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Empire101 -> Do You Feel Lucky, Punk? Empire(J)vsDirtyHarry (A)(No Dirty Harry please) (9/6/2012 1:01:12 PM)
[image]local://upfiles/29250/AB5A8BC921734169967D81EF01CC586D.jpg[/image] I've started a new campaign against Dirty Harry ( the title of the AAR is in reference to his name ), and is something I could imagine Dirty Harry saying to the Japanese player!! We have'nt played each other before so for me its going to be interesting. Here is a list of our House Rules: 1. POLITICAL POINTS Units with permanently restricted HQ’s must pay full PP to cross National Borders. 2. STRATEGIC BOMBING No strategic bombing in or out of China until : Anywhere from 1941 to start of 1944 No Chinese City bombing until 1944. No bombing of Chinese Industry. 3. 4 ENGINE BOMBERS No 4xEngine naval bombing below 10,000ft 4. TF's No having dozens of 1 ship TF's surrounding important Carrier/Surface fleet TF's to confuse enemy TF's and Air Groups. 5. Land Movement No dropping of Para Fragments. No mixing of Chinese Nationalist and Communist units in same hex. This is the Game setup: FOW = ON Advanced Weather = ON Allied Damage Control = ON PDU = ON Historical First Turn = ON 7th December 1941 Surprise = ON Reliable US Torps = OFF Realistic R&D = ON No Unit Withdrawals = OFF Reinforcement = Fixed Turn Cycle = 1 Any comments/suggestions/criticism's are welcomed.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/6/2012 1:24:26 PM)
So here is the all important Pearl Harbour strike:- Morning Air attack on Pearl Harbor , at 180,107 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid detected at 65 NM, estimated altitude 8,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 21 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 28 B5N2 Kate x 144 D3A1 Val x 126 Allied aircraft no flights Japanese aircraft losses A6M2 Zero: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 damaged B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed by flak D3A1 Val: 2 damaged Allied aircraft losses B-17E Fortress: 37 damaged B-17E Fortress: 1 destroyed on ground P-40B Warhawk: 56 damaged P-40B Warhawk: 11 destroyed on ground B-17D Fortress: 31 damaged B-17D Fortress: 4 destroyed on ground PBY-5 Catalina: 153 damaged PBY-5 Catalina: 12 destroyed on ground O-47A: 4 damaged O-47A: 3 destroyed on ground B-18A Bolo: 47 damaged B-18A Bolo: 4 destroyed on ground R3D-2: 2 damaged SBD-1 Dauntless: 26 damaged SBD-1 Dauntless: 4 destroyed on ground P-36A Mohawk: 34 damaged P-36A Mohawk: 3 destroyed on ground A-20A Havoc: 20 damaged A-20A Havoc: 2 destroyed on ground C-33: 1 destroyed on ground F4F-3 Wildcat: 6 damaged F4F-3 Wildcat: 1 destroyed on ground OS2U-3 Kingfisher: 3 destroyed Allied Ships BB Maryland, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk CA San Francisco, Bomb hits 3, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Pennsylvania, Bomb hits 11, Torpedo hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage BB Oklahoma, Bomb hits 7, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage BB West Virginia, Bomb hits 4, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage BB Nevada, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 3, on fire, heavy damage BB Arizona, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 4, and is sunk BB Tennessee, Bomb hits 8, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AVD Thornton, Bomb hits 1, on fire BB California, Bomb hits 10, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage AV Curtiss, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Honolulu, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire DM Tracy, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Raleigh, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires DM Sicard, Bomb hits 1, on fire DMS Trevor, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk AE Mauna Loa, Bomb hits 2, on fire CL Phoenix, Bomb hits 1, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage CA New Orleans, Bomb hits 2, Torpedo hits 1 DD Case, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage AM Turkey, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk DM Breese, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CM Oglala, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires DD Downes, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk CL Detroit, Bomb hits 2 DM Montgomery, Bomb hits 1, heavy fires CL St. Louis, Torpedo hits 1 DD Ralph Talbot, Torpedo hits 1, on fire, heavy damage SS Cachalot, Bomb hits 1 AK Castor, Bomb hits 1, on fire AG Aries, Bomb hits 1, on fire DM Pruitt, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Allied ground losses: 29 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Repair Shipyard hits 4 Airbase hits 59 Airbase supply hits 1 Runway hits 93 So, sifting through the results, my thoughts on the resulting carnage is as follows:- Probably Sunk USS Maryland USS Arizona Possibly Sunk USS Pensylvania USS West Virginia USS Nevada Maybe Sunk CA San Francisco. ( well you can but hope!![8\|] ) The airfield strike was good!! As to the Port Strike, well it could be better, but with Historical First Turn on, you get what you get. Whatever way you look at it, The Japanese High Command are feeling well pleased with the results. [image]local://upfiles/29250/999CE6733645496F89E0157755B8AC69.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/6/2012 1:36:51 PM)
