Looking for Union opponent for full battle. Optional rules to be determined by both players except one ... Automatic arty fire is off. If you're still looking, I'm game. You can email me at lucente.chuck@gmail.com and I'll start the game. I don't know what Automatic Artillery Fire is - it's not lis...

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This will wrap it up - Jun 25 - Jills attacked transports at Victoria Point and sank 2 but suffered heavy loss. Jun 26 - the Allies landed troops northwest of Hollandia; Jills attacked shipping at Sabang and again had heavy losses. George LRCAP over Medan downed 3 Blenheim bombers and 6 Wellingtons....

I think it is considered gamey due to the alarm that would be raised if the majority of the IJN sailed into that area. It could not be a surprise attack and would have been tracked for days just as the historical troop movements were. The entire carrier force definitely would have alerted the Briti...

Yes, they used to work. I had several of these games before Matrix relaunched them under the John Tiller series; they were something like Battleground: #; Bull Run was 7, Gettysburg was 2. The Help system worked then. I still have the manuals for those two games, but the manuals don't include all t...

We're on hold for a week while the Allied commander takes a trip to Hawai'i.

Jun 20 - 24, 1943 On the 20th none of the "raid" air units flew - probably because they just arrived at the launch airfields. On the 21st none of the raid air units flew because of clouds over Mergui - no ships were detected. Remember, I have restricted search so that only a specific loca...

The maximum size is actually 115% of the carrier size (rounded down). This means Akagi can increase the squadron size up to 93 aircraft (splitting into 3 x 31), a 72 carrier can go to 82 and so on. 115% is also the maximum for launching (combat) missions. I know the game says somthing like "ch...

Since I see that you have increased the size of the carrier squadrons, is their a reason why you chose to increase them to 72? Is that a "perfect size" in some way I have not figured out yet or is their a different reason? I would usually increase them to their maximum size (and Zuikaku c...

Jun 20, 1943 I've accelerated part of the raid. There are some small(ish) ships at Mergui, including an AO and AMC (per previous search). Today's strike has Akagi's Zeroes at Bangkok flying LRCAP over Mergui and Ryujo's Zeroes and Kaga's Jills at Battambang flying escort and naval attack (with torp...

I'm planning a raid! With the respawn of carrier aircraft over the last month the Japanese now have about 540 land-based aircraft (and 2 carriers) to conduct a major strike against British and American shipping operating off the Burma/Thailand/Malaya/ Sumatra coasts. By last count there is 459 aviat...

May 31 - Jun 15, 1943 Just the highlights - May 31 - Lily dive bombers hit CL Helena (I think this is the first occurrence of an Army bomber getting a hit on a ship, other than a sub). Jun 1 - Ki-44-IIc Tojo began production at 60 per month and Ki-84a Frank began production at 210 per month. Jun 2 ...

ChatGPT gets a B from me for that response. It cites the historical strategic options without reference to WITP-AE game players' opinions. For example, lots of players that chose to attack the Philippines instead of PH cited the desire to destroy the subs there as their main aim. The invasion of th...

ChatGPT gets a B from me for that response. It cites the historical strategic options without reference to WITP-AE game players' opinions. For example, lots of players that chose to attack the Philippines instead of PH cited the desire to destroy the subs there as their main aim. The invasion of th...

Here's a summary of the Allied operations in the Dutch East Indies for April and May 1943 -

May 28 - 30, 1943 On the 28th B6N2a Jill R&D advanced to Aug '44 and D4Y3 Judy R&D advanced to Nov '43. On the 29th the respawned Jills of CV Shoho boarded CV Zuikaku and resized to 72. The Allies attacked at Prachuap Khiri Khan (southwest of Bangkok) - Ground combat at Prachuap Khiri Khan ...

Here's a summary of most of the Allied operations in the South Pacific/Papua New Guinea for April and May 1943. Where dates are not shown they are either not known (my notes are sometimes incomplete), the base flipped, or the base was captured before April. https://i.postimg.cc/Gp31xphq/Allied-Ops-S...

May 25 - 27, 1943 The 2nd Guards Division (formerly the Imperial Guards Division) conducted a shock attack near Prachuap Khiri Khan to try to reopen the rail line. It failed - Ground combat at 54,63 (near Prachuap Khiri Khan) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 10683 troops, 103 guns, 40 vehicles...

May 23 - 24, 1943 On the 23rd the Allies assaulted and captured Bikini atoll. Victoria Point was also captured after several days of reinforcements landing there. CV Junyo's dive bombers respawned at Tokyo. On the 24th the Allies captured Kolaka and Nadzab and landed troops on lightly defended Maka...

May 20 - 22, 1943 On the 21st CV Kaga's torpedo bombers respawned, boarded CV Zuikaku, and resized to 72. The Allies captured Kendari and Lae. Ki-84a Frank R&D advanced to Jul '43 On the 22nd the Allies assaulted Kolaka and attacked at Victoria Point - Ground combat at Victoria Point (51,66) Al...