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ACCESSORIES
- New Product Alert: Carrier Deck Decals
- Japanese 1:2400 scale from Seabat Replicas
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
BOOK REVIEWS
- And You Thought You Were Widely Read
- Reading List of the U.S. Air Command and Staff College
Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- Armored Ships
- The Ships, Their Settings, and the Ascendancy that They
Sustained for 80 Years
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 2 pages
- Batfish: The Champion "Submarine-Killer" Submarine of World War II
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 3 pages.
- A Battle History Of The Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, 1 page
- The Battle of Cape Esperance: Encounter at Guadalcanal
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 3 pages
- The Battle of the Komandorski Islands
- the last heavy gunfire action of WWII
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 3 pages
- British Seapower and Procurement Between the Wars
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 3 pages
- Building the Kaiser's Navy
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 3 pages
- Code Name: Downfall
- the planned invasion of Japan in WWII
Naval SITREP 1:6, 1 page
- Combined Fleet Decoded
- U.S. intelligence vs. the Japanese in WWII
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Derailing the Tokyo Express
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 3 pages
- The Devil's Device: Robert Whitehead and the History of the Torpedo
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 3 pages
- Disaster in the Pacific: New Light on the Battle of Savo Island
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 4 pages
- The Fleet the Gods Forgot
- ABDA Fleet During the Early Pacific War
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages
- The Ghost That Died at Sunda Strait
- Story of the U.S.S. Houston
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages.
- Graf Spee's Raiders: Challenge to the Royal Navy, 1914-1915
- Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 2 pages
- The Japanese Merchant Marine in World War II
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 3 pages
- Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat
- the Singapore Campaign
Naval Wargaming Review 2:2, 3 pages.
- The Kaiser's Pirates: German Surface Raiders in World War One
- Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 1 page
- Lady Luck and the Navy Mystique - The Chenango in WW II
- story of a CVE
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 2 pages
- The Last Gentleman-of-War: The Raider Exploits of the Cruiser Emden
- WWI
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 3 pages
- A Naval History of World War I
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 1 page
- The Naval Institute Guide to World Military Aviation
- Naval SITREP 1:4, capsule
- Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 2 pages
- SALVO! Classic Naval Gun Actions
- from 1894 to 1944
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 1 page
- The Shame of Savo: Anatomy of a Naval Disaster
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 1 page
- Shinano: The Sinking of Japan's Secret Supership
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 2 pages
- The Ship That Held The Line: The U.S.S. Hornet and the First Year of the Pacific War
- Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 3 pages
- Submarines in Combat
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, capsule
- U-Boat Commander: A Periscope View of the Battle of the Atlantic
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 1 page
- U.S. Submarines Since 1945
- Naval SITREP 1:2, capsule
- War in the Boats: My WWII Submarine Battles
- William Ruhe's eight war missions
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 1 page
CAMPAIGN GAMES
COMPUTER GAME NEWS
- Announcement and Press Release regarding Harpoon Classic
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- Announcing Harpoon II Battleset 4 Regional Conflicts 1: China and the New World Order
- Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- Harpoon 4th Edition Delayed
- Naval SITREP 1:2, Product Updates column, capsule
- Silent Hunter, a Strategic Simulations Submarine Game
- announcement
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, capsule
COMPUTER GAME REVIEWS
- Aces of the Deep, 1939-1945
- "Gripping U-Boat Combat in the Icy North Atlantic," from Dynamix
Naval Wargaming Review 2;5, 3 pages
- Broadside II
- Napoleonic naval combat from Computer Conflict
Courier 68, capsule
- Carriers at War II - Fleet Carrier Operations in Southeast Asia, 1936-1946
- From SSG.
Naval Wargaming Review 2:2, 2 pages.
- Clear for Action - Napoleonic Naval Rules on Computer
- Miniature Wargames 152, capsule
- Great Naval Battles of the North Atlantic
- From SSI.
Naval Wargaming Review 2:2, 4 pages.
- Jutland
- From Software Sorcery.
Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 4 pages.
- Shipbase III
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 5 pages.
- WWII - Battles of the South Pacific
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, capsule
CONVENTION REPORTS
- Brushfire '94 (Bloomsburg, PA)
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages.
- Cold Wars '95
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 3 pages.
- Historicon '95
- Naval Wargaming Review 2:2, 3 pages.
FIGURE REVIEWS
1/6000 scale
- New Product Alert: REAL Miniatures
- from Hallmark Figures.
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule.
1/3000 scale
- 1/3000 Napoleonic Naval Vessels
- from Navwar Productions Ltd.
Miniature Wargames 150, capsule.
1/2400 scale
- CinC Ships and Vehicles
- 1/2400 WWI, WW2, and modern ships from America
Minature Wargames 154, capsule.
- Flag Galley
- 1/2400 scale in the Figurehead line, from Hallmark
Miniature Wargames 142, capsule.
