"Fire When Ready, Gridley!" (FWR) is a set of naval rules covering the Ironclad period, from 1880 to 1906 and onwards until the eve of the First World War. In common with my previous sets of rules the emphasis is on playability. They are developed from a set of simple rules used by the Mortimer Branch of the Naval Wargames Society for several games in the recent past. These original rules were published in an article I wrote for the NWS journal "Battlefleet" several years ago. Since then the rules have been developed to cover all aspects of naval warfare during the period.

FWR! has reached completion and is due to be published by A&A Game Engineering in June-2000. As well as the main rules themselves, a series of campaign specific supplements are planned. Details of the availability of the rules and supplements will be posted here as they become available. Once the rules are published I will be using this page to make available additional scenarios, ship listings and other useful information.