A few years ago I came across a U-Boat board game series which I loved : The Hunters.Indeed, it captured my imagination so much that I had long email exchanges with the author Greg. I subsequently assisted the development of a Pacific theatre version (Silent Victory), and contributed to the research for a potential future Italian Navy expansion in the Med. We also met up at Fall-In one year as well which was brilliant (https://tasmancave.blogspot.com/2016/04/silent-victory.html)
Subsequently, I suggested to Greg that his game system would work well with minor adjustment for simulating WW1 Imperial Navy Luftschiff operations: the concept for Zeppelin Raider was born!
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| Quote from Interview with Greg here: https://theplayersaid.com/2018/08/13/interview-with-gregory-m-smith-designer-of-zeppelin-raiders-imperial-german-naval-airships-from-compass-games/ |
So after a few years of research and playtesting, the game has now been published by Compass Games. Always great to see one's name on a game box and I cant wait to get my copy delivered.
You can read more about the game at BGG, where there are a number of reviews, AARs and errata:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/256939/zeppelin-raider-imperial-german-naval-airships
And if that interests you, its available here:
Thats it for me blogwise for awhile - away again with work for a few months.
A small pile of hobby books will keep me company in the interim.