Last Updated
Mon Nov 15 19:48:04 PST 1999
Voters = 6

IRONCLADS VOTING RESULTS:
Voters, By Period - ACW Commerce Raiders

Favorite Rules
rulespercentage
The Ironclads50%
A Hotter Fire17%
Iron and Fire17%
Smoke on the Water17%

Rules Regularly Played
rules played regularlypercentage
The Ironclads50%
A Hotter Fire17%
Iron and Fire17%
Smoke on the Water17%

Number of Rules Regularly Played
number of rules played regularlypercentage
1 rules played100%

Rules Tried
rules played at least oncepercentage
The Ironclads83%
Age of Iron67%
Smoke on the Water50%
A Hotter Fire17%
Age of the Dreadnought17%
Hammerin' Iron17%
Iron and Fire17%
Perfidious Albion17%
The Devil at the Helm17%

Number of Rules Tried
number of rules playedpercentage
3 rules played67%
2 rules played17%
4 rules played17%

Voters, By Experience
level of experiencepercentage
Up To Twenty Years67%
Twenty Years or More17%
Up To Ten Years17%

Voters, By Region
regionpercentage
North America67%
Europe33%

Voters, By Setting
usual game settingpercentage
At the local club67%
With a friend or two33%

Number of Armies
number of armies owned or usedpercentage
2 army/armies50%
3 army/armies33%
13 army/armies17%

Armies Owned/Used
armies owned or usedpercentage
Confederate States of America100%
United States of America100%
Japan33%
United Kingdom33%
Austria17%
China17%
France17%
Germany17%
Italy17%
Russia17%
South American17%
Spain17%
Turkey17%

Periods Played
periodpercentage
ACW Blockade100%
ACW Coastal - Atlantic100%
ACW Commerce Raiders100%
ACW Riverine - Other100%
ACW Riverine - Upper Mississippi100%
ACW Riverine - Lower Mississippi83%
ACW What-if83%
ACW Coastal - Gulf of Mexico67%
ACW Fortress Bombardment67%
ACW Amphibious Operations50%
Austro-Prussian War33%
South America33%
Spanish-American War33%
Crimean War17%
Japanese-Chinese War17%
Russo-Japanese War17%
What-If/Fantasy17%

Number of Periods Played
number of genres/periods playedpercentage
10 periods17%
12 periods17%
16 periods17%
6 periods17%
8 periods17%
9 periods17%

Scales Used
figure scalepercentage
1:1200 and 1:125067%
1:60050%
1:240033%
15mm17%

Number of Scales
number of figure scale(s) used
(per person)		percentage
2 figure scale(s) used67%
1 figure scale(s) used33%

RECENT BATTLE REPORTS
Alan Saunders

Setting: The Upper Mississippi

The Confederates were attempting to move the recently built ram, CSS Eastport, from the main Mississippi to the safety of a tributary where it would be covered by friendly batteries. Escorted by two cottonclad steamers it attempted the run upriver. A small Union squadron rushed downriver to stop it, consisting of the USS Cairo (Armoured Gunboat), USS Tyler, USS Conestoga (Timberclads) and the USS Queen City (Tinclad).

The USS Cairo wandered off round a small island and effectively put itself out of the game. The USS Conestoga ran too far ahead of the rest of the Union force and was rammed and shot to pieces by the Confederates. The USS Queen City and USS Tyler made a bold attelpt to intercept the CSS Eastport, but couldn't penetrate its armour. One Confederate cottonclad was sunk, but the other limped to safety, and the Eastport exited as well, slightly damaged. The Union lost the USS Conestoga, and the USS Tyler and Queen City were both badly damaged. [25 Apr 99]

Peter Mancini

1870 - U.S. & Nicuragua vs. Britain & Gutamala. USS Dunderberg and USS Puritain plus some light frigates vs. HMS Warrior, 3 heavy cruisers and light frigates. The Puritain was basically the Death Star (tm) and the Dunderberg the gates to eternal damnation. The lighter vessels tried to act as ruining forces but got wiped out. The Warrior just didn't have the range and was eventually made short work of. Never trust the point values given in "The Ironclads" as they are a total crock.

I think all Ironclad rules out there right now are either over simplified or totally crocked. We need a high definition rules set! [9 Apr 99]

john mcbride

Used SMOKE. Did DuPont's attack on Charleston, had about a dozen players, almost one per ship. More-aggressive-than-historically Union was able to get NEW IRONSIDES and two PASSAICs across the rope obstruction and destroy PALMETTO STATE and CHICORA, so US won. Next time I'll either make it harder to get across the rope, or give Rebs a couple of torpedo launches to supplement their ironclads. [2 Apr 99]

David Manley

Last game was an ACW riverine solo - Union force player controlled, Confederates controlled by the game system. Last game against an opponent was the Battle of Round Island (RJW) run as a playtest for "Fire When Ready" (due out May 1999) [27 Mar 99]

Michael Llaneza

Dusted off my old copy of Yaquinto's Ironclads. Taught two people, with the assist of a fourth who had played before, the rules in half an hour. A small squadron action with 6 ships took three hours to play, and everyone had a blast. Even me, who lost his monitor to a spar torpedo (curse those Rebs). [26 Mar 99]

Tom Ballou

We fought a battle to try to breakout a blockade runner from Charleston Harbor. I have designed a computer assisted version of Ironclads, this speeds up play a great deal and allows for completion of fairly large games. We were using Throughbred ships. [26 Mar 99]