... Honestly, I don't think this extra cost is necessary, as long as the rotating turret is the only weapon on the ship. USS Monitor didn't have any other...
... Kevin is missing the battle between USS Weehawken and CSS Atlanta. The Union Monitor fired four rounds and forced Atlanta to strike. The intitial 15 inch ...
... The Union ... intitial 15 inch ... the backing, ... second round ... a seam and ... damage it is ... knuckle, and that by ... Contributing factors to the...
I guess the point I hoped to make, rather than taking this off-topic, is that ironclad warfare in the Civil War did not result a quick-kill gun that could...
... topic, is ... gun ... Obversely (or is that conversely, or contrariwise...?), the introduction of the ironclad was found to be less than a panacea for ...
Cap'n There's actually at least one more, one of the Eads ironclads, the Cincinnati, was sunk by an 18 pdr. (???!!!!!) firing from the bluffs of Vicksburg....
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++++++that ironclad warfare in the Civil War did not result a quick- kill gun that could dominate armor.++++++ Has there ever been such? Without the who...
In a message dated 8/1/2004 4:10:09 AM Central Standard Time, captain_peet@... writes: This is the one thing - if the smokestack is aft of the turret...
Hi All, I am new to this group, just joined. I understand that the original Game Tech mini's are out of production. I am also sorry that I missed the poll on...
The Gametech line is not dead, merely dormant until someone thinks it financially viable for them to be made again. I believe this site has a file of all the...
Hello, my friends. After a long hiatus, my website has been reborn. The URL is: http://www.drpetrov.com/1889/ At present the site only has material that...
... I'd just like to extend a 'well done' for your very good rewrite of 'On Gossamer Wings' Cap'n, this is required reading for people wishing to run GDW...
... Thanks, Jim! In my mind, there are worse modules than that one, but I admit the ending of 'carvans' is pure cheese. Had I the time I might do rewrites for...
I was doing some research for my 1475 game the other day, and when looking through some data on torsion powered artillery I reviewed the stats for the...
Sounds cool! Do you have a drawing or a picture? In addition, have you worked up "Space 1889" weapon stats? Tom ... the stats ... springald is a ... entire ......
I ran across an article about Lanchester's Square Law and how it might be used to help balance game design. So as not to repeat it here, I'll just a post a...
John, I have them scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 and 7:00. Kevin Smyth Puyallup, WA (253) 841-3374 ... From: John Reiher [mailto:kedamono@...] Sent:...
While playing the first of two very nice SGoM scenarios created by our own Kevin Smyth, I was in a situation where I could have tried ramming a British ship...
Well, as an after con report, Kevin's two scenarios: Escape From Sashtaphsh, and Remember Bloody Sashtaphsh. In the first, the British are evacuating from...
Thanks John, Bloody Shashtaphsh was the British reprisal for the attack on the British evacuation flotilla. The Brits had a list of high value targets in the...
... Thanks for the encouragement Dave, but I won't post there until I hammer it all out here. :-) I put together a spread sheet to do my calculations, and ran...
That overhead shot is where the firedroppers and mines come in real handy. Maybe the graving docks could come up with an armored hull for use in scenarios...
Why couldn't a ship mount blade-covered spars that you can extend down from your keel, and use them in raking-type attacks from above? You could keep the spars...
Hell, reinforce your masts with the blades and come up hard from below. You'll rip out his liftwood panels and slice up any rigging he has below the hull (some...
Well you don't want to be directly beneath the other ship when you rip up his liftwood panels in this method. We're talking about immediate loss of trim here...
This Death from Above discussion (on the SGoM list, I have cross posted to S1889) has some interesting implications for the game and for any other aerial ship...
