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

IRONCLADS VOTING RESULTS:
Voters, By Period - Spanish-American War

Favorite Rules
rules	percentage
Battlefleet		33%
Iron and Fire		17%
Smoke on the Water		17%
The Devil at the Helm		17%
The Ironclads		17%

Rules Regularly Played
rules played regularly	percentage
Battlefleet		33%
Iron and Fire		33%
Smoke on the Water		33%
The Devil at the Helm		33%
The Ironclads		17%

Number of Rules Regularly Played
number of rules played regularly	percentage
1 rules played		67%
2 rules played		17%
3 rules played		17%

Rules Tried
rules played at least once	percentage
Smoke on the Water		67%
Age of Iron		33%
Battlefleet		33%
Hammerin' Iron		33%
Iron and Fire		33%
Age of the Dreadnought		17%
Perfidious Albion		17%
The Devil at the Helm		17%
The Ironclads		17%

Number of Rules Tried
number of rules played	percentage
3 rules played		50%
1 rules played		17%
2 rules played		17%
4 rules played		17%

Voters, By Experience
level of experience	percentage
Up To Ten Years		33%
Up To Twenty Years		33%
Novice		17%
Twenty Years or More		17%

Voters, By Region
region	percentage
North America		50%
Europe		33%
Western Pacific		17%

Voters, By Setting
usual game setting	percentage
At the local club		50%
With a friend or two		50%

Number of Armies
number of armies owned or used	percentage
3 army/armies		33%
1 army/armies		17%
10 army/armies		17%
11 army/armies		17%
13 army/armies		17%

Armies Owned/Used
armies owned or used	percentage
United States of America		83%
Confederate States of America		67%
Japan		67%
Austria		50%
China		50%
France		50%
Italy		50%
Spain		50%
Turkey		50%
United Kingdom		50%
Germany		33%
Russia		33%
South American		33%
Generic		17%

Periods Played
period	percentage
Spanish-American War		100%
ACW Coastal - Atlantic		67%
ACW Coastal - Gulf of Mexico		67%
ACW Fortress Bombardment		67%
ACW Amphibious Operations		50%
ACW Riverine - Other		50%
ACW What-if		50%
Austro-Prussian War		50%
Russo-Japanese War		50%
ACW Blockade		33%
ACW Commerce Raiders		33%
ACW Riverine - Lower Mississippi		33%
ACW Riverine - Upper Mississippi		33%
Japanese-Chinese War		33%
South America		33%
What-If/Fantasy		33%
Crimean War		17%

Number of Periods Played
number of genres/periods played	percentage
12 periods		17%
16 periods		17%
2 periods		17%
3 periods		17%
6 periods		17%
9 periods		17%

Scales Used
figure scale	percentage
1:1200 and 1:1250		50%
1:2400		33%
1:3000		33%
1:600		33%
Generic		17%

Number of Scales
number of figure scale(s) used (per person)	percentage
1 figure scale(s) used		50%
2 figure scale(s) used		33%
3 figure scale(s) used		17%

RECENT BATTLE REPORTS
Bert Razenna
Our last game was a freelance ocean going ironclad experimental skirmish. We have been working on an improved set of house rules for the big European type ironclads because we are not happy with any of the off the shelf rules. Smoke on the Water is the set we are using as a starting point, but it might not be recognizable when we are done. The fight was 6 ships to a side, all pre-1880 masted ironclads. One ship (Gloire) was lost outright to ramming. The rammer (Temeraire) got rammed in turn (by Affondatore), then struck on a morale role triggered by the Capt. being killed. One ship was lost to a fire that started from an exploding gun, SotW allows mishap to quickly grow to catastrophe with fires. Three other ships were sunk from being hammered by gunfire. Another ship was lost from a combination of being hammered and a catastrophic misfire that immolated it. And one ship blew up from a magazine hit. The game lasted 18 turns. A lot of time was wasted firing the smaller guns, mostly at funnels since the smaller guns could not hurt other parts of the ships. We try to play as close to history as possible, but there are all those grand ships that were never used in action, so we have to do freelance games. The Ironclad Period focuses on the ACW, which is not fully applicable to the large European type ironclads. While it is fun to tinker with rules, we would rather be able to work with rules that started out closer to what we wish to game with. [27 Mar 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]
Pat Collins
A smaller Tsushima, IJN vs IRN. Mikasa and two Asahis vs 3 Orel's. Mikasa had a main knocked out, and slight flloding, but one of the Orels was hit hard, losing many 2nd batteries, and suffering severe flooding. We had to quit early, but it was looking bad for the Russians. I very much like the Battlefleet system, except that it uses range estimation. We'd like a "to hit" table, similar to the one they use for torpedoes. Also, it has a LOT of dice rolling. I'd prefer a battery system, as opposed to one die per gun. We may make a house rule for that, or just use the fine system in Naval Action. I have 5 large, 9 small generic wooden ships. I just replace the flags. [26 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]
Wayne Pocock
US forced performing blockage duties of S Carolina coast, are surprised by CSS High Seas fleet IE ship built by European powers and never delivered. Using Smoke on the Water. [26 Mar 99]
Mal WRIGHT
This was a small action fought out on the coast of China between some French colonial period warships and some Chinese vessels and coast batteries. The French won after a British cruiser got out of their way, but the batteries did a lot of damage. Preparation of the Devil at the Helm damage sheets is a bit tedious. [26 Mar 99]