Topic: Interesting looking Naval Wargame (Read 2749 times)

Commander La'ra · « **on:** October 24, 2005, 07:58:53 pm »

Saw this on Subsim.com....pre-dreadnought era naval combat game set in one of the most obscure conflicts of the 20th Century (at least to most Americans). Norm Koger is an old wargame name, which got me interested even more than the subject matter...

Distant Guns

kmelew · « **Reply #1 on:** October 24, 2005, 08:26:26 pm »

Nice!!

Lepton · « **Reply #2 on:** October 24, 2005, 08:52:13 pm »

Thanks for the heads up. Looks to be purely naval. Cool.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #3 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:05:03 pm »

I know what game I will be playing when I get broadband back this week!

This wayyyy too cool, I like the shellcam feature.

kmelew · « **Reply #4 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:05:51 pm »

Quote from: Commander La'ra on October 24, 2005, 07:58:53 pm

Saw this on Subsim.com....pre-dreadnought era naval combat game set in one of the most obscure conflicts of the 20th Century (at least to most Americans). Norm Koger is an old wargame name, which got me interested even more than the subject matter...

Distant Guns

You might find this interesting...Admiral Togo's flagship, Mikasa

KBF-Kapact · « **Reply #5 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:13:01 pm »

I've heard about it.... the battle, not the game. The Russians had their @sses handed to them, didn't they?

Cheers

Dracho · « **Reply #6 on:** October 24, 2005, 09:59:25 pm »

Wow.. that looks very interesting.

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #7 on:** October 25, 2005, 05:19:36 am »

An excellent find.

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #8 on:** August 20, 2006, 03:11:05 am »

Storm Eagle released this on the 31st of July.

Jack Morris · « **Reply #9 on:** August 20, 2006, 06:23:37 pm »

I wish they would bring back Great Naval Battles and have a dyna for it. I had soooo much fun with that game. You earn your way to command a ship of your choice, and if it got damaged you had to wait out the months of repair.

Lepton · « **Reply #10 on:** August 20, 2006, 11:06:30 pm »

30 day free trial available

Brush Wolf · « **Reply #11 on:** August 21, 2006, 12:10:07 am »

Quote from: Lepton on August 20, 2006, 11:06:30 pm

30 day free trial available

The trial is the full game with only one scenario enabled so you see the real game and not a super polished portion. I just got it today and there is a definite learning curve, a 193(!) page PDF rule book that is about 1/2 orders of battle and ship information looks to be of great help however you will want to print out at least the control instructions. With effective ranges of 3000 - 6000 yards for the armored cruisers and battleships and much less for the smaller ships battles will require getting in close.

762_XC · « **Reply #12 on:** August 21, 2006, 10:52:36 am »

Looks like a very cool game - but 65 bucks???!!

Holy cow!

Sarek · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2006, 12:43:48 pm »

I know what you mean, I got sticker shock when I saw the price. But $50 isn't unusual for a game these days and given that this game will appeal only to hardcore grognards and will sell very few units, $65 ain't that bad.

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