I'm skipping through the habitual Osprey, this time on the destroyer actions at Narvik in April 1940, with a view to some naval wargaming in 2020. I like the idea of destroyer scenarios but with a 'What if?' twist, in this case transferring the Narvik events back in time to an earlier period, perhaps a pre-dreadnought or later Victorian ironclad setting. I do like these 'camouflaged' counter factual scenario twists, so have come up with some initial ideas.
I can re-imagine a Japanese torpedo boat raid against Russian light cruisers and troopships during the Russo Japanese War, for example, or a similar fictitious scenario involving French Torpedo Boats and British Torpedo Boat Destoyers in the 1890's, albeit in a different location. Added to that, there's scope for a change of scale to 1/300, so that destroyers are translated into MGB's and MTB's against R-boats, S-boats and VP boats...
...or I could just stick to 1/3000 scale and keep it as a historical refight?
Jim, I am a firm believer in morphing naval games, and think your 1904 morph would work well. I morphed Savo Island to the Med with Italians guarding an anchorage on the Greek island of Savos being bounced by units of the RNs Med fleet.
ReplyDeleteNarvik should always be done in 1/1200 :) 1/600 if space is no object :)
ReplyDeleteI like these disguised scenarios. You could run a reprise of the Second Anglo-Dutch War Dutch raid on the Medway in June 1667 using French torpedo boats and British vessels of the 1890s.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas and there's loads of potential for linking some scenarios together as well.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to dig out some old Airfix kits too!
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