I could see one more supplement with all missing units and many of the planned, but never built ships. Have fun! Aaron
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Post by afilter on Dec 1, 2017 22:49:57 GMT -5
Welcome,
Sounds like a great scenario. Good news, the data exists. As they are older predreadnaughts you will find them in Rise of the Battleships 2 supplement.
I own all the NT supplements and have gamed SPAN AM war through WWII. Getting the bundles are worth it.
HTH,
Aaron
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Post by afilter on Oct 30, 2017 13:15:26 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Oct 29, 2017 10:07:35 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Oct 26, 2017 9:16:42 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Oct 24, 2017 10:48:47 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Oct 22, 2017 18:18:24 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Oct 17, 2017 11:28:10 GMT -5
Hey Afilter Would love to come to NAVCON at some point. Guess I'll have to put it on the calendar so I remember when it is. ROCKCON is now combined with NAVCON, so it would be a good one to check out.
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Post by afilter on Oct 8, 2017 0:25:36 GMT -5
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Post by afilter on Nov 3, 2016 17:26:06 GMT -5
Looking to do a mini con end of January 27-28 in Janesville if any are I interested. NT would be perfect. Ideas are still in development. You can find us on FB "Northern Front Podcast" the con will be called "Winter Offensive"
More to come.....
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Post by afilter on Nov 3, 2016 17:21:07 GMT -5
Why did they change the name of the Con? Legalities after the former organizer had to back out. It was Rock Con for many years and now it will go back next year.
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