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The Dolittle raid
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:00 am
by jwinter
Can WITP duplicate the Dolittle raid of April 42? How do you base B-25s on the Hornet?
RE: The Dolittle raid
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:13 am
by wdolson
You could start them on the Hornet at the start of a scenario, but the game won't load B-25s onto a carrier as far as I know. I think El Cid was talking about creating something like that for RHS, but I don't know what happened to the idea.
The Doolittle Raid was basically a promotional stunt and didn't really do any significant damage, so it was left out of the design.
Bill
RE: The Dolittle raid
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:43 am
by CEDeaton
The name says it all - the Do Little raid
RE: The Dolittle raid
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:42 pm
by jwilkerson
ORIGINAL: jwinter
Can WITP duplicate the Dolittle raid of April 42? How do you base B-25s on the Hornet?
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No.
RE: The Dolittle raid
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 4:10 pm
by erstad
In the SPI monster game of War In the Pacific (roughly the same scale as WitP) there were special rules for a Dolittle raid, but the primary effect was to increase Japanese fighter garrison requirements in the Home Islands for the rest of the war. Not a big deal.
Those are the kind of "chrome" in the special rules that's easy for a cardboard chit game, but would be far more headache than value for a computer game.