As regards to troop dispositons I will put them down tomorrow. I am an avid student of the 'Mike Solli's School of Economics', and I am using his great summary of the usage of the Japanese Merchant Marine to get them all to the right places. So here is the Industry Screen for 8th Dec 1941. [image]local://upfiles/29250/AFCF6E9F93804B82B7182EECBAE94C70.jpg[/image] To start with I am going to slowly increase Vehicle production to 400. All the usual suspects in Aircraft and Engine production have been stopped and/or reassigned to more useful designs. At the start of the war, my major priority is to increase the production of the Oscar Ic, and the Zero, and these will be the mainstay of fighter production until R&D gives up better aircraft. To pay for the war, a huge effort will be made in China to secure industry and resources, whilst in the south, no effort will be spared to secure the SRA.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/6/2012 1:39:23 PM)
Here is the Intelligence Screen for 8th Dec 1941. [image]local://upfiles/29250/BD38305892F646EC82B42285367BC641.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/6/2012 2:06:36 PM)
This is the Allied Ships Sunk Screen. [image]local://upfiles/29250/14F6BDC5BA5241B6AA667BED28228BBE.jpg[/image] I'm pretty confident about Repulse and Prince of Wales, as both had several torps stuck in them. This is interesting as I have come to a different conclusion regarding ships sunk at PH. The Intel Screen suggests that it was West Virginia, Arizona, and Oklahoma that went to the bottom, whereas I think only Maryland and Arizona are almost dead cert's for the breakers yard. I had'nt even considered Oklahoma as being fatally damaged. Interesting. I shall keep tabs on these ships and see what comes out in the wash!!

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 1:50:18 AM)
Combat Summary 8th December 1941 Well, the 8th of December 41 started of with the TB's Kamo & Kiji intercepting AK's fleeing from Hong Kong. Night Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 77,61, Range 4,000 Yards Japanese Ships TB Kiji TB Kamo Allied Ships xAK Hinsang, Shell hits 22, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Munlock, Shell hits 3, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk These TB's had been sent out to intercept ships leaving Hong Kong and they performed the task admirably with their React setting set to 3. What happened next was more surprising Night Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 77,61, Range 2,000 Yards Japanese Ships TB Kiji TB Kamo Allied Ships MTB 7, Shell hits 3, and is sunk MTB 8 MTB 9 MTB 10 MTB 11 MTB 12 MTB 26 MTB 27 I've taken a gamble and used the Singora Covering Force to bombard Kuantan, with the hope of knocking out the airfield there. Good result, but they now have to replen their ammo at Camh Ran Bay. Night Naval bombardment of Kuantan at 51,79 Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 14 damaged Hudson I: 1 destroyed on ground Blenheim I: 4 damaged Beaufort V (PR): 2 damaged Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo CA Atago CA Takao CL Jintsu DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio Allied ground losses: 103 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 28 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 9 (2 destroyed, 7 disabled) Vehicles lost 16 (4 destroyed, 12 disabled) Airbase hits 26 Airbase supply hits 6 Runway hits 75 Port hits 11 Port supply hits 5 F1M2 Pete acting as spotter for BB Kongo But Kamo and Kiji were still not finished!!( I'll have to award the commander something, he's got balls!! ):- Day Time Surface Combat, near Hong Kong at 76,61, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships TB Kiji TB Kamo Allied Ships MTB 8 MTB 9, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 10 MTB 11 MTB 12 MTB 26, Shell hits 1, and is sunk MTB 27 Reduced visibility due to Rain Give those guys some sake! Unfortunately they have expended most of their ammo and are returning to Takao for an ammo replen. But I had one shock combat report:- Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Kure Island at 153,87 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 12 NM, estimated altitude 18,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Allied aircraft F2A-3 Buffalo x 9 SBD-3 Dauntless x 18 No Allied losses Japanese Ships AO Shiriya, Bomb hits 12, and is sunk Aircraft Attacking: 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 3000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 8 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 2000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb 2 x SBD-3 Dauntless releasing from 4000' Naval Attack: 1 x 1000 lb SAP Bomb Heavy smoke from fires obscuring AO Shiriya Thats one AO down already...curses[:(]. But on the upside, his carriers have shown themselves.