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John Curry takes us through the history of the FP wargame. |
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Japanese naval units included three destroyers - alarmingly of the 'Kamakazie' class... |
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...and a battlecruiser 'Kirishima'. |
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The paper strips on stands were used to represent squadrons of aircraft. |
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The first air attack goes in on the convoy. |
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Kirishima gets a hit on a light cruiser. |
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A firing arrow is placed for a firther salvo. |
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Rather unsportingly, the Brits responded with a swarm of torpedo bombers which bore down on Kirishima. Due to skillful ship handling (and blind luck) they all missed. |
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Hits are scored on a second light cruiser, thus proving that big guns still have their place in naval warfare! |
6 comments:
I love the idea about the aircraft stands.
This looks good all over!
Nice post.
Paul
I initially thought (rather uncharitably) that the stands were just badly made, but they were actually built with varying heights and angles on purpose, as estimating ranges is an essential part of the game.
Looks a corker of a game
One day I hope to see CoW in the flesh
Geordie
You'd be made most welcome. My only regret is delaying my own attendance for as long as I did.
I will have to first brush up my contemporary dance steps so as not to be confused with a Walrus instead of a Swordfish
I assume most people took a tipple for Dutch courage before their performance given there were a profusion of camera's to hand and the Internet/Bloggersphere but a click away ;)
Geordie
Inspiring bold John Barleycorn was certainly in use, but the beauty of COW is that unless you are actually presenting a session no preparation is necessary.
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