Epic achievements

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: wdolson

I don't play PBEM, so I can't make any claims. However another achievement for the list would be something I remember one of the top Japanese players tried with WitP in an AAR which is to capture San Francisco. He played an experimental game PBEM in which he tried to do just that. It was interesting to watch. He pretty much sacrificed everything in every other theater to try and do it, but in the end he failed. If I remember right he invaded Vancouver, BC and marched down the coast. The Allies finally stopped him cold in Northern California. Even the weak 1941/early 42 US forces were enough to stop him, though he did a lot of damage along the way.

What really killed him was logistics, all the merchant ships he could muster just weren't enough to keep his forces adequately supplied in North America. The Can/Am forces had plentiful and short supply lines, so while the Japanese forces were always a quart low on supply, the Allies always had more than they needed.

This was with the old game. AE would probably be a bit different, but it would probably be even tougher now.

Bill

Mogami!

I met Mogami about 8 years ago and have seen him off and on since. I just saw that he finally retired from the military. I have a phone number and will try to contact him later. I'd love to get him back here. Good guy!

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Does losing 5 CA's to Dorniers count as epic? Still very early '42 .... opportunity to lose planty more. [:@]

I hate those Dorniers. [:@]

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Does losing 5 CA's to Dorniers count as epic? Still very early '42 .... opportunity to lose planty more. [:@]

Was this a mod in which the Dutch got Do-217s with remote controlled missiles?

Bill

[sanch]

It's late Jan, 42 as Japan, and I'm out 2 CV's and 2 CVE's. I wonder if this makes the grade?

[Mike Solli]

In 2004, I was deployed and learning WitP in isolation. I managed to lose all of 6 CVs in KB in Feb 42 off the coast of Java while attempting to invade that infernal place. Against AI too. [:(]

[mike scholl 1]

"Sonny II" and I managed to complete WITP-AE twice PBEM. Of course we were both retired duffers without many distractions. He passed away a year ago..., or we'd probably have a third one going.

[jeffk3510]

ORIGINAL: SqzMyLemon

I consider getting through another turn as Japan without the urge to uninstall an epic achievement. [:D]

Seriously though, my epic moment was catching an Allied invasion force at Lunga with KB and watching the might of Imperial Japan attack some PT Boats at Ndeni. Epic fail.

Love it.

[geofflambert]

In PBEMs I've sunk the entire KB (all six CVs) twice in April '42 (against the same player) using 4 CVs and once in May using 5 CVs (agains wyrmm). I did not lose one CV in any of them. The AAR for the last one still exists.

[leehunt27@bloomberg.net]

these are great, keep 'em coming. I will say that the honesty of the board is appreciated too-- there are just as many "confessions" here as achievements

[geofflambert]

I confess I was lucky each time, the weather was on my side. Storms over my forces and not over his. I think that happened all three times.

edit: Also being careful about search patterns. In each case I could see him coming a day or two in advance but he couldn't see me because he had no search planes where I was. The first two times the battle occurred a little south of Port Moresby and the third occurred just off of La Foa in New Caledonia. That time I was also lucky because I guessed right, I didn't know if he would come down to the west of the island or east. I guessed west and was two hexes away from him when the sun rose.

One more thing. Each time I had each CV in its own TF. He might find one or two but be unaware of the rest.

[Cribtop]

I too have found early detection and coming out of the blue to be key in CV battles.

I think some of PzB's achievements were pretty epic.

[crsutton]

My opponent Viberpol and I began our scenario 2 campaign about a month after AE was published. How long ago was that? We currently have played over 1300 turns and are in July of 1945. So far I have taken back most of China and invaded Korea, but not the Philippines or much of the DEI except the oil centers. Hardly have touched any strategic targets in Japan (soon to change). He still has a vicious air force, about half a dozen carriers, most of his BBs and a handful of CA-CLs. If you would have told me 15 years ago that I would play a single game for four years with a guy (now good friend) who lives in Poland, I would have told you that you were just a crazy fool. Pretty significant if you ask me.[;)]

[zuluhour]

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[PaxMondo]

ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: PaxMondo

Does losing 5 CA's to Dorniers count as epic? Still very early '42 .... opportunity to lose planty more. [:@]

Was this a mod in which the Dutch got Do-217s with remote controlled missiles?

Bill

That would be the one. Hit rates of 75%. [X(] And I'm pretty sure that the pilot and leader stats are 99 across the board too. [;)]

[jonreb31]

ORIGINAL: obvert

In my first PBEM I had no idea what I was doing and sailed my entire KB in early 42 all of the way to Tahiti and beyond to engage the US fleet. After my opponent had to stop due to health issues he sent the password and there were literally hundreds of ships moving along the map edge within a day's sail of the KB and the turn the game quit I had sent a CS cruiser TF to check it out.

I shudder now to think of the fuel used and vulnerability achieved by putting the KB way out there.

I think, as the Allies, that would have also given me health issues.

[Barb]

In times of old WITP PBEM I pretty much managed to wipe out KB in two carrier battles near Solomons following closely one after another:
1. Lost Saratoga, but did some damage to Jap carriers and planes
2. Returned to Noumea, refuelled, replenished, refilled squadrons, joined RN carriers and moved out again
3. Weather and surprise caused Jap launching no strike [X(]
4. In the following three days seas around Solomons were strewn with bodies of poor Japanese sailors, carnage was total, I doubt anything larger than DD escaped ...

[obvert]

ORIGINAL: crsutton

My opponent Viberpol and I began our scenario 2 campaign about a month after AE was published. How long ago was that? We currently have played over 1300 turns and are in July of 1945. So far I have taken back most of China and invaded Korea, but not the Philippines or much of the DEI except the oil centers. Hardly have touched any strategic targets in Japan (soon to change). He still has a vicious air force, about half a dozen carriers, most of his BBs and a handful of CA-CLs. If you would have told me 15 years ago that I would play a single game for four years with a guy (now good friend) who lives in Poland, I would have told you that you were just a crazy fool. Pretty significant if you ask me.[;)]

Yes. It is amazing!

[CaptDave]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

I met Mogami about 8 years ago and have seen him off and on since. I just saw that he finally retired from the military. I have a phone number and will try to contact him later. I'd love to get him back here. Good guy!

+1

I met him at the Origins conference in 2005 -- I was attending the National Model Railroad Convention in Cincinnati and spent the one day driving up to Columbus. Definitely a good guy, and a good poster as well. Would love to have him back on the forum!

[Puhis]

In one of my first PBEM games I lost entire KB in 1942 without allies loosing a single carrier. I think that's an achievement.

[oaltinyay]

Captured Tokyo and about 80 percent of japan by 1.1.1945.

Probably not a big deal but it was my first vs. human campaign game.