[8D] With KB only 400 miles away, the hunt is on and all bets are off. I've never gone American CV hunting at the start of the game as we all know where they are, and I just think its gamey to do that, but as they have revealed themselves and drawn blood, I can only respond in kind.....the games afoot!! Elsewhere, Makin was taken, Sasebo 3rd SNLF landed at Kwangchowan, ready to take it next turn, more troop unload on the Malayan Peninsula, and the Mainland China campaign got off to a good start:- Ground combat at Pengpu (90,50) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5486 troops, 38 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 185 Defending force 1374 troops, 18 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 45 Japanese adjusted assault: 94 Allied adjusted defense: 4 Japanese assault odds: 23 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: preparation(-), morale(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: leaders(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 923 casualties reported Squads: 33 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 27 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 3 (3 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 13th Ind.Mixed Brigade Defending units: 89th Chinese Corps So tea and medals all round for the 13th Ind Mixed Brigade!! Here is the Intel screen for 9th Dec 41. [image]local://upfiles/29250/72348C9761DF4D51A4F1D15A9ED30E84.jpg[/image] He is throwing everything at airfield bombing runs in Malaya, so losses are high, but with Georgetown's Airfield taking the brunt of the bombing and Kuantan bombarded, it will give him something to think about over the next few days. ( Hopefully!![&:] )

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 2:01:33 AM)
Here is the ships sunk screen for the day. Curse him for catching that AO!![sm=00000018.gif] [image]local://upfiles/29250/EC7E66896E96415089450B2A17079168.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 12:20:10 PM)
Combat Summary 9th December 1941 Summary of Important events:- Morning Air attack on TF, near San Fernando at 79,72 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid detected at 20 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 23 G3M2 Nell x 9 G4M1 Betty x 6 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Hanyang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAK Nanning, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAK Hai Lee xAK Haraldsvang First catch of the day.!! Did well considering the weather. Morning Air attack on TF, near Puerto Princesa at 75,84 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 14,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 6 minutes Japanese aircraft B5N1 Kate x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AVD Childs xAKL Don Jose, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk AV Langley, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk xAKL Bisayas, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk A nice catch. DH must be hopping mad!! Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Iba at 75,71 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 14 NM, estimated altitude 17,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G3M2 Nell x 4 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAKL Kanchow, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Another refugee from Hong Kong does'nt make it.[:)] Afternoon Air attack on TF, near Jolo at 73,87 Weather in hex: Clear sky Raid spotted at 11 NM, estimated altitude 15,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 4 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 B5N1 Kate x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships DD Peary xAK Yu Sang DD John D. Ford xAK Tantalus, Torpedo hits 3, and is sunk Keep it up guys!![8D] Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 5006 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 174 Defending force 3819 troops, 40 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 138 Japanese adjusted assault: 67 Allied adjusted defense: 27 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: forts(+), leaders(+), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 151 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 21 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled Allied ground losses: 550 casualties reported Squads: 2 destroyed, 50 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 7 disabled Guns lost 11 (4 destroyed, 7 disabled) Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 5th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force At least the fortification has been dented! Elsewhere, Kwangchowan fell to the 3rd Sasebo SNLF, Tarawa was taken, Georgetown's & Rangoon's airfield's were bombed severely. and a few bombs were chucked out over Chinese units. So here is the Intel Screen for 9th December 1941 [image]local://upfiles/29250/7FF26CA83A4D42F3BBC7B515EE827B08.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 12:22:04 PM)
[image]local://upfiles/29250/08FD206536CB45AE8B05BB84FE56A300.jpg[/image] The xAK Nanning goes to the bottom.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 12:23:49 PM)
[image]local://upfiles/29250/503FA8F210AE47FAA526D73448CA1348.jpg[/image] AV Langley goes to Davy Jones Locker.[8D]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/7/2012 12:25:22 PM)
A satisfying haul for one days work[8D] [image]local://upfiles/29250/112A92A819E74ED98A5A7D2224035D64.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 9:45:46 AM)
