<t> I considered doing several AARs:<br/> <br/> A. "Let them eat Wake"; do some tweaks to get a historical first battle of Wake, and focus on doing an all-out attempt to hold it. On the assumption that it would eventually fall, keep following the units that participated in the effort. <br/> <br/> B....

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Zorch<br/> <br/> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Hanzberger<br/> <br/> I think I have some key punch cards laying around somewhere. We use to type notes to each other in class. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> I would type, "Help! I'm trapped inside the keypunch machine" and...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Cheesesteak<br/> <br/> Question for people who have done AARs - how did you get over the mental hurdle of sharing valuable intel on the forum?? We're getting into the part of the game where it starts presenting unique circumstances worth fully explaining.<br/> <e>[...

ORIGINAL: fcooke

If anything I think the game is too kind to how many planes are 'ready to go' on any given day.

Yup. Op loss rates are too low, at least for the US, as well.

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Canoerebel<br/> <br/> The first atomic bomb targeted Tokyo Manpower and did poorly - 4k points. It destroyed (not damaged) most of the Manpower, which is relatively modest anyhow (120 points?). It also destroyed a few other industrial points, but not not much. It d...

<t> From everything I can see AA in the game is too weak, but expecting undirected .30 cal MG's to do anything against 40's aircraft is... optimistic. <br/> <br/> Remember that even 20mm's were often called revenge guns; they could keep an attacking airplane from making it home, but were marginal fo...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Canoerebel<br/> <br/> FInally, finally, finally the second A-Bomb is ready. The target tomorrow is Tokyo Heavy Industry. There's lots of it, so the hope is that it'll be susceptible to damage.<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> I am *NOT* an expert on the use of A-...

ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Defending force 999657 troops, 6969 guns, 6442 vehicles, Assault Value = 21904

Just under a million troops... [X(]

Excellent results from your night B-29 strikes a few days ago (sorry, catching up). You must have some good pilots.

ORIGINAL: Alpha77

Edit ,another good one without CGI but hundreds of real people playing redcoats and Zulus is...Zulu [:D]...

Men of Harlech/Stop your dreaming/Can't you see their spearpoints gleaming...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alpha77<br/> <br/> So ONLY command HQs work, naval HQs do NOT work for navy units? <br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Only command HQs work for LCUs (be they Navy, Army, etc.). If you're talking about ships, they don't need an HQ at all, but do need to be disbande...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: fcooke<br/> <br/> Was the fishing net in Freemantle? For some reason (old age) I thought it was with the cliff shots in the HI. And then there was the 'interesting' experiment with the disabled Japanese tanker - I think it was a tanker. Now I need to go hunt for my...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/> <br/> The Victory Point spread is brutal. No competitive game would ever reflect a ratio like this.<br/> <br/> The Ironman side gets tons of units to lose and I made sure to kill every last one of them.<br/> <br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Thank...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: fcooke<br/> <br/> I don't recall off the top of my head but wasn't it only 6-8 Kates that put two torps into Yorktown at Midway? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Let's not forget that she'd never been fully repaired after the Coral Sea, then at Midway she took three b...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Yaab<br/> <br/> The strange thing is how few xAK/xAP ships USN had in Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941. There were no ships to quickly move troops/supplies over the Pacific. Seems like the base was purely for basing the combat fleet. <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Such s...

<t> Query: *in reality* a well-trained group of torpedo bombers attacking together would have a much higher chance of getting a hit vs. the same number of torpedo bombers (with equivalent pilots) attacking separately, as they could (and did) attack from multiple bearings, thus reducing or eliminatin...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: HansBolter<br/> <br/> And the final update for today before I start another turn is a map of the current status:<br/> <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> HansBolter, what do the overall army points look like at this point?<br/> <br/> As others have said, thank you for up...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: fcooke<br/> <br/> Rant on <br/> <br/> Seems Ms Homendy has already made up her mind. Which is great for an investigator (rolls eyes). Might as well ban all commercial Boeings and Airbuses as well, since we sadly occasionally lose them as well. And all motor vehicle...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Andy Mac<br/> <br/> Arent there enough USAAF Air Groups all ready ?? <e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> <br/> Nope. We need to blot out the sun so we can make the initial landing at night, but have good lighting so the camera crews can record Mac symbolically wading ashore. <...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Dili<br/> <br/> If you have PG's, or AM's, DD's with troops capacity they will get the troops, the problem for those that play allies for some reason many US and other ships do not have carrying cap+ability while their Japanese corresponding classes have. USN side ...