"Clad in Iron: Britain Intervenes in the American Civil War." Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2012 3:15 p.m. PST |
What a beautifull scenery!.
"The scenario is that Britain has intervened in the American Civil War (not such a far fetched idea given our reliance on southern cotton to feed the mills of the industrial revolution in Britain), and they (we..) have unleashed a massive Ironclad Fleet & Coastal Assault Flotilla against the Union's combined Land and Naval defences of New York City, circa 1854"
"The game was put on by the University of Wolverhampton's Department of War studies (wouldn't you love to study there?), and was run by Dr. Howard J. Fuller, who wrote "Clad in Iron: The American Civil War and the Challenge of British Naval Power" From linkThat's the Nirvana for the Ironclad wargamers!. Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Allen57 | 27 Apr 2012 3:40 p.m. PST |
Ditto what DittoTAS said. Any idea what rules were used. Interesting grid pattern for the river too. Al |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 27 Apr 2012 5:02 p.m. PST |
I believe this might be the correct link: link |
| Happy Little Trees | 27 Apr 2012 8:04 p.m. PST |
@ Allen57 Eight sides allows you to deal with nautical 'points' . 4 points to a side. I believe Fire As She Bears used that grid. |
| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2012 9:52 p.m. PST |
Don't understand why the link didn't work, but if you clik at "Home" at the top of the page, you can access to it. And I search for it again and founded. link
Amicalement
Armand
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| MajorB | 28 Apr 2012 1:46 p.m. PST |
Of course, you need to bear in mind that Armand is in Argentina, so his blogspot links end in ".ar". The UK mirror site ends in ".co.uk" |
| turenne | 29 Apr 2012 11:23 a.m. PST |
OK, ACW is not my strong point but if the British had intervened circa 1854, wouldn't they have been jumping the gun? |
| J Womack 94 | 29 Apr 2012 6:48 p.m. PST |
Just a typo, surely he meant 1864. Sadly for the South, the odds that Britain were to actually intervene on their side were fairly slim. Alternate sources of cotton were developed (Egypt and India). The British had a bit of trouble dealing with a slave-owning nation, but were willing to hold their noses and do it for cheap cotton. Union blockade made the cotton too expensive, and when the South tried to withold cotton totally to 'force' Britain into the war, that backfired on them. The octagonal grid is interesting. How do you deal with the intervening squares, I wonder? |
| Alan Lauder | 30 Apr 2012 5:51 a.m. PST |
The grid looks very much like the pattern on the linoleum we had on the kitchen floor in the 80s |
| Dan Diamond | 14 May 2012 11:44 a.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure the ocean surface/octagon grid pattern is indeed floor tile, repurposed for wargaming. |
| Ivan the Reasonable | 22 Jul 2012 4:52 a.m. PST |
"given OUR reliance on southern cotton" MMmmm…. |
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