Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, RN

Admiral Milne was an upper-class "social" officer, a friend of British Queen Alexandra, who fondly referred to him as "Arky-Barky." Milne had no wartime experience, and his previous title had been Flag Officer, Royal Yachts.

One of his classic remarks was "they don't pay me to think, they pay me to be an Admiral."

Milne was also proud of the fact that he "never disobeyed an order and never used his discretion."

http://www.worldwar1.com/sfgb.htm

Sincere Condolences

The White Wine Sauce Team would like to express their sincere condolences to our friend David for his recent loss.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you mate.

Featherstone Naval rules released

The original classic is back - Huzzah indeed!

This book introduces wargamers to the fun of naval games. Using straightforward rules that reflect the period and encourage historical tactics, the rules in the book avoid the overly complex path that some later naval rules took.

This book contains over 15 sets of rules:

Tony Bath's Ancient Naval Rules
Summary of the Fletcher Pratt Naval Rules
Jack Scruby's Napoleonic Rules
Combined arms campaigns
Naval games for tactical training
Summary of the Fred Jane Naval Wargame
Discussion of operational choices

This revised edition includes:
A new set of coastal warfare rules for 1939-45 by David Manley
A new foreword by David Manley.

http://www.johncurryevents.co.uk/books/featherstonenaval/homepage.htm