When I was in High School, e called going to the beach to neck "going to the submaine races". So you could imagine the answer I would give to the subject line.
dafrca
| Tactical Command http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/ |
|
| Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=1854 |
Page 1 of 2 |
| Author: | Lion in the Stars [ Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
I'm a RL Submariner, SSBNs, actually, and I'm looking for a reasonable representation of nuke boat conflict. Submarine vs Submarine, with detection ranges, you name it. Has anyone found something? |
|
| Author: | dafrca [ Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
When I was in High School, e called going to the beach to neck "going to the submaine races". So you could imagine the answer I would give to the subject line. dafrca |
|
| Author: | Tas [ Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Hello Lion in the Stars, Another navy guy - excellent! I am an ASW Officer by trade so I am professionally obliged to dislike you. Dont take that personally though, my sister is a submariner too and it applies to her also! Back OT, sadly, I have never found a playable submarine table wargame. Because of the stealth issues, you becoem restrcited to pencil and paper planning to preserve the integroty of he boat and thus its very very dull. PC games are by far the best bet for submarine action IMHO. There are some great ones out there nowadays too! Good Luck! |
|
| Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 1:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Well I say this with grave concerns. Harpoon 4 is propably the game your looking for, but your'll need a gamemaster to handle detection. Check out Clash of Arms I belive the program my freind made to handle Fear God and Dreadnoaught can easily deal with double blind movement. But we haven't taken it that far yet. In time we will. With escorts hunting subs who are hunting merchant ships. Good luck on your search and Welcome |
|
| Author: | Tas [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
With escorts hunting subs who are hunting merchant ships. | |
| Author: | CyberShadow [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Dont get me started on this. I have been looking for a decent sub game for a long time, and I have not found one yet. As already mentioned, Harpoon will probably do the job better than most games. Aside from that, I found a few which were OK but not great, but I am away from home right now. If you are still interested in six weeks, drop me a PM. If you find anything good, pelase let me know! |
|
| Author: | MaksimSmelchak [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Hi Lion, Harpoon is a great game. I have the sub book and it works very well. Having said that, I prefer missile boats and small combatants and Harpoon really works better for larger naval engagements. Shalom, Maksim-Smelchak. |
|
| Author: | Jimbo [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
I started work on a near-future sub game, Krazy Ivan which was aimed specifically at non-submariners and I knew would be about as realistic as an unrealistic game could be. It was more a subs in space game than a a realistic simulation of subs.... http://www.ifelix.co.uk/krazy.html Remember these are unfinished... |
|
| Author: | Dwarf Supreme [ Wed Jul 20, 2005 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
I know of a good WWII sub boardgame, AH's "Submarine." It doesn't use minis; all the pieces are cardboard. |
|
| Author: | Lion in the Stars [ Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Thanks, guys. I may need to chase down that 'Full thrust' mod that I saw a few (too many) years ago, then, and play with it. Tas, there's only two kinds of ships: Submarines, and TARGETS. We've got some great pictures at work of various ships, usually with the lookout in the crosshairs. [evil smilie] Or there's our other favorite 'game': find a diesel sub snorkeling at periscope depth, then flood-down and open all torpedo tubes. Listen to the 'OH, [deleted by the Inquisition]' as the diesel desperately tries to run from you. Then call the diesel on the underwater telephone and say 'Tag, you're it!' |
|
| Author: | Cuban Commissar [ Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:06 am ] | ||
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? | ||
Now that sounds like a challenge...  |
|||
| Author: | Tas [ Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Tas, there's only two kinds of ships: Submarines, and TARGETS. | |
| Author: | Lion in the Stars [ Mon Aug 08, 2005 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
Tas, I served on the Missile Boats. We can't even find each other when we know where the other guys is supposed to be, let alone someone else find us in open ocean. Yes, diesels are godawful quiet (I'm pretty sure the phrase 'hole in the ocean' was invented to describe them), but you would not believe how quiet boomers are. I will grant surprise to the Diesels in littoral waters, but nukes own the open ocean. The SSGNs are going to be interesting. The phrase that keeps surfacing in my mind is 'I'm too damn big to be sneaking around like this'. Just spoke with a Fire Control tech. He says that missile boats still have an advantage over diesels. Maybe our teams should arrange a little get-together. Mid-Atlantic work for you? Smashed and broken subs? Must be WW2 German/Japanese, or newer russian. The American bubbleheads get irritated with people laughing about the Thresher, Scorpion, Bonefish, or San Francisco. Those were all fatal accidents. Friendly rivalry? Absolutely. We get inside the carrier's ASW screen, the officer's on the carrier buy for the entire sub crew. We don't get inside, we were never there in the first place!
|
|
| Author: | Tas [ Tue Aug 09, 2005 3:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
You guys are almost as bad as the freaking birdies and knuckleheads! The only thing you have going for you over them is that I dont have you laying around in my ship... Smashed and broken subs? ?Must be WW2 German/Japanese, or newer russian. ?The American bubbleheads get irritated with people laughing about the Thresher, Scorpion, Bonefish, or San Francisco. ?Those were all fatal accidents. | |
| Author: | Lion in the Stars [ Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Any good Submarine vs Submarine Games? |
No, we're laying around UNDER your ship! Thanks. Stay safe out there. Life is so much less fun if there's no skimmers to abuse.
|
|
| Page 1 of 2 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|