Thanks!ORIGINAL: Bif1961
Sorry chiming in late. You may be a WITPAE rookie but by the looks of your Matrix Legion of Merit, you are no neophyte to strategy war gaming. Learning the ins and outs of the rules are always the hardest part and the trade offs between history and playability the quirks of the game. I am sure you will find much to enjoy and some things that annoy you. However, since you are a WWII history buff you already have a firm foundation to base your actions off of. Good luck and pleasant WITPAE journeys.
Also, thanks!ORIGINAL: BBfanboy
Shokaku and Zuikaku may have sunk but until there is some intel to confirm that they do not go on the sunk ships list. There is an exception to that - any ship that takes a torpedo hit is always put on the other side's sunk ships list, even if it is in no danger of sinking.
There is also a provision in short scenarios that heavily damaged ships can be withdrawn for repairs and they just disappear from the board. For the 2 CVs, I put their odds at about 50/50 sunk or withdrawn.
You are too hard on your grading of your performance. If one of the IJN CVs sank, you get a B+.
BTW, Lex will not be ready for Midway. Even in a shipyard it takes two days to repair one point of major float damage.
By the way I came across three videos that I found very interesting and thought I'd share (though, some or all of these videos may be known to the highly knowledge crowd here).
1. USS Enterprise Flight Ops Video from early 1942.
2. Actual film w/sound of the Japanese Surrender.
3. Color video w/no sound of the surrender, the color film was discovered in the 90's and restored some time after that.