Do I feel lucky? The reason I'm asking myself is the dangerous Mersing Gambit Strategy. I've never employed it, as it is real gambit, what with Singapore unsubdued & with loads of aircraft. The advantages seem to outweigh the risks, and with the distinct possibility of shortening the siege at Singers. Well nothing ventured as they say. I'm going to go for it[X(]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 10:00:29 AM)
Combat Report 10 December 1941 Combat Summary of important events:- Well things are starting to happen in regards to troops reaching their destinations! Night Time Surface Combat, near Iba at 77,70, Range 6,000 Yards Japanese Ships CA Maya CA Ashigara CL Kuma DD Asakaze DD Matsukaze, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships DD Scout DD Thanet, Shell hits 1 DD Thracian That could have been better[:@] Ground combat at Kota Bharu (51,75) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 4821 troops, 41 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 154 Defending force 3296 troops, 35 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 68 Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0 Japanese adjusted assault: 107 Allied adjusted defense: 6 Japanese assault odds: 17 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Kota Bharu !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses Hudson I: 3 destroyed Vildebeest III: 1 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-), morale(-) experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 164 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Allied ground losses: 1535 casualties reported Squads: 40 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 143 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 28 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 33 (33 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 56th Infantry Regiment 12th Engineer Regiment 5th JAAF AF Coy Defending units: FMSV Brigade 8th Indian Brigade 3rd ISF Base Force After the CW suffered a severe aerial assault, Kota is mine, with minimal casualties. Excellent. Elsewhere, Vigan and Apparri were captured, whilst troops began landing at Kavieng, Namatanai, Miri, Legaspi, Kudat, & Brunei.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 10:20:46 AM)
Combat Report 11 December 1941 Summary of Events. TF 18 encounters mine field at Aparri (82,73) Japanese Ships DMS W-16 DMS W-15 31 mines cleared Nasty!! Laid by subs I suspect. Submarine attack near San Clemente Island at 225,80 Japanese Ships SS I-26 Allied Ships TK Hagood TK Hagood is sighted by SS I-26 SS I-26 launches 4 torpedoes at TK Hagood That sub captain is so fired[:@][8\|] Amphibious Assault at Guam (106,95) TF 20 troops unloading over beach at Guam, 106,95 Japanese ground losses: 49 casualties reported Squads: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 6 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Amphibious Assault at Vanimo (93,117) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Aitape (95,118) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amphibious Assault at Wewak (96,119) Ground combat at 88,45 (near Kaifeng) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 10999 troops, 94 guns, 32 vehicles, Assault Value = 381 Defending force 1263 troops, 0 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 33 Japanese adjusted assault: 397 Allied adjusted defense: 2 Japanese assault odds: 198 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: disruption(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: leaders(+) Japanese ground losses: 12 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 434 casualties reported Squads: 45 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 17 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 35th Division Defending units: 8th New Chinese Corps Good, that is all the chinese units in the North ejected over the river. Preparation can now begin to take Kaifing Ground combat at Miri (64,87) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 1174 troops, 7 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 43 Defending force 152 troops, 4 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 40 Allied adjusted defense: 3 Japanese assault odds: 13 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Miri !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(+) Attacker: Allied ground losses: 40 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 3 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Units retreated 1 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: I./124th Infantry Battalion Defending units: 100th RN Base Force Elsewhere, Kudat, Brunei, Namatanai, Camiguin & Calayan, have fallen to the Empire. Alot of Banzai's!![:D] Here is the Intel Screen for 12 December 1941. [image]local://upfiles/29250/6C9F35106FB94EB2830F20FAE5E870EF.jpg[/image]

geofflambert -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 11:27:15 AM)
By house rule #1 do you mean those units may not change HQs even when allowed by the game? rule #3: the raid at Ploesti was below 100 feet (I've seen photos, that's no BS) but those Liberators got mauled badly by flak. I've heard nothing but bad things about Advanced Weather. Are you sure you want to do that? Too late now I guess. Oh, and if he starts talking to an empty chair, how many victory points do you get?

