Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval Wargaming

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  1. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    0:00Where the diesel Kriegsmarine counterfactual stopsChapter
  2. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    55:59Building the diesel-fleet wargameNotable Point
  3. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    57:25Force H and British resource strain in the wargameNotable Point
  4. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    58:02Churchill and plans that assume perfect executionNotable Point
  5. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    59:33A simulated Atlantic raid supported by disguised oilersNotable Point
  6. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    1:01:15A hypothetical Lion with diesel and turbine machineryNotable Point
  7. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:02Can software model a modern Pacific naval war?Q&A
  8. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:06What makes an all-big-gun ship a dreadnought?Q&A
  9. What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?
    1:12:50How first contact changes the carrier war-game resultsNotable Point
  10. Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...
    45:05A Greenwich floor fits wargaming, but was that its purpose?Notable Point
  11. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    1:06:57Giulio Cesare's berth frustrates the larger Taranto attackNotable Point
  12. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    15:09Why exercises against America differed from preparations to fight JapanChapter
  13. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:43:08Dogger Bank simulations and the damaged-ship dilemmaNotable Point
  14. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    32:44How the Royal Navy tested Far East strategyChapter
  15. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    36:47Scheme X2 tests global trade defenseNotable Point
  16. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    51:03Fleet Problem IX catches Lexington under battleship fireChapter
  17. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    1:07:38Exercise design determines institutional learningChapter
  18. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:48Hearts of Iron IV hull progression and historical ship designNotable Point
  19. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    1:29:01World of Warships can reproduce only fragments of JutlandQ&A
  20. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    2:02:56Why a fleet-action game changes submarine tacticsNotable Point
  21. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    6:11:08Game battle formations and the limits of historical comparisonNotable Point
  22. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:20:59When naval games trade accuracy for mechanicsQ&A
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:29:22Restoring ammunition choices through naval-game modificationsNotable Point
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:30:25Why Nelson's forward magazine bulkhead matters to a damage modelNotable Point
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:07:04If World of Warships Georgias replaced America's fast battleshipsQ&A
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    9:13:40The limits of a 72-caliber 136 mm naval gunQ&A
  27. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    38:55Why Japanese naval wargaming needed to confront failureNotable Point
  28. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:37When a pursuing game fleet gives up its numerical advantageQ&A
  29. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:22:39How surfaced U-boats used deck guns inside convoysQ&A
  30. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    2:18:27Plans for a filmed Trafalgar war gameQ&A
  31. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:17Why historical naval operations fit World of Warships only selectivelyQ&A
  32. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:26:14How interwar fleet problems simulated damageQ&A
  33. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:33:10How a surviving Force Z could change Allied concentrationQ&A
  34. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:39:56British continuous carrier operations and American concentrated strikesNotable Point
  35. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:17:24Fleet Problem IX revealed both carrier power and vulnerabilityQ&A
  36. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    14:26Spain's warship models and strength in Hearts of Iron IVNotable Point
  37. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    15:21Sweden's coast-defence ships in the base gameNotable Point
  38. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    40:33An impossible refit in HOI4's Swedish fleetNotable Point
  39. A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit
    47:05Improved heavy batteries and the jump to 18-inch gunsNotable Point
  40. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    3:53:12Assessing a player-designed super-battlecruiserNotable Point
  41. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    4:25:20Keeping a recovered Warrior armed in a fictional worldNotable Point
  42. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    8:30:23Why miniature scale affects room to manoeuvreNotable Point
  43. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:23:53Pursuit and interception in the Dogger Bank simulationsNotable Point
  44. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    2:34:52How delay changes Japan's attrition doctrineChapter
  45. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    27:47What naval games can and cannot showQ&A
  46. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    2:30:48How did Red Storm Rising and Harpoon influence each other?Q&A
  47. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    1:08Why trade protection underpins the naval budgetNotable Point
  48. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    3:05Screening and scouting before the fleet actionChapter
  49. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    7:53Port capacity constrains fleet repair and deploymentNotable Point
  50. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    48:34Game territory rules versus maritime sea controlNotable Point
  51. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    0:29An American battlecruiser campaign beginsChapter
  52. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    1:02:35Why the early American cruisers use cage mastsQ&A
  53. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    1:30:55Naval dominance can suppress the battles a campaign seeksNotable Point
  54. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    2:07:42Strategic patience while ships and research matureNotable Point
  55. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    2:43:26Massed torpedo boats overwhelm isolated cruisersNotable Point
  56. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:31World of Warships as a visual history aidQ&A
  57. Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:18:54Fleet deterrence versus campaign prestigeNotable Point
  58. Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 5
    43:01Soryu, Hiryu, and Kido Butai doctrineChapter