- GHQ 1/2400 Great War and WW2 Micronauts
- Miniature Wargames 154, capsule.
- Great War Micronauts, 1:2400 WW1 Ships
- from GHQ
Miniature Wargames 150, capsule.
- Viking Forge Minifleet 1/2400 WW2 Ships
- American Oiler Cimmaron, Italian aircraft carrier Aquila
The Courier 68, capsule.
- World War 2 Naval Scale 1/2400
- from CinC
Miniature Wargames 141, capsule.
1/1200 scale
- GHQ 1/1200 'Age of Sail' Micronauts
- Miniature Wargames 154, capsule.
1/600 scale
- 1/600th ACW Ships by Thoroughbred Figures USA
- Miniature Wargames 148, capsule.
1/300 scale
- 1/300 Danish Gunboat
- from Langton Miniatures
Miniature Wargames 142, capsule.
- Lindberg Classic Replica Series: Monitor and Merrimac
- 1/210 and 1/300 scales
Miniature Wargames 147, capsule.
15mm scale
- 15mm Vietnam Riverine Vessels
- from Firebase Games
Miniature Wargames 154, capsule.
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
- Gunfire Duel: The Battle of Guadalcanal
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, 2 pages
- Intelligence Factors in Scenario Design
- how much should players know?
Naval Wagaming Review 2:1, 4 pages.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- An Age of Sail Encounter off New London
- a proposed ship duel during the War of 1812
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 2 pages
- The Laws of the Navy
- U.S. WWII naval lore - poem
Naval SITREP 1:6, 1 page
- Ship Names - The Right Way
- how ship names should be used
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- Wake Island Defenses - New Data
- new info on the (recalled) reinforcements for Wake Island
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- A Wargamer's Guide to the Royal Swedish Navy's High Seas Fleet, 1788-1815
- The Courier 68, 2 pages
HISTORICAL SITES
- United States Navy Memorial
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 1 page
KITBASHING AND SCRATCH BUILDING
- Kitbash Corner: The Canadian Rivers
- WWII corvette
Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- Kitbash Corner: Gneisenau & Graf Spee 15" Conversions
- alternate armaments
Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
- Scratch Building 1/3000th Scale Pre-Dreadnoughts
- Miniature Wargames 154, 3 pages (with illustrations)
MAGAZINE REVIEWS
- Military Parade
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- The Naval SITREP
- The Courier 68, capsule
- Naval Wargaming Review
- Naval SITREP 1:4, capsule
- Plastic Ship Modeler
- Naval SITREP 1:4, capsule
MINIATURES RULES
Surveys of Available Rules
- An Approach to Naval Wargames Rules
- Author's preferences, with comparisons between General
Quarters, Perfidious Albion, and Flotilla.
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 3 pages
Clear For Action
- Clear for Action - Computer Assisted Wargames Rules for Naval Engagements Under Sail 1740-1827
- game review
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 1 page
- Clear for Action - Napoleonic Naval Rules on Computer
- game review
Miniature Wargames 152, capsule
- Clear for Action: Ship Orders Sheet
- Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 1 page
- A Hypothetical Engagement from the Age of Sail
- game report using Clear for Action rules
Naval Wargaming Review 2:2, 2 pages.
Command At Sea
- Blank Forms
- Completed Forms
- Game News
- Reviews
- Rules
- Scenarios
- Variant Rules
BLANK FORMS
- Blinker Light Message Form
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- Tactical Log Sheet Form
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
COMPLETED FORMS
- Aquila Class CV (Italy)
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- Elco 80 ft PT (USA)
- Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- Fletcher Class DD (U.S.)
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- Graf Spee BC [Deutschland class] (Germany)
- Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
See Naval SITREP 1:6 for corrections
- Martin 139WH bomber (Netherlands)
- Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- Re 2001 Fighter (Italy)
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- SBD-4 Dauntless
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- Short Sunderland III patrol plane (Great Britain)
- Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
GAME NEWS
- Three New Supplements Being Developed
- Naval SITREP 1:2, Product Updates column, capsule
REVIEWS
- Command at Sea
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 4 pages.
RULES
- Clarification: Merchant Ship Size Classes
- Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Command at Sea Errata
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- Engage the Enemy More Closely
- Revised Gunnery Rules for the Second Edition
Naval SITREP 1:4, 6 pages
- Sighting Torpedo Launches in CaS
- Missing rules for spotting torpedo launches
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
SCENARIOS
- Beta Convoy: Defense of Italian Convoy, 8/9 November 1941
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 4 pages
- Graf Spee's Greatest Battle
- WWII engagement in the River Platte Estuary
Naval SITREP 1:5, 3 pages
- Scenario Component Checklist
- all the information required for a complete scenario description
Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
- Wake Island Defenses - New Data
- update for Rising Sun scenario
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
VARIANT RULES
- Tactical Communications in Command At Sea
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
General Quarters
- Campaign Games
- Reviews
- Variant Rules
CAMPAIGN GAMES
- The North Sea Campaign
- August 1914 to July 1915
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 25 pages
REVIEWS
- General Quarters
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages.
