David Manley
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David Manley is a United Kingdom
-based wargamer and one of the leading members of the naval wargaming
hobby, having authored over 50 articles on naval wargaming and general wargaming
issues and a wide range of naval rules covering most major periods, including:
Felix Enterprises closed down in 2000, following which publication rights transferred to A&A Game Engineering. Revised editions of the above rules were issued, as well as the following:
Other projects have included the Air War series of rules published by Wessex Games:
as well as contributing heavily to the Victory at Sea (game)
series of rules published by Mongoose Publishing
, where he is the author of the "Age of Dreadnoughts" World War I version of the rules as well as co-author of the "Order of Battle" supplement for the World War II Victory at Sea supplement..
David also manages the "Naval Rules Online" website.
David was the editor of Battlefleet, the journal of the Naval Wargames Society
before family pressures forced his retirement from the role. He continues to contribute material to the journal on a regular basis, is the current NWS webmaster and edits the NWS monthly newsletter, All Guns Blazing.
In June 2010 David was reported to be developing a new set of colonial rules entitled "Don't throw Bloody spears At me", abbreviated to DBA.
As well as wargaming, David has also taken part in a number of TV documentaries
on naval subjects in his role as a weapon damage assessment specialist. His appearances include:
as well as supporting a series of C5 documentaries on the USS Monitor
and USS Greeneville, and a Canadian documentary by Northern Sky Entertainment on the sinking of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan
.
United Kingdom
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-based wargamer and one of the leading members of the naval wargaming
Naval wargaming
Naval wargaming is a branch of the wider hobby of miniature wargaming. Generally less popular than wargames set on land, naval wargaming nevertheless enjoys a degree of support around the world...
hobby, having authored over 50 articles on naval wargaming and general wargaming
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
issues and a wide range of naval rules covering most major periods, including:
- Schnellboot - (World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
coastal forces) (SDD) - Action Stations - (World War II coastal forces) (Felix Enterprises)
- Form Line of Battle - (Age of SailAge of SailThe Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid 19th century...
) (Felix Enterprises) - Iron and Fire - (Ironclad/American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
) (Felix Enterprises) - Fox Two - (modern air combat) (Felix Enterprises)
- Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnoughts - (World War II Naval) (Mongoose PublishingMongoose PublishingMongoose Publishing is a prolific British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, actively publishing material since 2001...
) - Sea War:1805 - (Age of SailAge of SailThe Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid 19th century...
) (Wessex Games)
Felix Enterprises closed down in 2000, following which publication rights transferred to A&A Game Engineering. Revised editions of the above rules were issued, as well as the following:
- Salamis ad Actium - Ancient naval
- Fire When Ready - Pre-dreadnoughtPre-dreadnoughtPre-dreadnought battleship is the general term for all of the types of sea-going battleships built between the mid-1890s and 1905. Pre-dreadnoughts replaced the ironclad warships of the 1870s and 1880s...
- Bulldogs Away! - Modern fast attack craft
- Blue Steel, Grey Thunder - ACW supplement for Iron and Fire
- Ironclads at War - European ironclad supplement for Iron and Fire
Other projects have included the Air War series of rules published by Wessex Games:
- Air War: C21 (modern)
- Air War: 1918 (World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
) - Air War 1940 (World War II - to be published 2010)
- Air War 1982 (A supplement for C21 covering the Falklands campaignFalklands WarThe Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
)
as well as contributing heavily to the Victory at Sea (game)
Victory at Sea (game)
Victory at Sea is a set of World War II naval wargaming rules published by Mongoose Publishing. They were a development of Mongoose's Babylon 5: A Call to Arms SF starship combat rules written by Matthew Sprange, with assistance from David Manley, Richard Bax, Erik Nicely and Agis Neugebauer,...
series of rules published by Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing
Mongoose Publishing is a prolific British manufacturer of role-playing games, miniatures, and card games, actively publishing material since 2001...
, where he is the author of the "Age of Dreadnoughts" World War I version of the rules as well as co-author of the "Order of Battle" supplement for the World War II Victory at Sea supplement..
David also manages the "Naval Rules Online" website.
David was the editor of Battlefleet, the journal of the Naval Wargames Society
Naval Wargames Society
The Naval Wargames Society is interested in all forms and scales of maritime wargaming, and has been so for more 30 years. The society was originally started by Phil Dunn, and the proprietors of Navwar and Skytrex. Originally, society games were held in Chessington, and in later years moving to...
before family pressures forced his retirement from the role. He continues to contribute material to the journal on a regular basis, is the current NWS webmaster and edits the NWS monthly newsletter, All Guns Blazing.
In June 2010 David was reported to be developing a new set of colonial rules entitled "Don't throw Bloody spears At me", abbreviated to DBA.
As well as wargaming, David has also taken part in a number of TV documentaries
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
on naval subjects in his role as a weapon damage assessment specialist. His appearances include:
- Wreck DetectivesWreck DetectivesWreck Detectives is the title of 2 TV documentary series from UK Channel 4 aired in 2003 and 2004 presented by Jeremy Seal, Miranda Krestovnikoff and David Manley.-Series 1 - 2003:#Alum Bay wreck, Alum Bay#Earl of Abergavenny, Weymouth Bay...
(C4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
) - Series 1, "HMS LawfordHMS Lawford (K514)HMS Lawford was a Royal Navy converted Captain class frigate , built in the US in 1944. She was converted into an HQ ship for the Normandy landings. On 8 June 1944, whilst operating off Juno Beach, she was hit by enemy fire during an air attack and sunk. Thirty-seven of her crew died...
" - Wreck Detectives (C4) - Series 2, "UB-65"
- Wreck Detectives (C4) - Series 2, "HMS PyladesHMS Pylades (J401)HMS Pylades was a of the Royal Navy.The Catherine class was the British designation for the United States Navy's Auk class minesweeper....
" - Deep Wreck Mysteries (ITV) - Series 1, "U Boat Death Trap"
- Deep Wreck Mysteries (ITV) - Series 2, "Death of a Battleship"
as well as supporting a series of C5 documentaries on the USS Monitor
USS Monitor
USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads...
and USS Greeneville, and a Canadian documentary by Northern Sky Entertainment on the sinking of the destroyer HMCS Athabaskan
HMCS Athabaskan (G07)
HMCS Athabaskan was the first of three destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy to bear this name. It was a destroyer of the Tribal-class, built in 1940-1941 in the United Kingdom by Vickers Armstrong of Newcastle upon Tyne with Parsons engine works....
.