  59. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:01Why a larger gun can be the wrong upgradeNotable Point
  60. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:39Submarine-heavy fleet balanceNotable Point
  61. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    6:44Light-cruiser gunnery and torpedo riskNotable Point
  62. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    13:27ASW cruisers as a submarine screenNotable Point
  63. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    14:23Weather, radar, and crew quality in a capital-ship duelChapter
  64. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    21:48Why veteran crews can justify modernizationNotable Point
  65. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    40:09Cruiser building and turret-weight cautionNotable Point
  66. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    49:16Why every available turret is a logistics trapNotable Point
  67. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    55:24Naval industry beyond maximum yard sizeNotable Point
  68. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    58:14What HMS Furious reveals about 18-inch-gun limitsNotable Point
  69. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:10:34Old warships as imperial presence and invasion tonnageQ&A
  70. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:26:30Mine and blockade research choicesNotable Point
  71. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:30:53Capital-ship overmatch and unfair fightsNotable Point
  72. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:08:25Refitting an obsolete battleship under weight constraintsChapter
  73. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:53:45Single-ship battles as controlled design experimentsNotable Point
  74. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:09:37Why Lutjens expected to sacrifice BismarckChapter
  75. Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests
    35:30Four rival Navy aviation visions united against MitchellChapter
  76. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    16:41Sims turns the scouting role into a carrier problemNotable Point
  77. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    9:30Sims turns carriers into offensive weaponsChapter
  78. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    49:19Sable Island uses the Royal Navy as a capstone testNotable Point
  79. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:34:29Fleet Problems grow into realistic War Plan Orange rehearsalsChapter
  80. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
  81. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    25:41Torpedo-heavy designs need speedNotable Point
  82. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    29:34Repairs compete with fleet constructionNotable Point
  83. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    40:19Close-range 2-inch fire against torpedo boatsNotable Point
  84. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    56:55An 85,000-ton battleship built around overwhelming firepowerNotable Point
  85. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:08:47Building a screened battle line for long-range fireChapter
  86. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:29Secondary batteries turn battleships into anti-destroyer screensChapter
  87. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:25:09Ammunition storage for an enormous secondary batteryQ&A
  88. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:33:11Smoke, weaving, and torpedoes in cruiser tacticsChapter
  89. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:42:18Closing the range can surrender a fire-control advantageNotable Point
  90. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:45:53A fifteen-torpedo broadside explains repeated hitsNotable Point
  91. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:50:21Research links mines, screens, and fire controlNotable Point
  92. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:51:50Mining the English Channel from both shoresNotable Point
  93. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:01:24Six giant battleships at Denmark Strait and North CapeNotable Point
  94. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:28:45Gunfire can give away a ship hidden by smokeNotable Point
  95. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:35:50Concentrating fleets before moving into the MediterraneanNotable Point
  96. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:38:39An Alaska-inspired cruiser meets the game's hull limitsChapter
  97. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:46:53Reducing gun calibre to balance a cruiserNotable Point
  98. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:52:56A stable cruiser can still exceed its displacement limitNotable Point
  99. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    45:08Setting the requirements for an 80,000-ton counterfactual battleshipChapter
  100. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
  101. WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...
    24:04How the Home Fleet could break the invasion forceChapter
  102. Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner
    37:55The Falklands War exposes model-driven assumptionsChapter
  103. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    8:10Why Sea Lion looks so perilous for GermanyQ&A
  104. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    1:32:10New ships mattered, but so did moving anti-submarine knowledgeNotable Point
  105. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    25:28Using battle simulation to test warship ideasNotable Point
  106. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    22:41Jutland shaped American and Japanese planning more than British planningChapter
  107. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    52:48How Annapolis kept Jutland inside naval educationNotable Point
  108. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    36:08Building an Incomparable test with explicit game limitsNotable Point
  109. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    41:33Volume of fire defeats the Incomparable modelNotable Point
  110. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    31:20Using a simulation to test a hypothetical designNotable Point
  111. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    33:09Speed, range control, and South Dakota's twelve gunsNotable Point
  112. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    40:00Why a duel cannot represent the whole battle lineNotable Point
  113. Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 6
    42:37What a historical simulation can and cannot showNotable Point
  114. Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail
    19:51Crew quality and luck resist naval simulationNotable Point
  115. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    2:44A plausible Soviet capital ship for 1935Chapter
  116. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    19:23Why the first Soviet silhouette looks wrongNotable Point
  117. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    26:47Why a British G3 hull fits the Soviet conceptNotable Point
  118. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    30:07Rebuilding the Soviet battleship around 1930 constraintsChapter
  119. Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...
