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by Charles Lewis
Sat Jun 25, 2016 12:42 am
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Re: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

As I stated above, I originally misspoke, and was referring to the Courageous class of cruisers. And yes, they had 15" guns, 4 of them, mounted in pairs. In the 20's, HMS Courageous was converted to an aircraft carrier, much like Furious. Furious had been intended to be the third ship in the cl...
by Charles Lewis
Mon May 23, 2016 6:29 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Re: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

I've compiled all the British dreadnoughts, battleships, and cruisers for the era: 39 classes in total! Clearly, as I expected, once I get the British fleet compiled, I'll have enough to work with to develop my conversion process. Once that's where I want it, I can focus on the rest of 'em. :)
by Charles Lewis
Mon May 23, 2016 1:48 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Re: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

murtalianconfederacy wrote:'Tis fine, just wanted to keep you honest...;)

Somebody has to... 8)
by Charles Lewis
Thu May 19, 2016 2:10 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Re: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

No, I meant Courageous. Grabbed the wrong name off my list. :oops:
by Charles Lewis
Wed May 18, 2016 6:42 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Re: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

Interesting tidbit on how quickly naval engineering advanced during the run-up to World War I: The first British class identified as a "battleship" is the Majestic class of 1894. Majestics massed 14,900 tons, carried 4 12" guns, and could go up to 16 knots with coal. The last WWI-era ...
by Charles Lewis
Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:50 pm
Forum: Distant Worlds
Topic: Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!
Replies: 39
Views: 33586

Steel Castles sourcebook in the yards!

http://i.imgur.com/N4VIIww.png Steel Castles is the working title for a setting book I've started work on for VBAM, 2nd Ed. It will be based on the pre-WWI naval arms race, but in spaaaaaace. Underneath will be a conversion of the real ships into VBAM stats - the space part will mostly come from th...
by Charles Lewis
Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:13 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Crossover Works
Replies: 41
Views: 13306

Re: Crossover Works

I finished that humongous conversation project for 1E then promptly let most of the materials go so I no longer have the source materials. However, I do still have (I think) my original conversion spreadsheet. Of course, for that matter, I would be tempted to go back through and just rebuild the shi...
by Charles Lewis
Thu May 16, 2013 2:33 am
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Web play aids
Replies: 28
Views: 11340

Re: Web play aids

Sweet!
by Charles Lewis
Thu May 09, 2013 2:32 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Web play aids
Replies: 28
Views: 11340

Re: Web play aids

This is really looking cool. Assuming this plan holds, Tyrel is veeeeerrrrrrry close to releasing the final alpha version of 2E; tools like this will add a definite coolness factor. :)
by Charles Lewis
Sat Feb 16, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Web play aids
Replies: 28
Views: 11340

Re: Web play aids

Cool! :D
by Charles Lewis
Wed Feb 13, 2013 9:49 pm
Forum: Mess Hall
Topic: Realm Works Campaign Manager (Lone Wolf Development)
Replies: 2
Views: 4723

Re: Realm Works Campaign Manager (Lone Wolf Development)

I used to be a big user of armybuilder back in the day of my heavy minis gaming. Even though I'm still on their email mailing list, I pretty much ignore them and saw the announcement of Realm Works come and go...I take it I should give it a closer look. ;)
by Charles Lewis
Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:27 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Curious about the business tactic used here...
Replies: 40
Views: 13729

Re: Curious about the business tactic used here...

Don't want you guys to think you're being ignored, but the answer is: I dunno.

Haven't heard from Tyrel lately...hopefully he'll pop his head in here soon and update us all. :)
by Charles Lewis
Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:00 pm
Forum: Officer's Lounge
Topic: Mass Star Rolls
Replies: 15
Views: 5798

Re: Mass Star Rolls

Now that right there is every kind of awesome. :)
by Charles Lewis
Tue May 01, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Second Edition Development Archive
Topic: Curious about the business tactic used here...
Replies: 40
Views: 13729

Re: Curious about the business tactic used here...

My second playtest was going gangbusters and then I hit the end of year surge at work. Tyrel's suggested streamlining for loyalty and piracy checks really help move the turn along. I'm hoping to get back to it next week after the dust settles. I know this has been a long drawn out process, and I'm v...