Articles on the Fred Jane Naval Wargame
Various versions of the Fred Jane Naval War Game have been available from a variety of sources over the years, but in this edition John Curry has published what is probably the most well known and least complicated of these versions. Not only that, but he has also included a fast-play 'get-to-know-how-it-works' version of the basic rules AND the Royal Navy Wargame (1921) AND the text of Fred Jane's 1914 'Your Navy as a Fighting Machine'. Any one of these makes this book worth buying; together they make it essential reading for anyone interested in naval wargames of this period.Fred Jane the Man and The Wargame by Richard Brooks Opens in new window
Feedback from wargamers on the rules Opens in new window
Fleet Tactics by Fiske (1912) Opens in new window
This is probably one of the defining articles on naval history, especially for the USN. When Fiske was at sea in command of the fleet, he found that the USN tactics for fleet actions were inadequate. He considered the problem and divided the solution into three: First, what to do, second, how to do it and third, training to do it as efficiently as possible. The version of the rules on this site includes a chapter on Fred Jane's perpective on Fleet Tactics.