2 weeks, 7,700+ posts of 'The Worlds Worst AAR (TM)'

Caught up finally.[:)]

<t> As a definite newcomer to the game, but a long time war gamer ....my question would be WHY does Japan have to make any of these bold moves at all in '42? Rather than exposing your forces to potential destruction in NOPAC, Oz, or India...could you not just sit tight with the SRA, and overload ...

Don't get me wrong I am enjoying it immensely. About 1/3 of the way through my first turn vs. Japanese AI.

Is there a thread buried somewhere that discusses the best roles for the small support ships?

<t> I had been patiently accumulating a list of newbie questions to post over the past month.<br/>
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Then I realized that, in my haste to start playing the game, I forgot to patch it.<br/>
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I've been playing vs. AI and learning the game for the past month on a completely unpatched game ...

<t> As an old school grognard, from the Panzer Blitz, and Squad Leader days...I just discovered Matrix games and could not resist picking up War in the East, and War in the Pacific. Takes me back to the halycon days when I had the time and space to play GRD's Fire in the East/Scorched Earth/Urals ...