Suffren vs. Hughes

[David Manley]

An article I wrote for the NWS some years ago covering the naval campaign off the coast of India in the early 1780s. It should be familiar to players of WSIM, and is an ideal campaign to refight given the balanced (and fairly modest) forces involved.

http://www.navalwargamessociety.org/...and_Hughes.pdf

[Berthier]

David is this the same article as appeared in The General magazine for WSIM? I recall (vaguely) they did this campaign and it's balanced scenarios made for great gaming. For once the French crews were better than "poor"!

[Berthier]

Ah here's a list of articles from the General i found on Web grognards

• The General
  
  • 13-2,Fighting Sail,Stratgy,3,Tactics of the Age of Sail as Applied to WS&IM,S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
  • 13-2,Wooden Ships vs. Europe,Scenario,6,Additional Scenarios for WS&IM,Robert D. Harmon
  • 13-2,The Care and Feeding of a Square-Rigger,Designer Notes,15,With Developer Notes by Mick Uhl,S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
  • 14-5,The French Are In!,Analysis,17,Design-Your-Own Scenarios for WS&IM,John D. Burtt
  • 15-4,In Defense of Linear Tactics,Strategy,18,Rolland Pareteau
  • 15-5,Wooden Ships & Iron Men of the Baltic,Scenario,9,The Russo-Swedish War of 1788-1790,Gary Charboneau
  • 16-2,Fire as Your Guns Bear,Strategy,26,Bold & Resourceful Maneuver in Fleet Actions,L. P. Carpenter
  • 17-6,Hoisting the Jolly Roger,Variant (Scenario),15,Pirates in WS&IM,Michael Turner
  • 18-3,Strachan vs. Dumanoir,Series Replay,30,A WS&IM Series Replay,Staff
  • 18-3,Wooden Ships By Mail,Play-By-Mail,37,A PBM System for WS&IM,Leonard P. Carpenter
  • 19-5,Wooden Ships & Iron Men of the Levant,Scenario,33,The Russo-Turkish Wars on the Seas,Sean Cannon
  • 20-5,A King's Officer,Scenario,37,The Battles of Richard Bolitho,Kevin Moulton
  • 23-4,The Royal Navy Triumphant,Scenario,19,The Wooden Wall of Empire,James Lutz
  • 25-4,Signal Close Action,Variant,19,The Development of British Naval Tactics,Craig F. Posey
  • 25-4,The Age of Sail,Play-By-Mail,25,Choosing Sides in Wooden Ships & Iron Men,Jim Lutz
  • 25-4,The Continentals,Scenario,49,The Americans in Wooden Ships & Iron Men,Richard Olsen
  • 26-6,The Frigates Fight,Scenario,37,WS&IM in the War of 1812,Michael Merritt
  • 27-2,The China Trade,Variant,43,Chinese Vessels for WS&IM,Thomas M. Kane
  • 27-6,Wooden Ships for One,51,A Solitaire System for WS&IM,Mark Hunter
  • SPCL,Fighting Sails,Strategy,17,Tactics as Applied to WS&IM (Vol 13-2),S. C. Taylor

Some good scenario sources for Russo-swedish war and Russo-turkish. The Suffren-Hughes stuff was in the original game..I must be loosing it with age :(

[Berthier]

Oh and here are the rules set
http://www.kjkoster.org/wsim/

and a really interesting article on comparisons of WSIM to Close Action...it says the combat system of WSIM was broken...
http://grognard.com/reviews1/closeaction.txt

[David Manley]

David is this the same article as appeared in The General magazine for WSIM? I recall (vaguely) they did this campaign and it's balanced scenarios made for great gaming. For once the French crews were better than "poor"!

No, I didn't get into writing "serious" stuff until the General has ceased to be.

it says the combat system of WSIM was broken

Yes, it was (but it was still a great game, and one that I still pull of the shelves and play). I know the designer of CFA very well - if you look in my albums you'll see some photos from the mega games that he has run and a that I played in over in DC a few years back. But they were errors in the technical aspects rather than the game play, so they would not necessarily be apparent unless one had a fairly detailed background knowledge.

Ah here's a list of articles from the General i found on Web grognards

Loads of good material here. And also good news in that you can purchase a CD with PDF editions of the complete set of "The General" :)