Recent content by rbax

Hi, I was part of the team who developed statistics for the ships and as a result I believe that I am able to provide some answers, first on how we derived armor levels and second to voice my opinion on what battleship was best. So the question is "What are you defining as best?" Best armored...

Hi, I'm part of the group who worked on the statistics....at its simplest we start by looking out the amount of metal the AA guns can put up in a minute. So let's look at two examples, the Warspite and the Bismark. But first lets take out the 10.2 cm and 10.5 guns us they are listed as Light...

Primarily because the Arethusa's guns are in three twin turrets while Cardiff's 6" guns are in a a series of single, manually worked pedestal mounts. -- Rich

I see this as being solved by one of to options. The one Matthew would prefer and a new rule. Option 1) Matthew Preferred - Add a special rule(s) to the scenario - Ships in harbor during surprise attacks are not ready for combat (hatches aren't sealed...damage control pumps are...

The Light Gun versus Heavy Armor has always been a bit of an issue. With destroyers you at least have the threat of Torpedoes. The HMS Rawalpindi has no such option, just World War 1 era 6 inch guns supported by minimal fire control. The thing is, while a old 6-inch shell cannot possible...

Given that these ship were in port...and thus not buttoned up (no water tight doors closed, no damage repair parties on standby, no pumping stations ready to activate, etc. ) the simple answer is to includes the damage...or because this is very specific case with limited number of...

With miniatures? Because that would be cool! --- Rich

Wonder if I can find them in the US. --- Rich

Got this link sent to me on another naval group email group. Its a really cool overview in video of Jutland, narrated at by Nick Jellicoe, And if his last name sounds familiar, it was his grandfather that was the British Admiral that fought in the battle https://vimeo.com/162655850 --- Rich

I know there's been limited information publically, but as part of the playtest group I can say that I have personally been involved in 14 rounds of review of the new rules so far. I completed my review of the latest set last week. So while information may a bit sparse to the VAS fans out there...

Are we talking about the video game or the Revision 2 of VAS. If its Rev. 2 then I care as I'm the one driving the hardest at trying to generate consistent and correct statistics for the ships for the next revision. That being said I have not done anything with the Netherlands at this time...

Dave, I am, as always, available to provide my editorial insights and support in anything you might need. I have Conways 1906-1921 so I should be able to cover any conversions. --- Rich

The large dial with numbers at the center top was popularly known as a "range clock." This dial, along with one on the aft side of mainmast, was used to indicate the range to the target to other battleships in line ahead and astern. --- Rich

When we originally developed the Sakar and the history of the Centauri it was intended to create a justification as to why the Centauri had not gone to heavy fighters like everyone else and instead relied on medium and light fighters. We therefore created a 21st centuray Centauri who were more...

Just went there and checked....both downloaded without problem. Send me a private message with an email address and I'll email them to you if you continue to have problems. --- Rich