| Ecclesiastes | 12 Aug 2015 1:49 a.m. PST |
Hello all, I've written a preview of the naval ruleset I'm working on. It's nearing completion, far enough to compile a preview of it: link And ofcourse some eye-candy to brighten up the post :D
My British and German demo-fleets, composed partly of repainted Wizard of the coast War at Sea miniatures, Mongoose publishing resin miniatures and Shapeways 3D printed designs. Scale 1/1800 |
| Jcfrog | 12 Aug 2015 2:32 a.m. PST |
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| Tommy20 | 12 Aug 2015 5:21 a.m. PST |
Looks good! You may want to do a trademark lookup on the name, though. Avalon Hill's "Naval War" still hits the table occasionally around here… |
| morrisbh | 12 Aug 2015 6:20 a.m. PST |
Look forward to finding out more. |
| mjkerner | 12 Aug 2015 9:20 a.m. PST |
Sounds like an interesting system, especially for cramped gaming spaces. What's the likely ETA? |
| Wilf12358 | 12 Aug 2015 9:42 a.m. PST |
Tuppence worth…. Doesn't one have to trade with a mark (and have it registered) to be able to assert IP rights? Naval War sounds too generic to TM protect, just like space marine.. |
| Ecclesiastes | 12 Aug 2015 10:44 a.m. PST |
I'm not too worried about the name, it is very generic, and the AH game is a cardgame, while this is a miniatures game. There is also a computer game with the same name, so it doesnt matter that much, thats why I went with it. Mj Kerner, the game is al but finished, together with the Norway 1940 OOB and the Coral Sea OOB, giving access to Japanese, American, British and German lists to start out with. The bottleneck currently is that I'm still fleshing out the Japanese and US Command stations, and that I still havent decided on how to 'publish' it, to make it available on a website or/if I want to charge anything for it etc… |
| David Manley | 12 Aug 2015 11:34 a.m. PST |
Don't forget you can't copyright a title :) |
| mjkerner | 13 Aug 2015 12:25 p.m. PST |
Thanks Ecclesiastes. Don't forget you also have to do the OOB, etc., for Dutch East Indies, '41-'42! ;-) |
| Steviep81 | 16 Aug 2015 10:57 a.m. PST |
Will these rules be PDF only? |
| Attackcamel | 18 Aug 2015 4:12 a.m. PST |
Looks like its going to be pretty cool! I'll give them a try if you release them for sale! Do you have an idea how your air/subsurface rules are going to work? |
| Ecclesiastes | 18 Aug 2015 8:48 a.m. PST |
Hello Steviep, for now I'm just considering PDF. Since its all cottage industry and I want to be able to update the set and stats with regular intervals. I might put up a preview of the Air and sub rules on my blog Attackcamel, but currently I'm busy with rounding out the US and Japan Command stations. |
| Ecclesiastes | 30 Sep 2015 1:51 a.m. PST |
A beta copy of the rules can be downloaded from the (new) forum. Just sign up and give them a whirl if you like! And remember to leave some feedback ;) navalwar.boards.net |
| Ecclesiastes | 07 Jan 2016 11:19 a.m. PST |
Version 1.1 is now live and available for download on the forum |
| Ecclesiastes | 16 May 2016 4:21 a.m. PST |
And 1.2 has also been made available recently |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.
