WiTP:AE - Guadalcanal. Egan(J) v CCIP(A). BANZAI!

Egan · 04-09-12, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bobdina

Just wanted to let you know because of the AARs you guy's have done I went out and bought the game. I was sitting on the fence for the longest time because of the price but after playing a short time I'm kicking myself in the butt for not purchasing sooner. Between this and SH-4 I'm totally immersed in the PTO.

Excellent. The price makes it a difficult game to buy on a whim but, considering how many years you are likely to play it for, it's definitely worth it.

21st Dec

A frustrating turn. Fast transports screwed up their arrival time at Lae and were greeted with waves of US dive and torpedo bombers. the CAP, stiffened by the Oscars, shot them down in droves (CCIP lost 20 or so Dauntless alone and a number of other aircraft for the loss of only a couple of Japanese fighters.) I lost two of my destroyers to - I can hardly believe this - air dropped torpedoes. I think those are CCIP's first successes using torps from any platforms. My Bombers failed to fly. Not one of them took off out of the 60 or 70 that were tasked. it was a blessing really, as his carriers appear to be sitting off the coast of Moresby again and are bristling with wildcats. The destroyers should be out of harms way by nightfall and on their way home to Rabaul.

My own carriers are about 6 hexes off the east coast of PNG and have been ordered two hexes closer. I don't imagine anything will happen but you never know.

Discussing things with CCIP at the end of last week we have decided to play another couple of weeks and see what happens. He's going away for a bit later on in the month and won't be in regular contact. For myself, there are a few major real life things I need to devote some time too. Part of this decision also lies in the fact I have totally underestimated the grindingly slow rate at which the Japanese receive their supply and it's thrown my schedules off big time.

We aren't finished yet though, and we're hoping to get a lot more turns in before we knock it on the head. To be honest, neither of us have played a blinder but we've both had a lot of fun and learned a helluva lot about several of the more subtle game mechanics, which was why we started this in the first place. In a few months, once I've got the time and energy to devote to it again, I might be looking at starting a new grand campaign, probably as the allies again as I just can't get attuned to the Japanese economy.