I'm ready!

[JimboJangles]

Anybody wanna break in a noob? Looking for my first pbem opponent, I'd prefer to play campaign 41 as allies, but if somebody had a better idea, I'd listen to it. No clue on house rules since nobody's responded to my other post, so you'll have to let me know what rules we should use. I have a lot of time on my hands right now, so I should be able to play frequently.

Any takers?
Jimbo

[wga8888]

I do not have the bandwidth to commit but I have played two games vs Brad Kay in recent years (lost both). Brad has/had both an updated version that corrected some of the production issues (unintended consequences of the SSI to Matrix version). I likely have a file of house rules and will input my opinion. After PCW, I played 8 games of Uncommon Valor (lost all) and currently have two campaign games of War in the Pacitic: Struggle vs Japan campaigns going. I have WTIP Admirals Edition but the unnecessary complexity is too much to me.

I have been playing Gary Grigsby designs since the early 1980s on my Apple IIe. PCW remains a good compromise between playabilty and complexity. Where PCW is weekly turns, WITP is daily turns. I am almost one year into my two WITP games; one vs Australian IJN, two turns a day+ is now in July 1943. Other vs Frenchman is only May 1942 (I get perhaps 5-6 turns (day) a month. It will be around the year 2020 before my Central Pacific push will start. PCW takes about 8 months.

If you have no takers in a few weeks, I can be talked into a game but I historically always play Allies (likely with questionable ability) and have no interest in playing IJN. This is a consequence from my boardgaming days in 1970s-current where I always play the opposition for the Axis, German, Napoleon, Caesar, Japan, Central Powers, Confederates.
www.wargameacademy.org Dallas TX, USA; Bill Thomson

[bradk]

Let me say two things here.

1) Bill is a good player.
2) Bill was the motivation for me creating a modified scenario.

Playing allies, he observerd two things: why are the Brits etc stuck with the F4F for years when historically they used US Army aircraft, and what am I to do with 10,000 B25s?

Anyway, Bill, thank you!

[zeke99]

Me too, have Jap first turn ready to go. Raising sun scenario (1941). Sent me your email as PM and we can start if you like my simple rules. I would add the teleportation exploits Istfemer discovered to the list of nono's.

[Capt. Harlock]

I always play the opposition for the Axis, German, Napoleon, Caesar, Japan, Central Powers,

But doesn't that mean you play on the side of Japan in WWI games? [;)]

[wga8888]

Actually in WWI its always in Europe, opposition for the Central Powers.

I need to resume my 2nd game with Brad to help validate the changes. Have to remember which computer the game resides.

[bradk]

Bill, that game produced valuable data already. The first one, well, I really appreciate you playing a modification that still had some settings based on rough estimates. And I want to say the same to others who have played it, reported information to me, and made recommendations.