| colkitto | 17 Mar 2023 12:17 p.m. PST |
I was interested to see these getting a mention from David Manley no less as a set of rules which had stood the test of time. Unfortunately my searching hasn't turned them up yet – are they by any chance still available anywhere? |
| John Armatys | 17 Mar 2023 12:36 p.m. PST |
I think that he is referring to the set by Dave Harrison, published by Dodo Publications and printed by Skytrex. There is a copy of the campaign supplement on eBay UK, but not a copy of the rules. Nobel Knight have a copy in the US link Happy memories, I typed them up in the 1980s!) |
| fantasque | 18 Mar 2023 2:02 a.m. PST |
I will dig my set out of the loft and re-read them! |
| colkitto | 18 Mar 2023 3:11 a.m. PST |
Thanks John. "I typed the up in the 1980s" is an impressive disclosure! Looks like the campaign set and fleet lists are available from Skytrex, if that's still a live link. |
| colkitto | 18 Mar 2023 3:13 a.m. PST |
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| John Armatys | 18 Mar 2023 3:59 a.m. PST |
The The naval Campaign was another one I typed up – on A3 paper using an electric typewriter. Two or three pages a night was good going. Thank heavens for word processors! The price is far better than the one on ebay. If I didn't have a copy I might be tempted….. The Navy Lists were by Chris Shaw and were not done by Dodo Publications. |
| Andrew Walters | 18 Mar 2023 10:28 a.m. PST |
Skytrex Modern Naval is available on scribd.com – I have no idea whether it's there legally or not. |
| colkitto | 21 Mar 2023 4:29 a.m. PST |
Thanks to a friend I have now been able to get a glimpse of these rules. I've not had a chance to study them, but first impression is mainly of a lot of old school very detailed charts and tables. Perhaps that's inevitable with this kind of game. There's a reference in the introduction to "a fast and enjoyable game"; not having tried them I can't comment, but I think I would need to be convinced. And they must have been a complete  to type … |
| John Armatys | 21 Mar 2023 5:56 a.m. PST |
They are from the early 1980s, when "old school" was cutting edge. They were a lot faster and more enjoyable than their rivals, "Harpoon" and Enola/Navwar's "Warship Commander". Typing them on an electric typewriter (with a film ribbon, and a special correcting ribbon for overtyping mistakes) was much less work than using a manual typewriter and typex! |