VARIANT RULES
- Command and Control Simulation
- A system for using written orders
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 10 pages.
- Command and Control Simulation, Part II
- Secondary Battery Fire, Ramming and Collisions, Friendly Fire
Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 6 pages.
Harpoon
- Completed Forms
- Rules
- Scenarios
COMPLETED FORMS
- Charles de Gaulle class CVN (France)
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- F-4EJKai fighter (Japan)
- Naval SITREP 1:6, 1 page
- F-8 II Finback B fighter (China)
- Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
- Kongo DDG (Japan)
- Naval SITREP 1:6, 1 page
- La Fayette Class FF (France)
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- MiG-21-93 (India)
- Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- MiG-31M Foxhound B Interceptor (Russia)
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- Rafale M (France)
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- Type 212 SS (Germany)
- Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- Zhanjiang DD (China)
- Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
RULES
- Helmet-Mounted Sights and AC
- with new attack position formulae
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- Tomahawk Targeting: Welcome to the Real World
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 3 pages
SCENARIOS
- Korean Counter
- North vs. South Korea
Naval SITREP 1:2, 4 pages
- Korean Counter: Correction
- missing forces
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Sea of Fire
- A Kuril Islands mini-campaign (Russia vs Japan), Part One
Naval SITREP 1:6, 6 pages (1 map)
- Split Personality
- Yugoslav/Croat/UN
Naval SITREP 1:4, 5 pages
Seapower
- Battle Reports
- Campaign Games
- Rules Analysis
- Scenarios
- Variant Rules
BATTLE REPORTS
- Campaign Report: Guadalcanal, August to November 1942
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 6 pages
- Engagement Report: Battle of Round Island, 10 August 1904
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 5 pages
CAMPAIGN GAMES
- The Guadalcanal Campaign
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 14 pages
- The North Sea Campaign
- August 1914 to July 1915
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 25 pages
RULES ANALYSIS
- Hit Ratio Equivalents
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 1 page
SCENARIOS
- The Battle of the Java Sea
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 5 pages.
- Order of Battle: Battle of Round Island, 10 August 1904
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, 7 pages
VARIANT RULES
- Aerial Scouting Methods
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 5 pages
- Antiaircraft Fire Resolution
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 2 pages
- Carrier Air Operations
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 6 pages
- Carrier Special Damage
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 2 pages
Reader's criticism of article:
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages
- Command and Control Simulation
- A system for using written orders
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 10 pages.
- Command and Control Simulation, Part II
- Secondary Battery Fire, Ramming and Collisions, Friendly Fire
Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 6 pages.
- High Altitude Bombing Attacks
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 1 page
- Identification and Battle Damage Assessment
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 2 pages
- Kamikaze Attacks
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 1 page
- Loss of Guns and Speed through Battle Damage
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:2, 2 pages
- Modified Hit Ratio Charts
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 3 pages
- Simplified Torpedo Hit Resolution
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 2 pages
- Smoke Screens
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, July/August 94, 3 pages
- Torpedo Damage Results
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:1, 1 page
- Variable Results for Control and Power Plant Special Hits
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:3, 2 pages
Shipbase III
- Battle Reports
- Campaign Games
- Reviews
- Variant Rules
BATTLE REPORTS
- Campaign Report: The Guadalcanal Campaign
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 8 pages
CAMPAIGN GAMES
- The North Sea Campaign
- August 1914 to July 1915
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 25 pages
REVIEWS
- Shipbase III
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 5 pages.
VARIANT RULES
- Command and Control Simulation
- A system for using written orders
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 10 pages.
- Command and Control Simulation, Part II
- Secondary Battery Fire, Ramming and Collisions, Friendly Fire
Naval Wargaming Review 1:6, 6 pages.
- Shipbase III Damage Options
- Analysis of configuration options
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 2 pages
- War Eagles House Rules
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 2 pages.
Other Rules
- Fast-Play Air Rules
- Rules for use with the Naval Rules from issue 149
Miniature Wargames 150, 1 page
- Fletcher Pratt's Naval War Game
- game review
Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 1 page.
- Flotilla
- game review
Miniature Wargames 152, capsule.
- Perfidious Albion
- review of fifth-edition rules for late Dreadnought-early WWI period
Naval Wargaming Review 2:5, 2 pages
- Raising the Blockade
- Updated rules for the 1888 "Game of Naval Blockade"
Miniature Wargames 141, 3 pages.
