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| ====== Riverine Warfare ====== | ====== Riverine Warfare ====== | ||
| - | {{tag>"Author's View"}} {{tag>"The Bishop's War"}} | + | {{tag>"Author's View"}} {{tag>"The Bishop's War Notes"}} |
| Last April (2016) at Triples I managed to for fill a dream of mine, I bought a rubberised game mat. It was a sea scape with 40 x 70 30mm hexes. It was rather expensive but I could not resist. I already have a large collection of Hallmark 1:6000 scale ships, covering Russo-Japanese to Modern. | Last April (2016) at Triples I managed to for fill a dream of mine, I bought a rubberised game mat. It was a sea scape with 40 x 70 30mm hexes. It was rather expensive but I could not resist. I already have a large collection of Hallmark 1:6000 scale ships, covering Russo-Japanese to Modern. | ||
| - | What has this to do with Terra Fere I hear you ask? (well I imagine you asking any way). Well it appeared Andy had some 1200 scalee ACW ships we was willing to donate to the cause as he was a 1:600 scale man now. With Terra Fere expanding to the Americas and the Great River flowing through Hoysee there was quite some scope to expand into naval or at least riverine warfare. | + | What has this to do with Terra Fere I hear you ask? (well I imagine you asking any way). Well it appeared Andy had some 1200 scalee ACW ships he was willing to donate to the cause, as he was a 1:600 scale man now. With Terra Fere expanding to the Americas and the Great River flowing through Hoysee there was quite some scope to expand into naval or at least riverine warfare. |
| We of course needed some rules and that was no easy decision. We had tried a number in the past proportioning to be 'Quick Play' but actually when playing took forever. Part of the problem is in fact the period. But 1805 and Trafalgar naval sailing technology was fairly mature, but the invention of the steam engine and shell equipped artillery changed the whole dynamic of naval warfare. It was not until the 1890s that naval technology could be described as mature again, with each successive ship having advantage over its predecessor. Even in the American Civil War vessels claiming to be sisters often had radically different characteristics. | We of course needed some rules and that was no easy decision. We had tried a number in the past proportioning to be 'Quick Play' but actually when playing took forever. Part of the problem is in fact the period. But 1805 and Trafalgar naval sailing technology was fairly mature, but the invention of the steam engine and shell equipped artillery changed the whole dynamic of naval warfare. It was not until the 1890s that naval technology could be described as mature again, with each successive ship having advantage over its predecessor. Even in the American Civil War vessels claiming to be sisters often had radically different characteristics. | ||
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