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I've been slowly building up a Russian fleet using Three Decks 1/2400 miniatures. I've had most of the Japanese fleet for some time, but used them against the Chinese for Sino-Japanese war or against my French fleet for no compelling historical reason. I picked up Broadside And Salvo from Long Face Games (David Manley) as a shorter form quicker rule set. The other rules I have copies of (Tsushima A&A rules designs) and Fire When Ready (also David Manley) require quite a lot of prep getting together box checking sheets for each ship.  Typically this is 20-120mins work depending on whether I've got the research done. For Broadside and Salvo a battleship is a battleship, an armoured cruiser an armoured cruiser. All ships of a class have identical stats and no box checking sheet. Damage is split into four grades which ships move up or down with repair and damage.   This means I only need an ORBAT for my scenario, and a few markers.   Hopefully we will return to...

  Bit of a gap in my blogging (too much time spent miniature painting). But I will start 2024 with a rundown of the last 12 months.   Time (and monies)  Spent: I got into miniature wargaming at the end of August. Since then I have painted; Ø   >  1x 15mm Carthaginian army of around 30-40 bases Ø   >  1x 15mm Greek army of around 15-20 bases.   Have at it you fools! These are for any classical rule set I can lay my hands on but so far I have just played L’Art De la Guerre. Which is Ok, see my review.   Ø   1x 28mm Goths / Saxons / Vikings army. These I have not used for Saga yet, which was their original purpose. They have been hosed by dwarves ( I killed one dwarf and lost half my army) in a game of Warlords of Erewhon. Erewhon gets a tentative thumbs up. Need some more games and fewer rules mistakes before I decide on it, but I had fun.   Ø   >  1x 28mm late Roman army – these mostly still nee...

The IJN had been deployed to the Bay of Tonkin in support of Imperial China's war against France in 1903. Set backs on land required further troop reinforcements and an escort under way in early May. The IJN fleet consisted of;   Ø   Battleship Mikasa Ø   Battleship Fuji Ø   Battleship Shikishima Ø   Cruiser Chitose Ø   Cruiser Nisshan Ø   Cruiser Idzumi Ø   Cruiser Matsushima Ø   Battleship Chen Yuan Ø   Cruiser Idzumo Ø   Cruiser Choyoda Ø   Cruiser Naniwa Ø   Cruiser Itsukushuma Ø   Cruiser Katsuragi Ø   3x destroyers   Divided into five squadrons with three transport ships in a sixth squadron.   The French Marine Nationale under Auguste Boué de Lapeyère found them at dawn. Their six squadrons consisted of; Ø   Battleship Iena Ø   Battleship Messena Ø   Battleship Henri IV Ø   Battleship Jaureguiberry Ø   Battleship Carnot Ø   2x cruiser Friant Ø   Armoured Cruiser ...