Author Archives: Ruckdog

Forum Newsletter 13

Forum Newsletter 13

Greetings! First things first…Don’t forget that now is the time to get your submission in for the 2015 Painting Contest! There are not quite 3 weeks left. Another reminder will be emailed out a week before the deadline, for all … Continue reading

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The Battle for Savo

Welcome to the second installment of my reporting on the Firestorm Armada campaign I have been running for myself and a friend of mine. This battle actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but I’m a bit behind on my … Continue reading

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Forum Problems Resolved!

Late last week, I was finally able to work through the issues I was having restoring the database for the forums. They are now up and running again! I still have a few tweaks to make, and a few smaller … Continue reading

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Forum Issues

As many of you may have noticed, the forums have been down since Friday. I’ve been working with tech support to try and resolve the issue, but my options there have just about been exhausted. So, unfortunately it looks like … Continue reading

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Battle for the Storm Zone: A Firestorm Armada Campaign

Prologue Commander Jenks paced nervously across the bridge of the Terran cruiser San Francisco. His cruiser had just shunted in to the Maybach system, along with the rest of Task Group 22.1, which at the moment included  the other  two … Continue reading

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Forum Newsletter 12

Forum Newsletter 12

My Fellow Naval Gamers, It is with great excitement that I present the 12th MBS Forum Newsletter! It is hard to believe that it has been a year since these little newsletters have started. Rest assured, I have no intention … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars: Statistical Ship Comparison

I’ve been looking pretty hard lately at the unit statistics for DW 2.0, and it occurred to me that having some sort of simplified stats-based analysis might be helpful when weighing all of the unit options within the factions that are … Continue reading

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Fatal Choices Book Review

As I mentioned in a brief post a while back, I recently backed a Kickstarter for a book project called “Fatal Choices: Wargames Decisions and Destiny in the 1914 Battles of Coronel and Falklands” by Seth Owen, who posts in … Continue reading

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Dystopian Wars Tactics: Thoughts on Flanking Forces

It’s been a little while since I last talked about DW here on the blog! Too long… This is a topic I’ve been wanting to discuss for some time. DW 2.0 offers players a lot of flexibility with their deployment, … Continue reading

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Forum Newsletter 11

Forum Newsletter 11

Greetings fellow naval gamers! There has been a lot of activity on the forums the last month or so! First of all, make sure you stop by the Introductions forum to welcom our two newest members, Ulric the Grey and … Continue reading

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