Have played a few nearly full games (into 1944/1945, you can see some in the AARs) and looking for an allied player who is willing to play long-term. I'm pretty busy with work and kids but can manage at least a turn most days. Central time zone in USA but usually having different time zones is ...

Found someone - thanks for the volunteers!

My last AE game wrapped up earlier this year in mid-1944 when my opponent conceded. Now looking to get into it again.

Looking for an allied player for scenario 2, stock with latest patch.

House rules very negotiable but something like this works well:

No 4E naval bombing under 10K except if ...

<r> We're up to May 7 1944.<br/>
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Not much change in the overall situation. B-29s raids continue daily with very few losses, mostly wiping out all the industry in China and French Indochina, as well as returning to hit the oil in Medan.<br/>
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Today we managed to shoot a few down over ...

<r> April 13, 1944<br/>
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The B-29 raids have begun in earnest. Around 30 of them struck the oil centers of Medan in Sumatra. We had a few fighters there but those beasts are strong, and we only managed to knock a few out before they dealt significant damage to oil production. B-29s seem ...

<r> April 10, 1944.<br/>
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The Air Battle of Darwin.<br/>
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Waves of Japanese planes come in from Timor to attack shipping around Darwin, which is extremely heavily defended. Massive plane losses on both sides, but strongly favoring the Allies.<br/>
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The Japanese fighters did ...

<r> April 1, 1944.<br/>
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The KB comes in to try to attack a fleet of Allied CVEs that had been hovering around Northern New Guinea.<br/>
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April Fools! They weren't there...<br/>
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KB strikes did go in and sank a half dozen merchant ships, with heavy air losses all around. Around ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: RangerJoe<br/>
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What was the moonlight for that battle? Or what is it now? He needs to do that with the DDs and PTs in low moonlight and/or bad weather.
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I think it was around 50% but many of the Japanese ships also have ...

<r> March 24, 1944.<br/>
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Battles of Lautem and Sarmi.<br/>
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A big Japanese fleet has been guarding Lautem in Timor recently under heavy air cover, across the Timor sea from Darwin. Today, the Allies sent in waves of destroyers and torpedo boats to try to put fish into the big Japanese ...

<r> The battle for Selaroe resulted in a few completely indecisive PT vs PT boat actions. No hits scored on either side during any of the confrontations, not even with machine guns - which seems a bit strange.<br/>
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<r> Now up to March 21, 1944.<br/>
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Japanese forces have invaded and retaken Selaroe. It was getting annoying to bomb it every day to keep the airfield suppressed and I noted that he just had 3 construction units and a marine defense unit defending the place (no land combat units). Thus, we ...

<t> I have always used the beta since it came out and have not found any problems with it. I think it is de-facto "standard".<br/>
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I would be wary about changing too many core rules/database information from the base game, although people can always mod that. I know a lot of people play Da ...

<r> We're up to March 11, 1944 now and still an ongoing slog of attritional warfare.<br/>
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Ramree island fell to an amphibious assault early in March with modest Japanese losses (around a regiment total, spread across 4 units) and he's now building up the airfield in record time. Expecting B ...

Also, Finshavn and Shortlands fell in the Solomons, so there are no longer any Japanese bases behind Allied lines. He's being thorough!

<r> ...but actually probably wasn't worth it because in the naval skirmishes around the port, I lost another CA (Myoko) and a whole whack of destroyers after the bombarding TF ran out of ammunition and was assailed by wave after wave of Allied ships. Probably not worth the two Allied cruisers ...

<r> February 24, 1944.<br/>
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The Allied fleet is still lurking around the Marshalls/Carolines and I still don't have much of a sense of what it's doing. Maybe some kind of invasion, or maybe some kind of lure? Unclear for now.<br/>
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In Burma, the Allies have invaded Ramree island along ...

<r> Feb 17, 1944.<br/>
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A major Allied fleet is approaching Ponape. Unclear if this is an invasion or merely a diversion. Most of the Japanese fleet is still in the DEI and too far to intervene. Probably wouldn't spare the fuel to send it out beyond Truk anyway, but my subs did miss a great ...

<r> It begins!<br/>
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(Still didn't destroy the bomber though...)<br/>
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<r> February 14, 1944. Happy Valentine's Day!<br/>
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We've breezed through the first half of February without much action. No major ships sunk, no major land battles, just a few minor air skirmishes. Clearly the Allies are biding their time, building up for a new push.<br/>
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I decided ...

<t> January 28, 1944.<br/>
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Naval battle of Satawal: a small Japanese force interdicts a larger Allies cruiser force attempting to bombard Satawal. I suspect this battle came as a surprise for both sides. The Allies had been sending light cruisers and destroyers to bombard the island so I ...