PBEM Uneasy?

[leehunt27@bloomberg.net]

As far as I know the Allied player isn't really supposed to make a single order on turn 1 December 7th. He should just wait for the onslaught. Then make orders amid the chaos and carnage on December 8th.

But if you did not make any orders, then I can't see any reason for the Japanese player to ask for a redo except that he messed up. And frankly, that's all part of PBEM! There's always that moment when you click "End Turn" and send the turn off with a gulp in your throat, hoping you did in fact set the CV fighter CAP on and your bombers to Naval Attack and not Stand Down (did you leave the oven on too?).

And thus I agree with others, you should cancel this game-- because it sounds like this person would want just a perfect game to revel in their glory as an armchair admiral and you are not there to either put up with that or have the game ended in 6 months when he loses the KB inadvertently...

And also, I save a planning file and then do a test run as the Japanese on the first turn. That's not to see how many
BB's I sank (because that will still be up in the air when you play the real turn) but to make sure I didn't
send an amphibious TF to Nepal or some other silly mistake.

[Q-Ball]

The IJN player can easily make a copy of the Dec 7th turn, and run a test with it a few times before sending. It's the only time in the whole game you can basically double-check your orders before sending. It's a very good idea to do this when playing Japan, just to verify any changes to first-move TFs and where they end up

There really is no excuse in screwing it up.......

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: JeffK
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[Symon]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
A SoPacshekelectomy? That's a mouthful.

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