- Renaissance Naval Wargaming
- selecting a rules set
The Reiter 10:4, 5 pages
- Simple Napoleonic Naval Rules
- Miniature Wargames 153, 3 pages (with forms and chart)
NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS
- General Developments
- China
- CIS (former Soviet)
- France
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Other
GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Helmet-Mounted Sights and AC
- Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- Torpedo Defense - A New Possibility
- Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
CHINESE DEVELOPMENTS
- China (PRC) orders Kilo subs
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- The Chinese Take a Small Step Forward
- Chinese naval developments, including Harpoon stats for FH-7 strike aircraft
Naval SITREP 1:5, 1 page
- Finback Followup
- Finback IIM to be built
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
C.I.S. (FORMER SOVIET) DEVELOPMENTS
- Alerts
- Russian Shkval rocket-powered torpedo, new Medvedka ASW stand-off weapon
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Announcement of Hermes laser-guided artillery
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- The Russian RPK-5 Liven'
- dedicated torpedo defense system
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Specifications for New Udaloy II class
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- Update for Next in Sovremennyy class
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- Ukrainian Varyag to be scrapped
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
FRENCH DEVELOPMENTS
- Alerts
- French La Fayette frigates, French soft-kill anti-torpedo
system. Includes Harpoon stats for La Fayette Batch 2
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Charles de Gaulle floats out
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
U.K. DEVELOPMENTS
- ALERTS: British Frigate, German Submarine Collide
- Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- ALERTS: British Sub Propulsion Problems
- Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- UK Update
- Naval SITREP 1:4, 1 page
- Update for Trafalgar-class subs
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
U.S. DEVELOPMENTS
- Alerts
- Surface Ship Self-Defense System provides improved AAW protection.
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- B-2 named 'Spirit'
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- CVBG Compositions
- Current Pacific carrier battle group compositions
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- F-111 might retire early
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- Navy Carrier Home Port Plan
- Naval SITREP 1:2, 1 page
- Orion P-3C cleared for AGM-65F Mavericks
- NA1:1, capsule
- Removal of ASROC and TASM from some ships
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
- Specifications for Sh-60F rebuilds
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS
- Alerts
- Canada lets Upholder SS options lapse
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- Alerts
- Iran claims inflight refuelling for MiG-29s
Naval SITREP 1:5, capsule
- ALERTS: British Frigate, German Submarine Collide
- Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- ALERTS: Taiwan Defense Expansion
- plans for seventh naval fleet
Naval SITREP 1:6, capsule
- Belgium and Netherlands integrate fleets
- Naval SITREP 1:1, capsule
OPTIONAL RULES
These rules can be applied to most published sets of rules. For
optional rules designed for specific rules sets, look under the heading
for that set of rules.
- Command and Control: Ship Survivability
- what to do with 100% damaged ships
Naval Wagaming Review 2:1, 3 pages.
PAINTING
- New Product Alert
- Naval colors from Floquil
Naval Wagaming Review 1:4, capsule.
- Product Updates
- Clash of Arms to publish WWII ship painting guide in '96
Naval Wagaming Review 1:4, capsule.
SCENARIOS
- Scenarios for All Games
- Scenarios for Specific Games
SCENARIOS FOR ALL GAMES
- The Battle for Guadalcanal, Part I
- Iron Bottom Sound, Savo Island, Cape Esperance, First Guadalcanal
Miniature Wargames 147, 4 pages (4 maps)
- The Battle for Guadalcanal, Part II
- Two scenarios (Second Guadalcanal, Tassafaronga) plus stand-alone rules for
night surface engagements
Miniature Wargames 149, 4 pages (2 maps)
- The Battle for Guadalcanal, Part III
- The Air Campaign
Miniature Wargames 150, 3 pages
- The Battle of Salamis, 309 B.C.
- Miniature Wargames 150, 2 pages
- Battle of the Eastern Solomons
- Miniature Wargames 144, 4 pages (1 map)
- 'E Boat Alley'
- Scenario generator for East Coast convoy actions
Miniature Wargames 144, 4 pages
- Encounter off Kiska Island, 16 April 1943
- scenario generator
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 7 pages
- Rescuing the Deutschland
- Hypothetical 1939 scenario
Naval Wargaming Review 1:5, 6 pages
- Stopping the Max Immelmann
- Hypothetical 1941 scenario involving U.S. flight deck criuser and German light carrier
Naval Wargaming Review 2:1, 7 pages
SHIPS
- A U.S. Flight Deck Cruiser That Might Have Been
- The Proposed CLV Class of 1932
Naval Wagaming Review 1:4, 3 pages.
- Italian Aircraft Carriers in World War II
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- The Olympia
- Naval Wargaming Review 1:4, 9 pages.
TACTICS
- Planning a Strike Package
- Naval SITREP 1:1, 1 page
- Strike Package Follow-up: Udbina
- Naval SITREP 1:2, capsule