All Guns Blazing — November 2008

Page 1 of 3 Pages All Guns Blazing! Newsletter of the Naval Wargames Society No. 177 – November 2008 Editorial Not much in the way of news from me this month, other than to say that my long-standing project, building my wargames room, is nearing completion. The permanent table / storage unit is complete, now all I have to finish is the work bench, and gaming plus modelling can recommence! Contributions to AGB are always welcome. “Soft copy” input via email is the preferred method of submission as it cuts down the time taken to get your piece into the newsletter considerably! Yours aye, DM david.manley@btinternet.com NWS on board HMS BELFAST The annual Christmas event on board HMS BELFAST will be running again this year. I am informed by Simon Stokes that the theme this time around will be Convoy JW51B, with some interesting new rules in play, and 1/600 models on the table (or should that be the deck?). More details next month, but in the meantime if anyone has a burning desire to volunteer, or to know more, please don’t hesitate to email either myself or Simon. 1/3000 WW2 collection for sale Naval wargamer Calum White has a large collection of 1/3000 WW2 warships that need a good home, His collection includes: • British and Commonwealth-19 carriers,20 battleships,3 battlecruisers,2 monitors,44 cruisers,66 destroyers,6 frigates,6 corvettes,3 sloops,3 minelayers,4 minesweepers, 19 subs, 2 gunboats,16 coastal craft,1 LSI,5 tankers, 2 depot ships,4 trawlers,14 merchants. • US-21 carriers,26 battleships,2 battlecruisers,34 cruisers,1 seaplane tender,60destroyers,11 subs,4APDs,1 command ship, 1 attack transport,2 LSDs, 2LSTs,1 attack cargo ship,2 oilers,1 depot ship,10merchants. • Japan-20 carriers,8 battleships,4 battlecruisers,34 cruisers,2 seaplane carriers,64 destroyers,2 escorts,8 torpedo boats,1 minelayer, 22 subs,2 transports,3 landing ships,4oilers,1 depot ship,1 repair ship, 1AMC. • German-1 carrier,4 battleships,13 cruisers,35 destroyers,3 escorts,12 torpedo boats,3 minesweepers,9 subs,9 Sboats,3 tankers,6 trawlers,2 merchants. • French-2 carriers,9 battleships,19cruisers,1 seaplane carrier,41 destroyers,8 escorts,4 torpedo boats,8 subs,1 liner. • Italian-2 carriers,8 battleships,23 cruisers,41 destroyers,12 torpedo boats,6 corvettes,8 subs, 8 coastal craft. • Dutch-1 battlecruiser,5 cruisers,9 destroyers,4 subs, 2 tankers. • Polish-5 destroyers,1 minelayer, 6 minesweepers, 6 subs.

Page 2 of 3 Pages • Norway-1 destroyer, 1 tanker. • USSR-1 battleship, 3 cruisers,8 destroyers,5 subs. • Greek-2 destroyers. • Yugoslav-4 destroyers, 1 training ship. • He also has about 50 WW1, British and German. For more details contact Calum direct at: calumhwhite@live.co.uk Storm Eagle Studios announces JUTLAND Storm Eagle Studios is proud to present JUTLAND, sequel to its 2006 War-Game of the Year, DISTANT GUNS. Created by the Award Winning Developers, Norm Koger & Jim Rose, JUTLAND breaks new ground yet again! Building on the technical success of DISTANT GUNS, the 3rd Generation render engine installment of JUTLAND dramatically expands the boundaries of 20th Century Naval Warfare in all Directions! JUTLAND pushes the envelope of the real time 3D military simulations with the most realistic ballistics ever created in a commercial war-game. Every shell fired is physically introduced into the 3D Battle-Space, where it follows a true-to-life trajectory all the way to the target. If the shell actually hits the target in the 3D world, it must then penetrate the armor of the ship's hull, deck, or turret based on the thickness at the impact point. Storm Eagle Studios has created an unprecedented 3D naval game environment, featuring hundreds of highly detailed, historically accurate 3D WWI Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, and Torpedo Boats from the countries of Germany, England, and France. JUTLAND is destined to become the new standard for 3D Real time Naval Gaming! JUTLAND packs all of the essential features you would expect from Norm Koger & Jim Rose, the team that brought you Award Winning games since 1988 including The Age of Rifles, West Front, Age of Sail, and The Operational Art of War, just to name a few! For an extensive Info Brochure with complete Feature list and screen shots click below. JUTLAND Info Brochure - Word Document HTML Document Jutland Press Kit Jutland Newsletter JUTLAND will be available for the PC Late Fall 2008. Contact: pressinfo@stormeaglestudios.com

Page 3 of 3 Pages NWS Events and Regional Contacts, 2008 NWS Northern Fleet – Falkirk East Central Scotland Kenny Thomson, 1 Excise Lane, Kincardine, Fife, FK10 4LW, Tel: 01259 731091 e-mail: kenny.thomson@homecall.co.uk - Website: http://falkirkwargamesclub.org.uk/ Falkirk Wargames Club meets each Monday night at 7pm with a variety of games running each evening. Naval games are popular with 2 or 3 run each month. Campaign games sometimes feature in our monthly weekend sessions. Games tend to be organised week to week making a 3- month forecast here a waste of time. Please get in touch if you’d like to come along. • Popular periods – Modern (Shipwreck), WW1 and 2 (GQ), WW2 Coastal (Action Stations), and Pre-dreadnought (P Dunn’s rules) NWS North Hants [Every 3rd Sunday] Jeff Crane 31 Park Gardens, Black Dam, Basingstoke, Hants, 01256 427906 e-mail: gf.crane@ntlworld.com NWS Wessex [Bi-Monthly Meetings] The Wessex Group has gone into (hopefully) temporary abeyance for the moment. If anyone living in the Bath / Bristol / Gloucester area (or further afield) would like to take on managing the group please contact myself or any of the other NWS officials.