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Old 07-26-2011, 04:25 AM
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Wyvern, David Poyer's book sounds interesting, do you have any details on it ?
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Old 07-26-2011, 07:35 AM
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Wyvern, David Poyer's book sounds interesting, do you have any details on it ?
The title is "The Shiloh Project" and it was published in 1981. The setting of the novel postulates a Civil War in which th UK committed the strength of the Royal Navy to the Confederacy, leading to an Armistice. The two nations (CSA and USA) both expand westward across North America, with a long, uneasy border between them. The Confederacy fights what in our time was the Mexican-American War, and as a result has substantial holdings in Latin America. The Confederacy and the UK, now together in a NATO-like Alliance, maintain a standing battleship patrol in the Atlantic, as a deterrent to the US. As a result, the US seeks to expand its influence and naval power in the Pacific. When the novel opens, the US has just fought a major naval war against an expansionist Japan, and won. Allied/ Confederate Intelligence is urgently seeking information on the US' war-winning weapon, a new battleship shell that has the explosive power to destroy an entire city....

I read it some years ago, a good piece of alternative-history fiction.

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Old 07-28-2011, 11:07 AM
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Thanks, Wyvern. Added to my growing list of wants !!
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Old 07-28-2011, 01:19 PM
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Thanks, Wyvern. Added to my growing list of wants !!
You should be able to get it used off Amazon. I'll look to see if I retained my copy; if I did, I'll PM you.

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Old 07-29-2011, 04:21 AM
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Thank you.
I'll try Amazon,
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Old 07-29-2011, 07:50 AM
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Wellllll interesting talk now about the game :D This section if more for a specific game that was being developed. I can make another for this if you would like. I would play your game. Would it be purely naval or have a land portion as well?
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For simplicity, I would say that foe the period of the game that all land action would be in a temporary stalemate, the Armies waiting to see what was happening on the waves, making it an water only event for the length of time. One goal of the game might be to hold/occupy usable ports along the coast, thus effecting the future of the land war. Just a thought.

Feel free to put this in cardboard lounge or what ever category is most appropriate. Thanks Chris,
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Old 07-29-2011, 08:52 AM
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I would like to see more game devlopment so I will probably improve on this area to make it more usable... heading out with my son right now... we start vacation today and we are making a boys day out for a few hours! Will look at this change tonight.
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