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 12:40:01 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert By house rule #1 do you mean those units may not change HQs even when allowed by the game? If they are allowed by the game its fine. quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert rule #3: the raid at Ploesti was below 100 feet (I've seen photos, that's no BS) but those Liberators got mauled badly by flak. I just included it because it seems to be a standard house rule that many seem to abide by, but to be honest I'm not that bothered by it. quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert I've heard nothing but bad things about Advanced Weather. Are you sure you want to do that? Too late now I guess. Whats wrong with advanced weather? I thought it was more realistic. I've never had a problem with it. quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert Oh, and if he starts talking to an empty chair, how many victory points do you get? Not quite sure what the above means[&:]

geofflambert -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 1:24:02 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Empire101 quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert Oh, and if he starts talking to an empty chair, how many victory points do you get? Not quite sure what the above means[&:] I was referring to Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican Convention. On the Advanced Weather, I'll try and do some research and report back.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 1:40:32 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert quote: ORIGINAL: Empire101 quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert Oh, and if he starts talking to an empty chair, how many victory points do you get? Not quite sure what the above means[&:] I was referring to Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican Convention. On the Advanced Weather, I'll try and do some research and report back. Oh right!! Not been reported over here, did Clint actually talk to empty chairs......man, he needs to take it easy!![;)] I'll be interested about what you dig up about Advanced weather

geofflambert -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 1:53:31 PM)
What the heck does Coruscant get in the way of news from Earth anyway? This is just the first post I looked at, and here's a sample from it. This was posted by ADB123. Since I always play the Game with Advanced Weather set to “On”, and always complain about the resulting unbelievably bad weather, I decided that I ought to try a game with Advanced Weather set to “Off” just to see what the difference really is. One obvious difference is in the large-sized “Weather Map”. The full screen Weather Map looked like this: Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___ Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy While, of course, the full screen Weather Map with Advanced Weather “On” usually looks like this: Iceberg Earth________Iceberg Earth_______Iceberg Earth Noah's Flood_________Noah's Flood________Noah's Flood End of the World_____End of the World_____End of the World Me again. At the end he decided not to ever use Advanced Weather "On" again. I will look for more opinions but it'll be awhile before I can post about it. At least the Weather Map didn't say Permian extinction______End of the Dinosaurs__________2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar [:D]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:01:55 PM)
Combat Report 12 December 1941 Summary of events:- Submarine attack near Billiton at 52,91 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships xAK Demodocus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Demodocus is sighted by SS I-121 SS I-121 launches 2 torpedoes at xAK Demodocus Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,93 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships xAK Zannis Cambanis, Shell hits 2, Torpedo hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Zannis Cambanis is sighted by SS I-121 SS I-121 attacking xAK Zannis Cambanis on the surface Submarine attack near Toboali at 51,93 Japanese Ships SS I-121 Allied Ships xAK Neleus, Torpedo hits 1, heavy fires, heavy damage xAK Neleus is sighted by SS I-121 SS I-121 launches 4 torpedoes at xAK Neleus I-121 sinks three in one night...good show Day Time Surface Combat, near Zamboanga at 74,87, Range 3,000 Yards Japanese Ships APD Hagi, Shell hits 14, and is sunk TB Hayabusa, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk xAK Atago Maru xAK Meiyo Maru, Shell hits 13, heavy fires xAK Santos Maru, Shell hits 1 xAK Zyuyo Maru, Shell hits 1 xAKL Hidaka Maru, Shell hits 2 xAKL Raizan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire Allied Ships DD Scout DD Thanet, Shell hits 1 DD Thracian, Shell hits 4 Japanese ground losses: 375 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 12 destroyed, 36 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Oh dear, that was'nt meant to happen[:(] Naval bombardment of Mersing at 51,82 Japanese Ships BB Haruna BB Kongo CA Atago CA Takao CL Jintsu DD Hibiki DD Akatsuki DD Arashio DD Michishio DD Oshio DD Asashio Allied ground losses: 67 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Port hits 33 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 10 Here goes nothing!![X(] Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 25175 troops, 376 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 760 Defending force 6652 troops, 126 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 231 Japanese adjusted assault: 1123 Allied adjusted defense: 353 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 3) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 2 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), forts(+), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 933 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 41 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 8 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 42 disabled Allied ground losses: 399 casualties reported Squads: 16 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 15 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Assaulting units: 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 38th Division 1st Ind.Inf.Group 66th Infantry Regiment 20th Ind. Engineer Regiment 2nd Mortar Battalion 21st Mortar Battalion 23rd Army 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion 10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 2nd RF Gun Battalion 5th RF Gun Battalion 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion Defending units: 1st Middlesex Battalion Winnipeg Grenadiers Battalion Rifles of Canada Battalion Kowloon Brigade 102nd RN Base Force Hong Kong Fortress Well, you got to start somewhere Ground combat at Tuguegarao (82,74) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 5557 troops, 82 guns, 84 vehicles, Assault Value = 116 Defending force 486 troops, 6 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 24 Japanese adjusted assault: 149 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 149 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Tuguegarao !!! Combat modifiers Defender: morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 10 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 490 casualties reported Squads: 34 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 25 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Advance in Phillipines continues on time Ground combat at Guam (106,95) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 6879 troops, 60 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 163 Defending force 684 troops, 0 guns, 31 vehicles, Assault Value = 9 Japanese adjusted assault: 142 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 142 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Guam !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), disruption(-), preparation(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 18 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 339 casualties reported Squads: 10 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 71 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 15 destroyed, 0 disabled Vehicles lost 36 (36 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 One down, 499 to go[:)] Japanese forces CAPTURE Aitape !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Wewak !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Vanimo !!! Japanese forces CAPTURE Hollandia !!! Elsewhere, China was quiet, Wake got bombarded in preperation for the coming assault, and some bombs were chucked out over China.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:06:18 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert What the heck does Coruscant get in the way of news from Earth anyway? Running a fulltime Evil Galactic Empire is so time consuming, and news just takes forever to get here.[:D] quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert This is just the first post I looked at, and here's a sample from it. This was posted by ADB123. Since I always play the Game with Advanced Weather set to “On”, and always complain about the resulting unbelievably bad weather, I decided that I ought to try a game with Advanced Weather set to “Off” just to see what the difference really is. One obvious difference is in the large-sized “Weather Map”. The full screen Weather Map looked like this: Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___ Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy___Partly Cloudy While, of course, the full screen Weather Map with Advanced Weather “On” usually looks like this: Iceberg Earth________Iceberg Earth_______Iceberg Earth Noah's Flood_________Noah's Flood________Noah's Flood End of the World_____End of the World_____End of the World Me again. At the end he decided not to ever use Advanced Weather "On" again. I will look for more opinions but it'll be awhile before I can post about it. At least the Weather Map didn't say Permian extinction______End of the Dinosaurs__________2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar [:D] [:D][:D][:D]

LoBaron -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:33:01 PM)
Good luck Empire101! When you say "new campaign", which scenario are we talking about? @geoff: If you heard only bad things about advanced weather you were probably not listening enough. Never had an issue with that. [:'(] Quite the contrary, I would never play without it. The only things turning advanced weather off result in is: unrealistic weather, and no ability to forecast it anymore. [;)]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:33:33 PM)
Intel for 13th December 1941 A2A results are at last going in the right direction, although things are going to get nasty now troops are landing in Mersing[X(] [image]local://upfiles/29250/F7BCD18C89B24C64A3ED05B318233617.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:39:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LoBaron Good luck Empire101! When you say "new campaign", which scenario are we talking about? Thanks LoBaron!! DH and myself are playing Stock Scenario 2. ( I just wanted some extra toys to play with really.) [sm=comp16.gif] I just wish Scen 2 had more PP allocation[:(] I can but dream!!

