OT - Curious

[BrucePowers]

I agree with you Bradforkay, I'd play Jutland (and Napleonics) any time.

[Ian R]

I didn't answer the original question either.
 
Came to witp via interest in military history board wargames starting in the 70s (including the likes of Fast Carriers and SPI's WITP) via Grigsby's Pacwar, which I must have played at least 100 times. ( But in only about one of which was Darwin invaded, although the AI landed in Efate many many times).
 
Plus we're on the map.
 
If anything WitP has a bit too much detail for me; I don't have time to put the effort in to play PBEM. The unit scale of pacwar with the witp system and a quicker game would suit. I have done a personal mod where I have divided the number of LSTs etc by 6 or 10, and increased capacity, weapons and durability proportionately, to see if it works out to something more manageable. If so, I will have a look at reducing the number of air groups by combining squadrons, including tank etc battalions in larger unit OOBs, combining CB battalions into "brigades", etc.
 
Ian
 
 

[murphys35]

Interesting question...

I'm interested in military history (and especially WWII) since my childhood (I'm 25 now). Maybe it was because my father is interested in this too so there was still many WWII books to read in our bookcase. So simple answer could be - I'm just interested in military history.

BUT - I think there is another reason why I'm interested in Pacific theatre. I was 8 y/o when communism collapsed in my country in 1989. Until that time all WWII books or movies were more or less influenced by communist propaganda and cenzorship. And as one the results of this we were told that Pacific theatre was only minor, unimportant battlefield. Only few books were available and majority of them was very bad (in fact, I think there was only one good and historicaly accurate series of books about PTO). After "velvet revolution" in 1989 situation changed and tons of new WWII books became available but mainly focused on ETO history which was also deformed by communists and which is closer to people in Europe. And it took several years until situation was improved and more good books became available.

So my accurate answer, why I'm interested in PTO is that its history was for some time hidden (and more attractive because of that) from me.