Playtest of Pacific at War 3 25 14

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what Borneo looks like now. The defender of Brunei got split into three parts and spread out.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's my losses so far:

[larryfulkerson]

Okie dokie.......I've received some moves from Tom and this is what Manila looks like now. It's just a matter of time now.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what the south China area looks like now. The Japs have rounded up most of the Chinese already.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's what Rangoon looks like now. Tom is defeating all the British and Indian units. There's nothing much to prevent Tom
from driving into Burma and India now.

[larryfulkerson]

Tom has landed some troops in Java. So southern Borneo and Java are next I guess. I'm thinking that Tom will invade OZ
eventually.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Rabaul area now. Tom has moved a great deal of fighters into this area. Port Moresby is probably one of Tom's
goals.

[larryfulkerson]

The screenshots for T12 were skipped somehow. Sorry about that. Now, T13, has seen a change of occupancy in the city of
Manila. There goes supply for the Allies. It's all downhill for all the Allies on the island. If I disband them can we count that as
them surrendering? I don't remember the house rule about disbanding units. I'll hold off on that.

[thomasharvey]

There goes supply for the Allies. It's all downhill for all the Allies on the island. If I disband them can we count that as
them surrendering? I don't remember the house rule about disbanding units. I'll hold off on that.



There is a suggestion in the scenario briefing regarding disbanding units. It is suggested that not be done if the units can not retreat normally because the Japanese player in particular would disband all their cut off units on the map and then their equippment would show up in Japan as replaced units to defend the homeland. That would not be realistic at all.

In this case in the Philippines, it is not a problem since supply has been eliminated. Without being in supply the game engine does not allow a unit to disband. However, if you have units clearly in your rear like in Austrailia, Hawaiian Islands, eastern India or other safe places it is perfectly fine. I guess you could designate certain places to have the units ship there for disbanding. Just having the players use commons sense to disband when reasonable is perfectly fine. That seems to work best.

[larryfulkerson]

I was curious about how many CV's the Lexington has lost ( 1 CV ) and I happened to notice that the ship itself has a deployment
box on it. I clicked on the "mobile" button and another display opens for me to chose Tactical Reserve or Local Reserve etc.. I'm
wondering what went wrong to cause this. I was curious to know what happens if I assign a a reserve stance but didn't try it.

[thomasharvey]

I have never indicated anything but mobile for a ship. I have seen on rare occasions an air strike from a carrier in response to an enemy action. Maybe that was it. Maybe the unit was on a reserve status and moved in response to something. Tests can be done on that certainly. But for me, I rarely put even ground units on reserve status because then I am out of control. The reserve unit or ship may move into a very lopsided or dangerous position that you would not want. It still may be an option however. Maybe a destroyer group at Rabaul on reserve might respond to an attack nearby.

It would be great if an aircraft bombing unit would respond like that if some ships entered their combat reserve zone. Be sure to have some fighters nearby to help!

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: thomasharvey
I have never indicated anything but mobile for a ship. I have seen on rare occasions an air strike from a carrier in response to an enemy action. Maybe that was it. Maybe the unit was on a reserve status and moved in response to something. Tests can be done on that certainly. But for me, I rarely put even ground units on reserve status because then I am out of control. The reserve unit or ship may move into a very lopsided or dangerous position that you would not want. It still may be an option however. Maybe a destroyer group at Rabaul on reserve might respond to an attack nearby.

It would be great if an aircraft bombing unit would respond like that if some ships entered their combat reserve zone. Be sure to have some fighters nearby to help!

That's a great idea. May I suggest you suggest this to Bob Cross? He would be the one to make it happen.

[larryfulkerson]

The Japs have been staging landings at Ceylon since last night and so far my boys are holding. Jap paratroops captured one of the
airfields on the island and there's been a mass movement of Jap airpower into the field. There's nothing on the island to resist
the invaders besides the small garrison unit that was tasked with the safety of the island. I predict that the city will fall soon.

[larryfulkerson]

And here's T16's shot of the Japs in full control of the island of Ceylon. I'm guessing they will be gunning for the mainland next. I've
shipped in some pathetically tired troops, both British and Indian but they aren't in any shape to fight and they are too small to make
a proper garrison for this situation. It's looking grim. I may have to start shipping those Chinese reinforcements to this AO.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's the Phillippines now. Tom is in the process of mopping up and he's taking his sweet time too.

[thomasharvey]

My troops could storm in there but that would cause losses. I prefer to take the time to allow the Bataan defenders to become extremely weak. The same in China. Even when the allies are low in supply I still take losses. The Marine unit seems to stay at a 4. I want him smaller. The partisans are worse. They are invisible and seem to always be underfoot.

[larryfulkerson]

So um......the Japs sneaked across the river with the aid of some engineers and tried to outflank my front lines. I managed to
find enough troops to man the line but they are weak and tired and almost out of supply and aren't going to hold back a
determined attacker very long.

[larryfulkerson]

I'm just this turn noticing an Allied CV that spawned near Ceylon and I need to get that CV the heck out of Dodge.

[larryfulkerson]

Here's a zoomed out view of the south China situation now. Also, the Japs have been making progress in that they have cleared
out the middle and now the fight has resolved into two different groups. The western group is protecting India and Burma. The
eastern group is going to be mopped up any turn now. I've dropped a lot of bridges between north China and south China so the
railroad is going to be out of order for a long time to come. Unless his engineers work better than my CB's.

[larryfulkerson]

This is Rangoon now. The front line is starting to look ragged and the guys are really tired and worn out and the situation
is getting out of hand.