    47:38Building a 15-inch alternative to King George VChapter
  120. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    2:17A 16-gun autoloading battleship testChapter
  121. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    30:33A controlled test against older battle squadronsChapter
  122. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    36:39When two-inch guns join the battleship fightNotable Point
  123. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    1:39:09Testing forty years of technology against numbersChapter
  124. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    2:03:25Keeping a naval simulation tied to real designsQ&A
  125. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    2:10:41The final charge confirms the squadron limitChapter
  126. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    40:08Why speed cannot offset a heavy-gun range deficitNotable Point
  127. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    45:53Why dreadnoughts should not close like pre-dreadnoughtsNotable Point
  128. Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs
    1:44:25Three España-class ships against SMS KaiserQ&A
  129. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    15:10From intelligence reports to a tactical playbookNotable Point
  130. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    17:03Why WATU used repeated war gamesChapter
  131. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    20:24WATU matched diverse skills to tactical problemsNotable Point
  132. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    30:40A floor plot recreates uncertainty at seaNotable Point
  133. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    58:29Which wargaming medium best supports learning?Q&A
  134. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    1:15:15Simulations expose the value of defensive balanceNotable Point
  135. Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses
    53:22Midway and the method of responsible alternate historyNotable Point
  136. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    42:00Why Midway was not a normal outcomeQ&A
  137. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:40Why the K3 straddles battleship and battlecruiser labelsNotable Point
  138. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    6:26K3 armour and speed trade-offsNotable Point
  139. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    13:36Why game damage can overstate capital-ship survivalNotable Point
  140. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    17:46What a modernised Bismarck would demandNotable Point
  141. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    23:15Why 18-inch guns need much larger turretsNotable Point
  142. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    29:54Would K3s have changed naval treaty politics?Notable Point
  143. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    34:51Why a capital ship should preserve its range advantageNotable Point
  144. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    43:56K3 as an enlarged Renown designNotable Point
  145. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    46:20Why a complete magazine explosion ends the shipNotable Point
  146. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    49:09Reading Tribal and Fletcher destroyer silhouettesNotable Point
  147. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    57:04Reimagining the Francesco Caracciolo classChapter
  148. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    57:56Caracciolo speed, oil fuel, and operating rangeNotable Point
  149. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:10:28Reconstructing Caracciolo protection and secondary weaponsNotable Point
  150. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:23:10French capital-ship responses to Queen ElizabethNotable Point
  151. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:31:39Lyon secondary guns and horizontal protectionNotable Point
  152. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:41:54Destroyer screens and stopping torpedo attacksNotable Point
  153. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:58:04Atlanta-style cruisers and saturation fireNotable Point
  154. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:10:29Can a fast minelayer trap a battleship at close range?Q&A
  155. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:14:00The appeal and limits of 14-inch volume of fireNotable Point
  156. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:24:51Building the Alaska class around speed and twelve-inch gunsChapter
  157. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:34:24Alaska-class firepower against an outnumbered raiderNotable Point
  158. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    22:30Carrier force priorities: radar, aircraft, and escortsNotable Point
  159. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    37:32What the carrier game gets right about operational workloadChapter
  160. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    54:42From a reported contact to a carrier strikeNotable Point
  161. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:05:18How competing missions jam a carrier deckNotable Point
  162. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:17:15How carrier course and deck timing shape recoveryNotable Point
  163. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:21:30Keeping fighters ready while assembling a carrier strikeNotable Point
  164. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:33:14When a deck crash competes with casualty treatmentNotable Point
  165. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:52:02Nightfall and the carrier mission deadlineNotable Point
  166. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    2:02:23More aircraft storage does not add flight-deck capacityNotable Point
  167. Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 1980
    47:58What Red Storm Rising teaches about losing IcelandNotable Point
  168. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    3:34Turning Thunder Child into an 1890s warship designChapter
  169. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    57:48Testing the machine-gun cruiserNotable Point
  170. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    1:10:41Designing a cruiser for an HMS Agincourt worldChapter
  171. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    1:12:24Heavy-cruiser superstructures and the HMS London comparisonNotable Point
  172. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    1:31:39The cost of a 21-inch-gun battleshipChapter
  173. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    1:57:21A super-battleship cannot ignore pitch and draftChapter
  174. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:19:18Quadruple turrets and distorted Japanese accuracyNotable Point
  175. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:21:38What a 21-inch shell would do on impactNotable Point
  176. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:34:26Building a German counterpart to the Tribal classChapter
  177. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:39:38Destroyer combat as manoeuvre and range-findingNotable Point
  178. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:42:32Italian destroyers in Mediterranean and Atlantic seasNotable Point
  179. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:51:19Recognising national destroyer design in a simulationNotable Point
  180. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    3:07:44The Italian super-destroyer as a small cruiserNotable Point
  181. Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent
    51:37Wargaming a Mahanian alliance crisis in 1906Notable Point
  182. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    35:09Using interwar Admiralty rules for naval wargamingNotable Point
  183. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    1:52:44Where to research Western Approaches wargaming rulesQ&A
  184. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    33:00Giving the Bismarck model a fair historical allowanceNotable Point
  185. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    43:03Why Bismarck's turtleback dominates the simulated duelNotable Point
  186. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    52:48A zero-aim bug invalidates the first gunnery resultNotable Point
  187. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    1:02:29Winning because the enemy exhausts its main-battery ammunitionNotable Point
  188. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    1:45:37Designing Conqueror as a twelve-gun 18-inch fast battleshipChapter
  189. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    1:58:33Why the stream treats UAD as exploration rather than a precision testQ&A
  190. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    2:16:38Why a floating battleship may no longer be a fighting battleshipNotable Point
  191. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    2:38:02Two simulation tools answer different questionsNotable Point
