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| Born | David Manley October 23rd 1966 Croydon, UK |
| Occupation | Naval Architect |
| Nationality | British |
| Subjects | Military History,Wargaming |
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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,[1] 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[2]:
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.[3]
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.