LoBaron -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:43:01 PM)
Understandable, I imagine one or the other AFB might be thankful for that shortage. [;)] Crossing fingers for Mersing.

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:44:28 PM)
Ships sunk 12 Dec 1941 Curse those US destroyers!![:@] [image]local://upfiles/29250/85015CABC4C941A4A068D134FB7B0125.jpg[/image]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 2:55:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LoBaron Understandable, I imagine one or the other AFB might be thankful for that shortage. [;)] [:D] quote: ORIGINAL: LoBaron Crossing fingers for Mersing. Thanks again...will keep you posted on this critical operation. [sm=tank2-39.gif]

geofflambert -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 5:19:33 PM)
LoBaron is way, way, way more experienced than me. You should listen to him. And as far as I know, no giant asteroids strike the Earth when using "Advanced Weather". [:D]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 9:08:54 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: geofflambert LoBaron is way, way, way more experienced than me. You should listen to him. And as far as I know, no giant asteroids strike the Earth when using "Advanced Weather". [:D] [:D]

Empire101 -> RE: Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Empire101 vs DirtyHarry (No Dirty Harry please) (9/8/2012 9:31:13 PM)
*Combat Report 13 Dec 1941* Summary of important events:- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morning Air attack on TF, near Alor Star at 49,73 Weather in hex: Heavy rain Raid spotted at 19 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 7 minutes Japanese aircraft A6M2 Zero x 6 G3M2 Nell x 9 No Japanese losses Allied Ships xAK Wing Sang, Torpedo hits 2, and is sunk xAKL Nam Yong, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk Good start!! Morning Air attack on Georgetown , at 49,74 Weather in hex: Severe storms Raid spotted at 20 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft Ki-21-IIa Sally x 42 Ki-43-Ib Oscar x 6 Ki-43-Ic Oscar x 7 Ki-48-Ib Lily x 30 Japanese aircraft losses Ki-21-IIa Sally: 1 damaged Ki-48-Ib Lily: 1 damaged Allied Ships HDML Panji, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML Pennigat, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML Panglima, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk HDML Pahalwan, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk Port hits 8 Port fuel hits 2 Port supply hits 1 The AKs and AP's must have left the previous evening[&:] Morning Air attack on TF, near Talaud-eilanden at 80,95 Weather in hex: Light cloud Raid spotted at 13 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet. Estimated time to target is 5 minutes Japanese aircraft A5M4 Claude x 8 B5N1 Kate x 12 No Japanese losses Allied Ships AVD Childs, Bomb hits 2, and is sunk xAK Governor Wright xAKL Paz, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage xAKL Sarangami, Bomb hits 2, heavy fires, heavy damage I'm trying to stop as much stuff as possible leaving the Phillipines Ground combat at Hong Kong (77,61) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 24642 troops, 376 guns, 218 vehicles, Assault Value = 717 Defending force 6268 troops, 125 guns, 80 vehicles, Assault Value = 195 Japanese adjusted assault: 916 Allied adjusted defense: 377 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 (fort level 2) Japanese Assault reduces fortifications to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), leaders(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 1386 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 97 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 8 disabled Guns lost 4 (1 destroyed, 3 disabled) Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled) Allied ground losses: 459 casualties reported Squads: 8 destroyed, 69 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 6 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled Guns lost 13 (2 destroyed, 11 disabled) Ouch!! But forts now down to one[:)] Ground combat at 89,40 (near Taiyuan) Japanese Deliberate attack Attacking force 22798 troops, 243 guns, 101 vehicles, Assault Value = 764 Defending force 4873 troops, 43 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 