Dawn of Iron

Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale  We haven’t played much of Dawn of Iron yet, but I’m impressed by the rules – just the right balance of playability and detail to make for a fast-paced game. They’re designed for naval actions of the American Civil War, but this week we took them out for a

Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale  For the final club game we wanted something fairly light-hearted and frivolous. This sort of fitted the bill. As you know, I’ve been trying out these rules, but this was their first proper outing, a multi-player game with lots of ships. There’s something about Mississippi paddle steamers – they

Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale  As part of the ‘learning the rules’ drive, I staged another small American Civil War naval game at home, to see how less well-protected ships fared under these new rules. In the end I staged a slimmed-down version of Hampton Roads, and the fight between the Monitor and the

Ironclads, Dawn of Iron, 1/600 scale I’m sure I’m going to bore you over the next few weeks. First off, for various reasons I’ll have to skip two club nights. So, instead, I’m going to post a couple of American Civil War naval games, as I’m trying to learn this new set of rules. I’ll