Slitherine

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ORIGINAL: CaptHaggard

Admiral,

We are approximately two weeks from the launch of your offensive into Burma. Perhaps you could summarize how you see the plan unfolding. What are the main points of thrust, the units and material involved? What are some of the variables of operation you anticipate in regards to possible enemy responses? What is your timeline for the capture of various targets, such as Rangoon, etc.?

I for one am quite excited about going on the offensive!

Hag

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

You should seriously consider playing with stacking limits in your next game.

The kind of silly gamesmanship strategy of creating death stars like the one that attacked hex 80,40 would simply go away.

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ORIGINAL: HansBolter

Stacking limits in all hexes isn't implemented by house rule.

It's implemented by replacing the map hexdata file with a new one created for that purpose.

It's kind of an unofficial game upgrade created by some of the devs who continued to work on the game post release.

Full stacking limits hexdata files have been created for both the stock and extended maps (another unofficial game upgrade necessary for certain player made scenarios).

Full stacking everywhere imparts a huge amount of realism into the game eliminating mile high stacks.

I strongly recommend it.

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ORIGINAL: CaptHaggard

Dang it—that was a BIG tug at the end of my pole!

Happened at the end of my sweep and on the outer rung—though we may still get lucky if Junyo's heading TO Ominato / Sapporo, rather than FROM one of those.

Well, Admiral, these operations are hopefully going to teach me what areas work and, just as essential, what areas don't. To me it's interesting that this contact was deep water when the shallow stuff is right next door; from what I know, if I was the Japanese commander, I'd be transiting in friendly shallows as much as possible, knowing those are naturally intimidating for subs.

Re stacking limits: I see above that the Japanese attacked Chungking with 151K troops. If the game-system was strategic—e.g., no forces represented less than a corps, 3 corps per hex, weekly moves—I could see it, a simplification over time. But on a daily basis, that's absurd. 1) There's not the frontal capacity to employ all those troops into a single attack, and 2) logistically, no force contained in a 40-mile hex could mobilize that number for a single daily attack.

There should be some sort of limitation of effective firepower from such a force through a hex-aperture; whether a 40-mile terrain-friendly hex can contain such a force is debatable. Then again, something would have to modify defensive figures too.

Anyway, even for a guy right off the turnip truck like myself, it does appear that—for a simulation that boasts such detail in certain areas—this issue needs fine-tuning. But stacking limits seems a good start. Next game.

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ORIGINAL: pontiouspilot

Sorry but I've been AAR surfing to find some action! Did you ever end up back in Rabaul? Can we get a screen shot of the SPac? (If you know how you a hell of a lot smarter than me!!) Is anything going on in south or central PAC? You are needing to distract your opponent while you proceed in Ind/Burma. The time is not yet ripe to try to take on KB straight up but it is time to lure them out and start attriting them. Lure them with hope of easy pickings and within range of some land based air and subs. You can now afford to lose some bait.

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ORIGINAL: CaptHaggard

Rio—

Once we manage to rouse those sub boys out of the Snake Pit in Pearl City and launch that southern sweep—a sizable portion of which terminates in Brisbane—we most assuredly will have SS assets available for Rabaul environs.

—Hag