128 Japanese adjusted assault: 330 Allied adjusted defense: 154 Japanese assault odds: 2 to 1 Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), fatigue(-), morale(-), experience(-) Attacker: Japanese ground losses: 268 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 33 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 1688 casualties reported Squads: 76 destroyed, 3 disabled Non Combat: 60 destroyed, 11 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 2 disabled Guns lost 5 (5 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 1 Ground combat at Mersing (51,82) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 11317 troops, 139 guns, 65 vehicles, Assault Value = 294 Defending force 2470 troops, 28 guns, 6 vehicles, Assault Value = 93 Japanese adjusted assault: 240 Allied adjusted defense: 73 Japanese assault odds: 3 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Mersing !!! Combat modifiers Defender: terrain(+), disruption(-), experience(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 445 casualties reported Squads: 1 destroyed, 48 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled Guns lost 6 (1 destroyed, 5 disabled) Allied ground losses: 863 casualties reported Squads: 35 destroyed, 30 disabled Non Combat: 31 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 14 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 17 (15 destroyed, 2 disabled) Vehicles lost 6 (6 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units retreated 2 Defeated Allied Units Retreating! Assaulting units: 114th Infantry Regiment 15th Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Ind. Engineer Regiment 55th Infantry Regiment 23rd Ind. Engineer Regiment 18th Medium Field Artillery Regiment 3rd Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment 34th Field AA Battalion 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment 11th Shipping Engineer Regiment Defending units: 22nd Australian Brigade 30 Battery/3 HAA Yes!! Now thats a good start to disrupting the entire defence of Malaya[8D] I'm hoping that will give him a major headache at least!! Ground combat at Wake Island (136,98) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 2808 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 118 Defending force 1107 troops, 27 guns, 10 vehicles, Assault Value = 30 Japanese adjusted assault: 41 Allied adjusted defense: 8 Japanese assault odds: 5 to 1 (fort level 1) Japanese forces CAPTURE Wake Island !!! Allied aircraft no flights Allied aircraft losses F4F-3 Wildcat: 5 destroyed Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(-), disruption(-), experience(-), supply(-) Attacker: shock(+) Japanese ground losses: 493 casualties reported Squads: 7 destroyed, 60 disabled Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 10 (1 destroyed, 9 disabled) Allied ground losses: 1649 casualties reported Squads: 31 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 76 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 23 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 31 (31 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 14 (14 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 2 Assaulting units: Maizuru 2nd SNLF 61st Nav Gd /1 Defending units: Wake USN CPNAB 1st Marine Defense Battalion This turn just gets better....Banzai Ground combat at Ocean Island (130,130) Japanese Shock attack Attacking force 1355 troops, 10 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 56 Defending force 82 troops, 2 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 1 Japanese adjusted assault: 41 Allied adjusted defense: 1 Japanese assault odds: 41 to 1 (fort level 0) Japanese forces CAPTURE Ocean Island !!! Combat modifiers Defender: leaders(+), preparation(-), fatigue(-) Attacker: shock(+), leaders(-) Japanese ground losses: 17 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Allied ground losses: 104 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 7 destroyed, 0 disabled Engineers: 2 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 2 (2 destroyed, 0 disabled) Units destroyed 1 Assaulting units: 53rd Naval Guard Unit Defending units: Heron Det. [:D] So far so good!![8D] [image]local://upfiles/29250/BBDA85F969D6460DA97FDCE5856A4919.jpg[/image]

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