It's great to see so many legendary players and devs dropping in. Whom we hold in HIGH REGARD.

I am therefore respectfully disregarding the order to disregard.

I too find the game-within-a-game of saving and repairing wounded ships to be one of the most compelling aspects of this all-encompassing simulation. When a ship with major flotation damage chugs its way slowly across the Pacific, pumps straining, barely staying afloat until it reaches the next ...

<t> There is a working Enigma machine at M.S. Rau antiques in New Orleans. If you are really nice to the staff, they will let you operate the machine. It comes with theee rotors, full plugboard — and everything works!<br/>
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Or, if you are so inclined, you can buy it for $225,000 and have your ...

Lecivius, is your front lawn fertilized soil, gravel, or do you like clay more?

Here, Sir!

<t> If playing the AI, all is not lost. I had a similar game due to some lucky Betty hits. Recon where the Japanese defenses are weak to non-existent. Land small groups of paratroopers either with transport/patrol planes or with sub transports (SST) to seize islands. Bring in Seabees by Catalina or ...

Oh, okay, I thought that was Scoodra.

"Is this... Heaven?"

"No, it's the Iowa."

<t> Speaking of fortification levels...<br/>
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A really nice feature to have in some future beta would be to add a column in the Base Summary screen (next to the ones for airfield and port size) showing the level of fortification, perhaps with a "b" next to them (not for "Bullwinkle" but for ...

John, welcome to the second half of your life! And you actually get TWO presents! First, the AARP card that you mentioned. But also, your first colonoscopy! Welcome to the club.

<t> The number 100 million is special in Japanese. The Japanese don't count as Westerners do, by powers of 1000 (millions, billions, trillions, etc.). Instead, their system for large numbers is based on powers of TEN thousand. So, for example, where we would say one hundred thousand, they would say ...

<t> Since you seem to on a roll, Michael...<br/>
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If there is room to add it to the screen, it would be really nice to see all the friendly base fortification levels (with a "b" for "building") on the Base summary screen. For the Japanese player, this becomes a major focus after the initial ...

<t> As an avid reader of past and present AAR's by both you and your worthy opponent, I would suggest that an all-out effort to conquer Australia would produce the most spectacular material that would play right into the theme of Letters from a Prime Minister. I think we would all relish those last ...

Wars may not be won by evacuations, but as evacuations go, this was one of the best ever!