BigJackBrass Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Regency fans in the UK can look forward to a new programme from the Beeb about Beau Brummell: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/beau-brummell.shtml Hopefully it will make its way west before too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources A quick reminder to Regency fans: Beau Brummell: This Charming Man will be shown on BBC Four in the UK tomorrow, Monday June 19th, at 21.00. Advance clips look promising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyCM Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Ack! I end up with the Smiths song in my head every time I think of that title! Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Ack! I end up with the Smiths song in my head every time I think of that title! Shelley You'll never guess what the end title music is... Quite a good, if rather brief, slice of the Beau's life, saddled with somewhat eccentric direction and music, but the performances are top notch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources I found this link over at RPG.net. It's a fairly decent ship of the line sailing simulator. http://home.wxs.nl/~pdavis/ Check out the link there for the HMS Surprise. Windows only, sorry. P. S. Any chance Shelley Mactyre will include rules for sailing ship in her Regency Hero? A number of us would just love it if she did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelleyCM Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources P. S. Any chance Shelley Mactyre will include rules for sailing ship in her Regency Hero? A number of us would just love it if she did. I don't think my husband would forgive me if I didn't! -Shelley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Not that I couldn't just email you, Shelley, but for others' benefit as well...Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a wargame but is well-documented and thus serves as a good source for studying naval ships and warfare during the Regency/Revolutionary Period. PS - well, whoops, I see the amazing QM has included the game already - would just add that the boardgame had good reading material, no idea if it all made its way into the computer game, would hope so, and would hope the computer game reveals all the mechanics, as those are useful to understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources I don't think my husband would forgive me if I didn't! -Shelley Eeeexcellent, Smithers! *rubs hands together* Not that I couldn't just email you, Shelley, but for others' benefit as well...Wooden Ships and Iron Men is a wargame but is well-documented and thus serves as a good source for studying naval ships and warfare during the Regency/Revolutionary Period. PS - well, whoops, I see the amazing QM has included the game already - would just add that the boardgame had good reading material, no idea if it all made its way into the computer game, would hope so, and would hope the computer game reveals all the mechanics, as those are useful to understand Wooden Ships and Iron Men by Avalon Hill is fun but very much a board war game. It's rather high level in it's perspective. It lacks a lot of detail that a person on deck would experience. Personally, I'd recommend getting on a sail boat and messing around with it. A crew certification from a US Sail credentialed school wouldn't be a bad idea either. Reading wise, I can recommend Two Years Before the Mast. It's not Regency, but I don't think sailing technique changed much in the 100 years between the two. I think that Master and Commander (Aubrey Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian is good too, but I haven't read it yet, so I can't say myself. The computer program I posted is a simulation, not a game. It appears to be fairly accurate, calculating the force vectors on the sails, calculating the heel on the boat, giving realistic numbers for ship speed, etc. But it's a free effort and pretty dry too, there's unfortuneately no feel of being on a ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Eeeexcellent, Smithers! *rubs hands together* Wooden Ships and Iron Men by Avalon Hill is fun but very much a board war game. It's rather high level in it's perspective. It lacks a lot of detail that a person on deck would experience. Personally, I'd recommend getting on a sail boat and messing around with it. A crew certification from a US Sail credentialed school wouldn't be a bad idea either. Reading wise, I can recommend Two Years Before the Mast. It's not Regency, but I don't think sailing technique changed much in the 100 years between the two. I think that Master and Commander (Aubrey Maturin Series) by Patrick O'Brian is good too, but I haven't read it yet, so I can't say myself. The computer program I posted is a simulation, not a game. It appears to be fairly accurate, calculating the force vectors on the sails, calculating the heel on the boat, giving realistic numbers for ship speed, etc. But it's a free effort and pretty dry too, there's unfortuneately no feel of being on a ship. WS&IM has decent detail on weapons, what ships were like, what crew complements were, naval engagement sizes, and so on. As you say, it isn't a "hands on" perspective but it gives details that you won't pick up with a hands on perspective or by modern sailling. That's all I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: Regency HERO Resources Was doing some research for a pulp regency story with some occult/black-ops/conspiracy/atomic-horror (don't ask) overtones and found this: http://www.gaelenfoley.com/index-main.html She has a good history and fashion section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheQuestionMan Posted January 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2013 Re: Regency HERO Resources The Last Bump for this Thread The responsibility I leave to others. QM PS: Take Up My Guantlet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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