  192. A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?
    48:40Yamato comparison depends on modeled gun rangesNotable Point
  193. A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?
    2:00:58Why the game's knife-fight ranges misleadNotable Point
  194. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)
    1:36:57Why steamships are limited in Empire: Total WarQ&A
  195. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)
    2:37:15Why real squadron handling fails in the gameNotable Point
  196. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)
    2:50:11One ship chases while another cuts off escapeNotable Point
  197. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    32:55Why no-retreat simulations exaggerate naval battle lossesNotable Point
  198. Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books
    56:14How sensitive performance data limits modern naval war gamesQ&A
  199. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    28:55A turret explosion turns the first trial into a survival testNotable Point
  200. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    49:47When historical battleship designs meet game AINotable Point
  201. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:11:49HMS Furious exposes the game's 18-inch-gun gapNotable Point
  202. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:17:42Why not use mods for the design tests?Q&A
  203. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:18:30Why six-inch secondaries transform the UAD fightChapter
  204. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:53:17Why one battle doctrine cannot fit every naval eraNotable Point
  205. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:02:48Could players choose the AI's attack doctrine?Q&A
  206. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:31:12Four twin turrets or three triples?Notable Point
  207. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:36:47Range advantage cannot remove magazine riskNotable Point
  208. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    5:20Historical naval tactics and Total War's combat rulesNotable Point
  209. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    4:20:53Queen Elizabeth and Revenge cancellations behind the RenownsQ&A
  210. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    1:31:20Which battlecruiser survives the Channel simulations?Q&A
  211. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    3:33:21A Harpoon mod enables repeatable Second World War scenariosQ&A
  212. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    3:45:26Harpoon began as Larry Bond's tabletop naval wargameQ&A
  213. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    2:58:51Choosing wargames to support historical researchQ&A
  214. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    4:35:58Where to study interwar Royal Navy exercises and war gamingQ&A
  215. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    35:13How war-game umpires should handle unconventional plansQ&A
  216. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:33:57Each navy drew its own lessons from JutlandQ&A
  217. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    5:25A wide-beam, fast 1914 British battleship experimentChapter
  218. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:31Building the German counterpart with different assumptionsChapter
  219. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    36:18All-forward armament and battleship weight distributionNotable Point
  220. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    40:36Funnel placement, weight offset, and armour distributionNotable Point
  221. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    45:21Torpedoes overturn the gun-count advantageNotable Point
  222. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    10:40Setting up the four-versus-four battleChapter
  223. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    14:30Speed and gun arcs shape the running fightNotable Point
  224. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    18:31What destroyers and carriers would changeNotable Point
  225. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    22:01Convoy duty can cancel a fast escort's escape optionNotable Point
  226. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    26:38What an AI-run battle can and cannot testNotable Point
  227. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    36:46Ammunition limits the simulated British victoryNotable Point
  228. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    44:16Why a one-ship margin could decide the squadron actionNotable Point
  229. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    50:42Why the British win more simulated meetingsChapter
  230. The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    52:30Survivability differences remain a modelling caveatNotable Point
  231. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    9:46Two light cruisers against an 11-inch raiderChapter
  232. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
  233. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    44:43Ammunition exhaustion and the torpedo finishNotable Point
  234. ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    27:24A presence cruiser rather than a battle-line brawlerNotable Point
  235. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    45:00Modelling a Kii-based Japanese battleshipNotable Point
  236. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    48:21American firepower at the cost of speedNotable Point
  237. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    56:33Eighty-four guns against fifty in a 1926 scenarioNotable Point
  238. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:01:13When gun counts become comparableNotable Point
  239. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:05:37Using speed to divide a stronger battle lineNotable Point
  240. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:12:30Why the bare battle-line test is artificialNotable Point
  241. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:20:05Ammunition exhaustion and the model's torpedo imbalanceNotable Point
  242. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:21:28What the simulated fleet action showsChapter
  243. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:22:10How the British design changes the comparisonNotable Point
  244. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:30:14What 252 guns against 140 means per salvoNotable Point
