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Tired of hyper-optimized air orders of battle leading to fights that only seem to feature Franks and P47s? How about an old-fashioned furball with a much closer representation of the forces that were actually available using PDU off?

I am an experienced Japanese PBEM gamer with a historical bent looking for a friendly game with a veteran Allied player who can average a turn a day.

Scenario 1
FOW: ON
Advanced weather: ON
Allied damage control: ON
PDU: OFF
Historical first turn: OFF
Dec 7 surprise: ON
Reliable USN torps: OFF
Realistic R&D: ON
No unit withdrawals: OFF
Reinforcements: +/- 15

Proposed House rules:

Allied player able to give orders to formed TFs on Turn 1
Japan cannot abuse the magic-move TFs (i.e. No turn-1 Mersing gambit, no CV TF hunting, etc.)

Pay full PP cost to move restricted land units across borders
No supersizing of air groups (i.e. using Akagi to resize a squadron to 80 aircraft)
Transport fuel/oil only in TK, AO and in dedicated fuel/oil capacity of some xAKs
No strat bombing in China
No daytime PBY torpedo attacks

Hello,

I have been looking for a Japanese opponent and a PDU OFF Game is definitely of interest. Your proposed House Rules also work for me. I am fairly experienced player and will look to play to the end.

DW

Sure, DW.

Your AARs suggest you will give me plenty of grief...