WW1 Naval – Oran 1914

This alternate history scenario was a confrontation between British and French ships in November 1914. The British were tasked with preventing the return of the French fleet from Oran to Toulon. The French were to get underway from the anchorage at Oran and get past the British.

Player briefings

Status at the end of the game

Narrative

Player reports:
British
French

Plots of ship movements:
0-30 minutes
30-45 minutes
40-60 minutes
All

Computer code (described here)

We stopped play after 12 turns (60 minutes of game time) and about 4 hours of real time.

4 thoughts on “WW1 Naval – Oran 1914”

  1. That is spectacular. Great work. A full military staff would be hard pressed to generate such a comprehensive AAR.

  2. What rules did you use for this? Sounds like the torpedo rules were reasonable. In a lot of rule sets the hits are exaggerated.

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