Russo Japanese War Game

[Auxilia]

Stumbled across this the other day:



home.austin.rr.com/normkoger/RJW.html

Any thoughts, more info etc?

[RisingSun]

Holy crap man, this game looks awesome. I'll definitely be buying it. When does it come out?

[Auxilia]

Sorry RisingSun, all I know is what's on the site - which doesn't look like it's been updated since about March

[RisingSun]

Oh well then. I'll have to keep an eye on it.

[econ21]

I know the game designer's work - he, Norm Koger, seems to make pretty hardcore wargames that are (a) fun; and (b) polished/patched. Age of Rifles is one of my all time favorite wargames - I've haven't played a better tactical nineteenth century wargame. I was less taken by the Operational Art of War (more hardcore, less fun) but it is incredibly ambitious - allows you to design any operational level engagement in the twentieth century. The Russo-Japanese naval game sounds more focussed than those two, but intriguing.

[RisingSun]

The real selling point for me is that your actions echo all around the theater/world. That is more than any other game can vouch for. That I know of at least.

[Spino]

Great find Very, very, very cool. Nice to see a wargaming great like Norm Koger move beyond the realm of hexes and traditional turn based gameplay. It also looks like Norm took a page or two from Fighting Steel's book of gameplay. Not a bad thing at all. Perhaps the most shocking development is the excellent graphics. Norm's older games were never known for their eye candy.

[Nelson]

The detail for both the ship stats and graphics looks very good. I hope it plays better than Fighting Steel. In FS the ships never seemed to hit one another enough even at very close range.

I wished this game would let you run the ships from a first person perspective.