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#1 22 AUG 2011 at 9:58am
gabeeg Centurion Posts : 317 Joined: 20 JAN 2010 Location: US, California Status : Offline	I am giving up on waiting patiently for a decent tactical naval wargame to come out for the PC. I know there is WC-NAW but it is currently limited in certain ways (no land, no air, no PBEM), though it is a good game and holds promise if continued development proceeds. But other than WC-NAW...there is little else. What I am wondering from you board wargamers is if there is a good/great OTB tactical naval game available you could suggest...that has a Vassal module? Really looking for Dreadnaught to 1950 time period. gabeeg
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#2 22 AUG 2011 at 3:42pm
toonces Commander Posts : 2322 Joined: 21 MAR 2006 Status : Offline	gabeeg, You may want to look into the Vassal version of Victory Games' Carrier. GJK created an excellent Vassal module for the game, which includes all of the necessary charts. The rules are also available online now at boardgamegeek. Therefore, you should be able to play the game via Vassal without a hard copy. I don't know how well that fits what you are looking for- it is very much aircraft carrier warfare centric- but...well...that's it. "I am always fondling my nut sack, just to be safe. " - bboyer66 "It's like Mount and Blade got together with Total War and had a game baby." - Bison36 on Real Warfare Northern Crusades
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#3 22 AUG 2011 at 4:16pm
Pablo Centurion Posts : 136 Joined: 10 AUG 2005 Status : Offline	Hi! You might want to look into Bismarck or Tokyo Express. There is also Flat Top but that is aimed at carrier warfare vice gunnery action. Pablo
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#4 22 AUG 2011 at 8:25pm
GJK Centurion Posts : 744 Joined: 1 FEB 2006 Location: US Status : Offline	I know that Avalanche Press has its "Great War At Sea" series that looks like they'd fit the bill but unfortunately AP has a strict policy against electronic formats of their games (noted exceptions). I created a ZunTzu gamebox for their "John Prados' Third Reich" and nobody screamed at me about that one. I don't know of anything has been created for any of the GWAS series of games or even how they play to be honest with you; this is what came to mind however reading your request. "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -Dean Vernon Wormer
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#5 23 AUG 2011 at 1:40am
gabeeg Centurion Posts : 317 Joined: 20 JAN 2010 Location: US, California Status : Offline	Thanks for the tips guys, Keep them coming. gabeeg
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#6 23 AUG 2011 at 5:04am
Staggerwing Colonel Posts : 3317 Joined: 4 AUG 2007 Status : Offline	I've thought about creating a vassal mod for Cruiser Warfare which is one of the GWAS games. I started to scan in artwork about 3 years ago but realized what a PITA it is, especially knitting together the map sections since my scanner is only letter size. The vassal creation process seems a bit confusing as well. The game has a strategic area-based map and a hexagon based tactical map. The ships each have a damage sheet as well. The project got shelved a while back when other things got in the way. I'd welcome any help or suggestions in case I get started again, especially in reference to the map. Are there any cheap or free utilities out there that I can use to easily knit together partial images? I couldn't get all the pixels to line up smoothly at the seams. Wit Ye further, or how...? -Voluspa (Poetic Eddas)
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#7 23 AUG 2011 at 4:20pm
GJK Centurion Posts : 744 Joined: 1 FEB 2006 Location: US Status : Offline	I created a map making tutorial that shows how I do it in Photoshop. Probably not the best way, but it works for me and this could probably apply to inkscape (free) or Gimp or something else: www.garykrockover.com/vassal/mapmaking.html There was a (free?) piece of software that would "stitch" map scans together but I forget the name of it and honestly, I never used it but I remember looking into it at one point. I may still hqve the link for it- I'll check when I get home. "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -Dean Vernon Wormer
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#8 23 AUG 2011 at 4:36pm
GJK Centurion Posts : 744 Joined: 1 FEB 2006 Location: US Status : Offline	Also, there's a VASSAL module designer that goes by the name "-E" that has made some great modules. On of these, Raid On St. Nazaire, has the log sheets where you check off boxes and he has that implemented into his module some how. The best way to learn is to open that module up in the editor and poke around to see how it did things. LINK "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -Dean Vernon Wormer
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#9 25 AUG 2011 at 9:33am
GBburgher Centurion Posts : 149 Joined: 3 APR 2006 Status : Offline	We use some of Avalanche Press's naval games (Jutland; Bismarck) for strategic map movement, searching, and campaigning, but then switch to Seekrieg V miniature rules for the tactical battles that result. If the engagements are large (over 5-8 ships per side) we will sometimes decide to use GQ3 or the AP tactical rules depending on time available. (I have thought of getting NWS's computer miniature rules and using them to resolve the large fleet engagements, but there is still a lot of data input to be done - so we haven't tried yet) Not technically a boardgame, and not sure about a VASSAL module. We use email with one of us being the GOD (Game Operations Director) and then play out the tactical battles when we meet up.
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#10 30 MAR 2012 at 9:01am
MengJiaoRedux Centurion Posts : 113 Joined: 1 NOV 2010 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By gabeeg (22 AUG 2011 9:58am)* I am giving up on waiting patiently for a decent tactical naval wargame to come out for the PC. I know there is WC-NAW but it is currently limited in certain ways (no land, no air, no PBEM), though it is a good game and holds promise if continued development proceeds. But other than WC-NAW...there is little else. What I am wondering from you board wargamers is if there is a good/great OTB tactical naval game available you could suggest...that has a Vassal module? Really looking for Dreadnaught to 1950 time period. Well now there is Steam and Iron for PC, but I agree, a VASSAL module of some good rules set would be fine. I'm thinking about making a simplified Admiralty Trilogy game. I'm not sure how that would go over as a VASSAL game copy-rightwise, but if it were say purely introductory and solitaire-oriented and required getting the rules and specs from Clash of Arms, maybe it would be seen as helpful to Clash of Arms.
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#11 26 APR 2012 at 11:36pm
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#12 13 MAY 2012 at 8:28am
Besilarius Commander Posts : 1543 Joined: 14 NOV 2003 Status : Offline	Staggerwing, you can get a large original scanned to pdf at almost all FedexOffices (Kinko's Kopies). Their blueprint machine is networked and does scans. Last time I checked it was something like $9.95. Only takes an hour or so. Probably much better than stitching all the letter scans together. "When I must choose an officer to perform an act that requires a good brain, everything else being equal, I choose the one with the biggest nose." - Napoleon "If you'll believe that, you'll believe anything." - the Duke of Wellington
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#13 13 MAY 2012 at 7:04pm
Staggerwing Colonel Posts : 3317 Joined: 4 AUG 2007 Status : Offline	Thanks Bes. I might just get started again. Wit Ye further, or how...? -Voluspa (Poetic Eddas)
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