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We are currenly working on the turn now, guys.

It should be sent out to all Allied players tonight.

This first turn is a doozy to do, also. [:D]
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Dang..you guys are fast ...but planning will get you nowhere. The emperor wears girlie underwear

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In our 3 vs 3 game, planning the first months of the war and doing the first turn (actually the 2nd, as we play a historical first turn) took us a full week. Especially deciding who will do what and who will USE what and for how many time.
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In our 3 vs 3 game, planning the first months of the war and doing the first turn (actually the 2nd, as we play a historical first turn) took us a full week. Especially deciding who will do what and who will USE what and for how many time.

Good Lord...I dont think the Yalta conference took that long [:D] Of course, Churchill and FDR weren't exactly chummy with Joe stalin

As the Allied team, we have had some tentative discussions, but our main attention will be toward cleaning up the mess for a couple of weeks after the Japanese attack. So far, it all seems very civil [8D]
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In the Allied planning sessions one of our team members asked how to prepare, this was the official answer:

"Go outside, find the biggest shovel you can and hit yourself in the face as hard as you can. That is what turn 1 will be like."
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In the Allied planning sessions one of our team members asked how to prepare, this was the official answer:

"Go outside, find the biggest shovel you can and hit yourself in the face as hard as you can. That is what turn 1 will be like."

Yes but you will then find that team games are easier for the Allied. Japan will less concentrate than in single player games and so Allied forces (that are less mobile) will not be as much dominated locally. And misunderstandings (TFs sailing back and forth with opposite orders from 2 players) will also slow the Japanese advance.
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In the Allied planning sessions one of our team members asked how to prepare, this was the official answer:

"Go outside, find the biggest shovel you can and hit yourself in the face as hard as you can. That is what turn 1 will be like."

I tried that...but I couldn't find a shovel...so I got out my pitching wedge and nearly embedded it in my forehead. When I woke up and looked in the mirror I found the word "Cleveland" spelled out in little purple letters. I took this to be some kind of miraculous hint for Allied naval strategy...but I cant find a Cleveland in the OOB. I'm thinking now...it may be a hint on where to dig in and form a defensive line.
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Have fun [:D][X(][8D][:)][8|]
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We have hit a major issue on game files which I am working on - will update you here on the resolution of it. It may be specific to me, or another of the team we are in, or it may be somethign we have done, in which case its wise to be aware of it.

I have ended up with a combat replay which will not be overwritten by new replays... and my American opponent cannot open the file to input his orders... we have Mr Frag looking at it for us.

The Japs have found a short nightly meeting using MSN to be very useful for general chat.

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Do you plan to post an AAR (or two: Allied and Japanese) on this forum ?
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I would like to, but I can't write worth a darn. [X(][8|][:(]
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I will be willing to give it a go, assuming my other colleagues are happy about this.

I think its useful, even if only to give a sense of what is different about a team game.

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I will be willing to give it a go, assuming my other colleagues are happy about this.

I think its useful, even if only to give a sense of what is different about a team game.

Roger

Would you translate this out of English for us Americans[;)]

The thing about a Scenario 15 AAR is we have them already, and we are unlikely to move along as fast as a 1 on 1 game. Seems to me it would need an interesting angle....perhaps from the perspectiv eof a liason officer trying to keep the personalities from biting each other's heads off.
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made sense to me.

I have asked the other players if they have any objection to me writing this ups, if they don't i will....

Any write up I do will concentrate on what is different about team play rather than just replicate another Scenario 15 AAR.
Pleas edo let me know if that still does not make sense.

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Would you like to write this up as a journalist point of view. We can send you the combat reports and you can do something with that. That is if no one objects, or if our other team members have a better idea.
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