"Ram Speed now available in the Digital Rules Section" Topic

I haven't done an Epub conversion in a while, so what the heck, time to dust off another golden oldie. I've played Ram Speed quite a bit over the years and I own 3 copies of it. I think it's a pretty decent rule set for miniatures conversion, at 1 inch=1 hex rule of thumb.

If you're interested in using an EPUB version of the rules, go here: link

Thanks for the interest

Walt

LOVE that game.

There's a store nearby me that is selling original like-new copies of this game, but they want $3 USD for them so I don't know. My original was only $2. USD

I have multiple "Like 30 years old" copies. Sadly, that box doesn't last very long intact.

Walt

This game makes several of my "favourites" lists: one of my favourite Metagaming titles, microgames, board wargames, naval games, and board-wargame-converted-to-miniatures of all time, all at once.

I still have my original copy from 1980, or whenever it came out. The yellow mis-printed box didn't last long but the rest of the components are still intact despite many playings.

Originally I swapped the Metagaming hexmap that came with the game for a generic blank hexmap from SPI, which had bigger hexes that fit the ships better and also had more hexes and so more playing area.

Then I swapped the counters out for my first naval miniatures, NavWar ships in 1:1200 scale mounted on counter-like cardboard bases so they fit the hexgrid properly.

I always meant to try it with an "open sea" and no hexgrid, but somehow never got around to it. Need to dig that one out again someday.

Ram Speed is right up there in my top 3 Metagaming games. The others are Olympica and Fire When Ready. RS adapts well to miniatures. So does Fire When Ready. Actually, so does Olympica (I did this myself and have run a few games using the premise, but not the mechanics).

I liked Metagaming products. With a graphic upgrade they still play pretty well.

Walt

Bought a copy off eBay a year or so ago, and glad I did. It's a great game.

Doug

I still own a copy, and yeah: the box doesn't hold up that well over the years.

But it IS a great game and, as stated above, translates very well to miniatures.

Is this still available somewhere? The download link isn't working.

Cheers

It's working for me. I just tried it out.

Well, now it doesn't work. Hmm…….