the fog of war (FoW) is a two edged sword IMHO. If a game wants to even approach some sort of realism, it must host elements of FoW. Yes it's frustrating; but to players that gravitate toward realism, essential. the game has a playable balance between knowing all and tha FoW. In time, sinkings are ...

PaxMondo wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2026 10:42 pm

Yeah, true, but you keep hanging in there with us Hal ...





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Thanks Tony, glad I'm still "in the game"!

Glad to hear you beat the big "C" although you never really beat it, I've had two fights with it and am still posting! I enjoyed the little ship saga.... thanks for reentering the fray! Hal

if starting from fresh how would you change it?
I would start with better graphics for Naval/Air combat (without going down the road of making it just a game for kids)
etc.
allow players to choose weather to allow the game/or not ,,to run Jap expansion/rescourses/building etc??
same with the Yanks ...

Are you chatting about turn 2 strategy? I was of the understanding that on turn 1 tha Allies can't create any new TFs... they can unite or split existing TFs but.....do I have this wrong?


The Kull spreadsheet is from Turn 2. It presupposes you already ran Turn 1 and got historical results ...

Are you chatting about turn 2 strategy? I was of the understanding that on turn 1 tha Allies can't create any new TFs... they can unite or split existing TFs but.....do I have this wrong?

I was under the impression that smaller AEs (the Japs can make a lot of them) can't resupply large caliber guns (BB) due to their limited cargo/ammo capacity, do I have that wrong or is cargo size on the AE a factor to consider?

I understand the reason for the rule, my question was more about the implementation thereof.

Ok sorry for the long winded response then! My direct resoponse is contained in the last two setances of my first post. We all play with far more knowledge about the oppposition than the actual war ...

That is a very interesting question. It is based upon the fact that the Japanese player knows exactly where the two deployed US carriers are. This obviously was not known to the real Japanese thus the house rule. The same is true for the British HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse. However, the ...

Of note is also the state of the base hosting the A/C. If facilities are damaged, repairs are much more difficult.

The game has no mechanism to allow substitutions for a ship scheduled for withdrawal. If a ship's damage allows it to be scuttled then yes that would stop political points (PPs) lose. Ships scheduled to withdraw but are lost before the date don't cost PPs. If a ship's damage doesn't allow for it to ...

you will need to convert about 5 or 6 tankers to AOs.... and every ship that can to ACMs to keep minefields active.

another important question to address is; "what ships to build and what not to build"?

Yes that's correct.. you need to expand the Tokyo yard.

the clip is correct, I know of no source that definitively attributes any such statement to the Admiral, but it IS widely documented that he was very troubled by the post attack declaration submitted to the US government (having lived in the US for years and understanding the character of its people).

a further advantage is it rearms PTs including torpedoes.

An APG in not considered a "repair" ship for game purposes like an AR or ARD so you won't see that option, they simple assist in repairing small craft, it can repair "major" damage to such craft.... so you won't see a "X" beside such damage if an APG is present.

PH yard is not big, It will take months, but you need to get floatation down to 50 or lower before you send her to the wast coast for repair and upgrade...

no problem, I too have seldom get that far, although my current game is in June '44...

No that hits troop concentrations, I believe you want city attack....IIRC.