  245. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    1:40An 18-inch Queen Elizabeth alternativeNotable Point
  246. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    4:48Reading secondary-gun results in a simulationQ&A
  247. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    6:47Why simulated hit rates are not historical averagesQ&A
  248. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    14:17The size and accuracy of the 18-inch experimentNotable Point
  249. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    15:37A Baden-Bayern approximation with 14-inch gunsNotable Point
  250. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    19:11Why the simulated British battle line has more shipsNotable Point
  251. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    31:14Shell weight and accuracy in the UAD modelQ&A
  252. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    32:28Recreating historical ships without exact templatesQ&A
  253. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    36:28Both fleets wanted battle on favourable numerical termsQ&A
  254. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    42:21Command succession after a flagship is lostNotable Point
  255. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    0:41Testing an all-forward cruiser at the River PlateChapter
  256. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    5:08Why the simulated Deutschland battery is approximateNotable Point
  257. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    30:07Spent torpedoes change the closing tacticsNotable Point
  258. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    42:59Separating simulation rules from historical conclusionsNotable Point
  259. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    0:22Why isolated battle-squadron duels are unlikelyQ&A
  260. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:20Tiger as a battlecruiser hunterNotable Point
  261. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    4:13Armour, weight, and speed pull against one anotherNotable Point
  262. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    7:14Gun arcs make formation the opening tactical problemNotable Point
  263. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:13Modelling 13.5-inch guns in a 14-inch game systemNotable Point
  264. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:53Maneuvering battlecruisers in divisionsChapter
  265. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    25:17Torpedoes punish a close-range squadron fightChapter
  266. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    56:56Capital ships should use range, not brawlNotable Point
  267. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    16:41Testing the design against BismarckNotable Point
  268. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    17:33Weight savings in the secondary battery and conning towerNotable Point
  269. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    30:39Why a stopped target becomes easier to hitNotable Point
  270. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:57How turret layout changes the forward firing arcNotable Point
  271. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    13:58Bow-on firepower and a narrower targetNotable Point
  272. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    22:48Why the first simulation cannot isolate gun layoutNotable Point
  273. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:26:13Postscript battle: a forward battery against a broadside cruiserNotable Point
  274. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:33:06Commander skill makes forward armament payNotable Point
  275. How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)
    1:14:56How wargaming exposed the U-boat night attackNotable Point
  276. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    6:00What a naval game can test that a drawing cannotNotable Point
  277. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    15:23Moving the secondary battery to test its firing arcsNotable Point
  278. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    26:25Testing the design against a Regia Marina-style forceNotable Point
  279. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    11:14A two-carrier plan for TarantoNotable Point
  280. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    59:40What game-map scale reveals about battlecruiser doctrineNotable Point
  281. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P6/14: Osami Nagano
    13:18Why flawed wargames were Nagano's responsibilityNotable Point
  282. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    2:24:44Choosing sides for an ironclad wargameQ&A
  283. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June
    5:32Exercises turn dreadnought experience into new designsNotable Point
  284. Some More Battle Cruisers
    52:10Naval wargames need operational space for battlecruisersNotable Point
  285. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    10:51Recreating a North Sea war plan in the MediterraneanNotable Point
  286. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    5:18War Plan Orange and decisive-battle assumptionsNotable Point
  287. Four Random Books 11: Quasi American
    7:07Philippine battle scenarios and Japanese attrition attacksNotable Point
  288. P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN
    7:50Gun elevation and the limits of peacetime exercisesNotable Point
  289. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 3
    23:27Japanese Midway games suppressed an unwelcome resultChapter
  290. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    2:19What the Royal Navy expected war games to teachChapter
  291. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    9:09War games made damage assessment part of officer educationNotable Point
  292. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    10:43Cruiser problems disguised the practice of economic warNotable Point
  293. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    13:38Gunnery tables turned peacetime results into battle estimatesChapter
  294. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    15:09The tables preserved speculative designs and an evolving destroyer roleNotable Point
  295. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    22:05Periscope visibility and serviceability constrained reconnaissanceChapter