{"id":377,"date":"2017-01-06T11:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/?p=377"},"modified":"2017-01-06T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T11:09:06","slug":"naval-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/06\/naval-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-378 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wessex Wargamers Winchester has always had a\u00a0long established and enthusiastic\u00a0naval wargaming interest,\u00a0with a wide range of periods and scales\u00a0featuring in various club games\u00a0over the years.<\/p>\n<p>These have included Napoleonics in both 1\/1200 and 1\/2400, with a complete\u00a0refight of the Battle of Trafalgar all the way down to\u00a0 one on one\u00a0frigate skirmishes. We have also played ACW riverine games in 1\/1200th scales and ironclad\u00a0clashes including the Battle of Lissa in \u00a01\/2400th scale. There is further scope for some Ancient and Medieval\u00a0naval gaming but as yet this is an area that we haven&#8217;t really explored.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-379 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A firm favourite is World War Two using <em>Victory at Sea<\/em>, with many club players owning rival fleets of Allied and Axis warships in 1\/3000th scale.\u00a0 One\u00a0club\u00a0event\u00a0is a U Boat vs Convoy multiplayer battle organised by the resident naval enthusiast, Dickie, which has been replayed several times and is always really hard fought. There have also been a few coastal warfare games\u00a0in 1\/600th scale, which is definitely an area in which there will be more games in the not too distant\u00a0future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-380 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We have even stretched to some none too historical but very enjoyable VSF naval gaming in the form of <em>Aeronef<\/em>, including\u00a0a club multiplayer Scramble for Africa campaign. We&#8217;ve also been known to play a few pirate\u00a0games using <em>Galleys and Galleons<\/em> in 1\/450th scale. There\u00a0is\u00a0even the occasional game of piratical boarding actions in 28mm, with rival pirate gangs skirmishing across the decks of scratch built pirate ships.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-381 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"363\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/n3.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in naval wargaming, drop us a line and drop into the club for an evening, where we will be happy\u00a0run\u00a0\u00a0something nautical!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wessex Wargamers Winchester has always had a\u00a0long established and enthusiastic\u00a0naval wargaming interest,\u00a0with a wide range of periods and scales\u00a0featuring in various club games\u00a0over the years. These have included Napoleonics in both 1\/1200 and 1\/2400, with a complete\u00a0refight of the Battle of Trafalgar all the way down to\u00a0 one on one\u00a0frigate skirmishes. We have also played &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/2017\/01\/06\/naval-games\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Naval Games<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":383,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wessexwargamerswinchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}