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ORIGINAL: Drakanel

Just hopping in to ask... any news from your opponent? I understand it's a hard time for him. It's just that, speaking as a fan of this AAR, I do hope it eventually resumes....

I might just read your other AAr in the meanwhile XD

We exchanged emails recently and there is no timeline for continuing. Nick was positive about coming back at some point, but his family situation makes that impossible for a while.

I expect this will continue and that he'll want some distraction and 'normalcy' at some point. That may still be a ways off though.

ORIGINAL: obvert

ORIGINAL: Drakanel

Just hopping in to ask... any news from your opponent? I understand it's a hard time for him. It's just that, speaking as a fan of this AAR, I do hope it eventually resumes....

I might just read your other AAr in the meanwhile XD

We exchanged emails recently and there is no timeline for continuing. Nick was positive about coming back at some point, but his family situation makes that impossible for a while.

I expect this will continue and that he'll want some distraction and 'normalcy' at some point. That may still be a ways off though.

Obvert-

Please give my best to Nick, his family, and his friends.

Regards,

-Terry

What a great AAR!

ORIGINAL: Gweilch

What a great AAR!

Wow. I was surprised having not been on the forum for some months to find this on page two. Thanks.

I miss this game and the AAR. And Nick. Our struggles in game and exchanges (and meetings) were a good part of my days over the past few years.

Whats up with your other game?

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Whats up with your other game?

Funny you mention it. I just corresponded with Torsten for a few minutes. He'd taken some time out to deal with other life matters and I just asked if he'd like to continue to to pass the game on to an interested party. I'm just curious about it based on it's odd and tragic beginning for Japan (and me). Is it still playable into 45? Can Japan defend without KB dominance?

He said he'd take a look through and get to me within the next couple of weeks. I proposed about 4-5 turns a week. If he couldn't do it he would be willing to pass it on to someone else.

Also, we might actually meet up in London and do some museums (IWM, Duxford and stuff) here for a few days in the summer. So good to get back in touch at least.

Hope you guys get going again. Very interesting to see if you can avoid AV. Most likely not though. [:D]

ORIGINAL: JocMeister

Hope you guys get going again. Very interesting to see if you can avoid AV. Most likely not though. [:D]

I played a test campaign H to H over the summer and into the autumn. Just sporadically and without delving into the minutia of all theatres. The goal was to see if the Allied could come back from a 1:2 deficit (about 20 points short of Japanese AV) during 45. Like a worst case scenario of the Allies.

I didn't pull punches for the KB and friends, but I also didn't use the Japanese air forces fully to strike Allied landings, etc. The idea was that in this way the Japanese avoid the 500-1,000 aiframe loss days (and massive loss of VPs), conserve pilots, and even more importantly don't give the Allies 40 kill aces.

The Japanese did hold pretty well for a while until Allied 4Es got going and the B-29s wiped the industry. But that took some time and well into May the Japanese were still up considerably. After a combined China and Hokkaido invasion the wheels begin to come off.

The fun of it though was to get the Russians involved and see what they can do. I was surprised that the Japanese were able to hold some spots in good terrain due to SL.

So the game "ended" in early December 45 with the Allies getting to 2:1. The Russians wiping Korea and marching on Shanghai. The US with 5k AV in Tokyo and wearing down the defenders.

Nice to use some jets for both sides though! [8D]

Overall, an adjusted "Capt Cruft" defense can cause the Allies trouble.

Thats pretty cool!

I tried playing some Downfall not too long ago but motivation didn´t last long! Never tried H2H though. [:)]