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The Showcase / 1/1800 HMS Warspite

« on: December 05, 2019, 12:20:40 am »

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The Showcase / Battletech WarShips

« on: October 03, 2019, 12:27:49 pm »

FINALLY back in a WarShip frame of mind, so here we go!

First up is the Essex-class CDS Architeuthis:


Up next is Alliance Naval Star, consisting of the Nightlord-class CSR Lynn McKenna, Essex-class CSR Marshal Ney and CSR Mulhacén, Whirlwind-class CSR William Adams, and Fredasa-class CSR Kutkh.

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Historical Naval Games / Naval Command engagement - French vs Chinese

« on: September 16, 2019, 12:44:44 pm »

My group played a game of Naval Command yesterday, which turned out really fun. The scenario was an island assault, Marine Nationale vs PLAN. Each fleet was 2000 points, with no ships launched after 1980, and the objective was to land more ground troops on two islands in the center of the table than the other side. The French fleet was centered around an Ouragan LPD, escorted by a Colbert CG and two Tourville FFGs, with an Agosta SS to round things out. The Chinese group was centered around two Type-72 Yukan LHAs, escorted by a Sovremenny DDG, two Type-53H FFGs, and one Type-37 Hainan.






I thought I had the upper hand when I detected his Sovremenny fairly early, and crippled it with a spread of Exocets from my Colbert before it could get a single Sunburn off and also secured one of the objective islands with helicopter-deployed troops, but best laid plans, and all that. I still needed to kill those Yukans before they buried the other island in troops. So I clear out the blocking Hainan, dart my Super Frelons in to lock on the lead troopship...and can't make a damage roll to save my life. Seven freaking Exocets, it took to send that thing down! All of them locked on, only one got shot down, I just couldn't sink the damned thing! All the while, it and its sister ship are spewing out landing boats. In the end, it came out a draw, with each of us in possession of one island.

This was an awesome game, with tense moments one after the other the whole time. I swear, I spent the last three turns just a die roll or two away from victory.

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The Showcase / A couple 1/600 War Artisans

« on: January 17, 2019, 03:28:41 pm »

A papercraft 74-gun SoL, part of my long-term quest to build both fleets for the Battle of the Chesapeake, HMS Terrible.








At the other end of the scale is a Texan 18-gun Brig, the Wharton.

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Roll Call / Greetings, evildoers!

« on: December 20, 2018, 05:31:53 pm »

Found this place recently, figured I'd introduce myself. I live in Texas, smack dab in the middle of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. I got into naval wargaming as an expansion of my love for starship games. At some point I realized that the real stuff was just as interesting as the fictional, and things ballooned from there. My areas of interest are all over the place, mostly modern playing Naval Command(how I found this place, actually) and Age of Sail, with any ruleset I can get my hands on. I've managed to resist the insidious call of WWII...mostly. For now, I'm keeping it at bay by dabbling in War at Sea.

Looking forward to some fun, and falling down some more rabbit holes!