Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Historical Simulations

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Related time notes

  1. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:21:10Game balance is not the same as historical performanceNotable Point
  2. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    6:30:24A simulated port explosion and the search for a cause of warNotable Point
  3. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    7:32:02Turret speeds and compressed battles in World of WarshipsQ&A
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:20:59When naval games trade accuracy for mechanicsQ&A
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:29:22Restoring ammunition choices through naval-game modificationsNotable Point
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:30:25Why Nelson's forward magazine bulkhead matters to a damage modelNotable Point
  7. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    1:08:21Age of Empires as an entry point, not evidenceNotable Point
  8. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:12:06How historical is the Dutch airstrike in World of Warships?Q&A
  9. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:45Why World of Warships' Elbing works better in game than at seaQ&A
  10. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    8:15Yugoslavia's game route combines federation with Serbian monarchyNotable Point
  11. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    1:32:35Austria weighs army inheritance and smaller neighboring statesNotable Point
  12. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    2:37:55Strategy-game bonuses can distort authoritarian efficiencyNotable Point
  13. A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    3:01:45Fresh defenders prolong the costly battle for BratislavaNotable Point
  14. HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 2
    2:03:02Hirohito and the limits of game political labelsNotable Point
  15. Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    30:19Could a historically constrained fleet win UAD?Q&A
  16. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    7:45Why World of Warships is not a naval-history simulationNotable Point
  17. From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos
    1:42:35Why arcade balance can misrepresent historical warshipsNotable Point
  18. From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos
    2:03:54What the Caracciolo counterfactual battle can and cannot showNotable Point
  19. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    36:08Building an Incomparable test with explicit game limitsNotable Point
  20. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    16:43What an archer-free Carthaginian roster leaves outNotable Point
  21. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    38:41War turns a trade road into lost revenueNotable Point
  22. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    41:00Why one ship should not seal a defended portNotable Point
  23. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    1:34:42Four-to-one cavalry superiority breaks the Numidian siegeNotable Point
  24. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    2:03:24Concentrating three armies before accepting battleNotable Point
  25. The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?
    2:46:41Why Capua comes before the remaining 41 regionsNotable Point
  26. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)
    51:13Steamships expose a compressed campaign chronologyNotable Point
  27. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    11:42A blockade exposes a brittle trade networkNotable Point
  28. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    29:12Merchant income and the warships needed to protect itNotable Point
  29. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    32:34Concentrating heavy ships against selected targetsNotable Point
  30. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    43:31Protecting artillery while keeping troops free to manoeuvreNotable Point
  31. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    52:37Why an East Indiaman could resemble a fourth rateNotable Point
  32. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    55:15Finishing the American campaign before expanding into IndiaNotable Point
  33. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:01:33Fixed defences and the direction of attackNotable Point
  34. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:06:20Attacking artillery while keeping a cavalry reserveNotable Point
  35. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:21:31Using the wind and distance during a pursuitNotable Point
  36. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:26:37Concentrating naval fire under the game's rulesNotable Point
  37. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    1:54:23Bomb vessels at CopenhagenNotable Point
  38. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:06:02Supporting artillery without shooting friendly troopsNotable Point
  39. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:16:50Damaging ports while Spain expands in EuropeNotable Point
  40. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:38:31Why remove the Prussian foothold first?Notable Point
  41. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:52:50Why reject the quickest way to break Spain?Q&A
  42. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:57:15A diplomatic success creates a new strategic problemNotable Point
  43. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:02:37Drawing infantry downhill with exposed artilleryNotable Point
  44. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:08:53Reinforcing a fleet before a threat arrivesNotable Point
  45. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:11:40Poodles, Roman origins, and war-dog unitsNotable Point
  46. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:12:50Religious colleges and control of conquered territoryNotable Point
  47. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:45:43A technology hub as an operational objectiveNotable Point
  48. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:52:37Questioning refusals of profitable trade agreementsNotable Point
  49. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    3:53:04Operational access and the cost of expansionNotable Point
  50. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    4:03:20When game fleet actions resemble cavalry combatNotable Point
  51. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    4:07:47Artillery exposure and a defender abandoning the positionNotable Point
  52. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    4:16:13Accepting a costly assault to save campaign timeNotable Point
  53. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    4:27:05Fences, fields of fire, and gaps in a defensive lineNotable Point
  54. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    41:55UAD as a historian's quick design testNotable Point
  55. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    44:34Choosing countries and representative ships for a later-era Total WarNotable Point
  56. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)
    26:07Wartime debt and the limits of simulationNotable Point
  57. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)
    1:56:13Pueblo geography and the campaign mapNotable Point
  58. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    30:52How a British-Japanese night battle might unfoldQ&A
  59. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    33:30Why computer simulation belongs in historical researchNotable Point
  60. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    37:35What is historical in the simulated London-class cruiserNotable Point
  61. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    1:04:14How fire spreads after a machinery-space hitNotable Point
  62. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    54:14Which naval games can also work as simulationsQ&A
  63. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    27:41Why the simulated duel is not a historical verdictNotable Point
  64. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    18:31What destroyers and carriers would changeNotable Point
  65. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    26:38What an AI-run battle can and cannot testNotable Point
  66. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    31:18A prewar naval crisis need not become a fight to annihilationNotable Point
  67. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    52:30Survivability differences remain a modelling caveatNotable Point
  68. Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)
    31:34Perfect game information versus command uncertaintyNotable Point
  69. Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)
    39:55Cruising speed turns endurance into strategyNotable Point
  70. Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)
    1:08:37Radar narrows the simulated fleet balanceNotable Point
  71. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:23How the simulation approximates a 13.5-inch gunQ&A
  72. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    46:07What the simulation suggests about 14-inch and 15-inch gunsNotable Point
  73. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:02:05Using simulation to test fleet-design argumentsChapter
  74. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:13Modelling 13.5-inch guns in a 14-inch game systemNotable Point
  75. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    56:56Capital ships should use range, not brawlNotable Point
  76. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    12:01Tiger's barbettes and torpedo armamentNotable Point
  77. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    24:27Building a Seydlitz-like German opponentChapter
  78. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    33:31Why Tiger carried six-inch secondariesNotable Point
  79. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    38:25Speed lets a battlecruiser choose the rangeNotable Point
  80. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    44:21Rangefinder results vary across simulated duelsNotable Point
  81. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    3:09:48Public history as protection against repeated mistakesNotable Point