WW1 Naval Campaign - War is Declared !

[Yarkshire Gamer]

https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2019/04/ww1-naval-campaign-war-is-declared.html

Evening fellow Naval Gamers (all 3 of you),

Every Easter is Naval Campaign time at Yarkshire Gamer and this year the old Jutland Collection gets another run out with a few new models.

The Campaign has both a Tactical Tabletop element and an Abstract Political element which affects ship deployments etc.

So with my own TV channel (Yarkshire TV) I continue my rise to global media tycoon with the launch of my own Newspaper T'Yarkshire Ferret. The Ferret will bring you the big stories of the Campaign whilst the blog will bring you the in depth battle reports.

Pop down to Yarkshire Gamer blog for a full AAR of game one and get a Ferret in your Letter Box !

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[Sparrow]

Well - I found it really inspiring stuff ! Thank you!

I’m just starting on my first ever Naval project and have opted for WW1 (no rigging to super glue my fingers together and limited air power so I can cope with the technicalities!). Have acquired several rule sets including General Quarters 3 but having trouble making a decision which to use (“I used to be indecisive but now I’m nit so sure”) . What persuaded you that these were the rules you wanted to use? Keen to hear the opinions of those who know a lot more about this than I do!

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Cheers Sparrow, I struggled so much to find a set of rules I liked that I wrote my own ! Been using a home brew set for WW2 for over 25 years and converted them to WW1.

General Quarters seems to be the favoured set to begin with. It's always best if you can try a few sets out to see what you like but that depends on where you live and if you have any keen Naval Gamers nearby. Good luck with your search

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[Sparrow]

Thanks Ken - really appreciated! I tend to write my own rules as well but, at present, know too little about WW1 Naval to make this practical....I feel some heavy reading coming on!

(Love your ships by the way! What colours do you use for your decks?)

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Cheers Sparrow as for deck colours, I did a tutorial a while back on the painting process so Full details on the blog,

https://yarkshiregamer.blogspot.com/2015/11/12400-ww1-wtj-naval-from-box-to-table.html

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[Sparrow]

Ta muchly!

[SteveBurt]

We use General Quarters 3 for WW2, and its WW1 offshoot Fleet Action Imminent for WW1. For us it hits the sweet spot of enough complexity to make the game interesting, but not so much that it takes forever. I really like the way the rules encode most of the complex stuff into the charts, and that there are no damage points; ships take damage to their various systems.
We've also used Naval Thunder (which is OK but you will have ships exploding left right and centre), War at Sea/Age of Dreadnoughts (Ok but not very historical) and and old homebrew set (also OK, but it uses points and is a bit too bloody).                               

[Sparrow]

Thanks Steve - v much appreciated

[lethallee61]

Born in Wakefield myself, I can only support your choice for T’King.

Champion. 

[Yarkshire Gamer]

Apologies everyone, my mistake the book we are using is not on WV but avaliable below,

https://www.odgw.com/forums/store/product/78-north-sea-campaign-digital-download/

Regards Ken
The Yarkshire Gamer

[GeKi]

Nice AAR and lovely painted models.

We started assembling fleets for ww1 wargaming last month. So at the
Moment I‘m full into painting ships and reading the GQ fleet action imminent rules.

This aar is really inspiring.

[Admiral Hawke]

Thank you. I enjoyed that. :-). Your miniatures are first rate.

I suspect there was a bit of a flap at the Admiralty after the loss of the Fearless.

As you say, there are not a lot of naval gamers or game reports, so please keep them coming. ;-)