Recent content by mrobs2002

Not official, but here are the index cards I made for myself to play the River Plate and Bismarck scenarios: River Plate Sink The Bismarck Cheers, Martyn --

Fearsome indeed! Now all you need to do is build a fjord to hide it in . . . :wink: Seriously, looks good. Cheers, Martyn

Heh, no, not frustration :) . The only frustration I'm finding is that the original VaS ships were obviously all done to a formula, but the later ships in S&P drifted away from this. Thanks for the offer on the stats, I think I'm good at the moment. Cheers, Martyn

Ahh, fudge. I had a long reply written to this, but it disappeared when I pressed submit. Never mind, good luck with v2, although reading State of the Mongoose, I do wonder if it'll ever see the light of day. I'll continue to 'correct' ships for v1 to the formulas I've worked out. Cheers, Martyn

Hmm, interesting. Your crew figures in the couple of examples I've looked at are wildly different from what I've computed. E.g: HMS Audacity - I have a crew figure of 19/6, you have 12/4. USS Wasp - I have 87/29, you have 72/24 What formula are you using to generate the crew figure...

Aye, thanks for that Matt. I'd worked it out to be 6/flight for bombers (i.e. Swordfish or Dauntless), and was coming up with a figure between 4 and 6 for fighters. Not helped by carriers not always sailing with their full complement of aircraft . . . I'm using the original Victory at Sea...

Howdo all, Recently re-discovered Victory At Sea, and having some fun. But, being a wargamer, I immediately want ships that aren't in the book. Managed to work out most of the stats, but struggling with the aircraft load for a carrier. So, how many aircraft in real-life equal a flight in V@S...

Sadly, I feel that I'm being lied to, and have made my decision to purchase or not accordingly. YMMV. Cheers, Martyn

Ha, an update. When I originally queried this, the book was listed at $17.47, with no discount. So, I emailed DriveThruRPG about this, asking if it was intentional that the original Battlefield Evolution was not being included in the discount of all Mongoose products, or had just slipped...

Hi, Just wondering why the original Battlefield Evolution is not at a reduced price at DriveThruRPG like all of the others? Link Edit: And why does my signature not showing up on this post? It does on the preview, but not when actually posted? Thanks, Martyn

As I understand it, GW are scrapping bits orders completely. If it ain't a complete model (or bag of bases), you won't be able to buy it. Cheers, Martyn

What, like HMS Courageous ..... Cheers, Martyn

Well, I for one am very grateful to you. An excellent resource. Though I've noticed a (very, very small) bug. Using the Fleet Designer, I get a '0' in the Special column against the Y Turret an a York-class cruiser. Cheers, Martyn

Heh, almost :wink:. A mile is actually 1.76" at that scale. Even so, I think the fleets at Midway were at least 150 miles apart, so that means a table size of at least 22 feet. Basically, carriers should not be within gun range of the enemy, otherwise they tend to lead very short lives (HMS...