Normally I wouldn't post to the list, but for anyone who may have downloaded 1.3i within the past 24 hours..... I indicated on the website that the smaller...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 2:44 am
Here there has been some discussion of the Spanish and Turkish force pools and the role of these two countries in the game. Both are obviously very important,...
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Mike Crowe
73140.247@xxxxxxxxxx....
Jan 28, 1999 2:59 am
Bruce - The Northern Virginia playtest group goes at it again this Friday night. We'll be knocking heads in both the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. As there has...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 3:04 am
From recent postings I think there is a movement towards a rethinking of the role of airborne units in the game. This is also an opportunity for a certain...
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John Barone
spot.barone@xxxxxxxx....
Jan 28, 1999 4:34 am
Since airborne proposals are being discussed, I would like to toss into the ring the idea of raising the combat training level necessary to airdrop if an...
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Martin Smith
mcs@...
Jan 28, 1999 11:22 am
... [snip] ... [snip] ... I'm in favor of 1,2,3 and probably 4. I'm a little concerned that giving the Germans air supply from the beginning of the game could...
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csonti@xxxx.xxx.xx
Jan 28, 1999 11:41 am
We've just started a Europe only game with the jan.4. rules. My two brother-in-arms are playing the Allies while I try to conquer the continent for the glory...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 2:37 pm
Can someone please help? We have not yet gotten a response on this......
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 2:38 pm
... I have to draft a scenario for Europe only, but we played they come in on schedule (Fall 1941 SR phase), because it is Japan's actions which govern their...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 2:42 pm
Where this is all heading is that the British NAF now have a -1 Air Nationality DRM, which would affect both air combat and attacks on enemy ships. I hope to...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 2:45 pm
I'm glad I still read the Classic list - there was a thread of people complaining at how little thought and effort went into writing and wording the rules....
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Jan 28, 1999 3:52 pm
Bruce... C'mon, I don't think that's entirely fair. There are two or three people who commented that the differentiation between "unbuilt" and "off-board"...
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William Thomas
wthomas@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 4:17 pm
My take on Dale Long's questions: The Japanese should get an effective double-turn against the Western Allies, by my understanding, but not against the...
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William Kohler
William_Kohler@xxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 4:54 pm
... I trust you mean that the simplification arises in their use, because proposals 2, 3 (with staging) and 4 are all adding rules and complexity. I dislike...
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Leith.Keven@xxxxxxx.xxx
Jan 28, 1999 5:10 pm
... OK. ... OK. ... OK. See below. ... ???. See below. <snip> ... hexes, ... other ... not ... This is a pretty good suggestion. Airborne units, in the context...
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Martin Smith
mcs@xx.xx.xx.xxx
Jan 28, 1999 5:29 pm
... [snip] ... Is the prohibition on dropping from a base in ZoC necessary? It seems to me that if we're going to adopt the analogy with air units, we might ...
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Martin Smith
mcs@xx.xx.xx.xxx
Jan 28, 1999 5:31 pm
... [snip] I wonder if it might be better to do away with the Japanese double turn altogether. It certainly seemed like a natural way to simulate the Japanese...
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William Kohler
William_Kohler@xxxxxx...
Jan 28, 1999 5:58 pm
I have a few minor rule change suggestions arising from consistancy or logic arguments, (1) Follow this parallelism : An airborne unit is to a commando, as an...
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William Thomas
wthomas@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:14 pm
From: "William Thomas" <wthomas@...> My take on Dale Long's questions: (AMENDED TO CORRECT FOR SLOPPY TYPOS) The Japanese should get an effective...
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DonMoody
donmoody@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:27 pm
... I'm not sure this is a good assumption. At least on the East Front (until maybe later in the war), there are many places along the front (if not the entire...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:32 pm
... [Long, Dale] I also agree. ... [Long, Dale] NO. If a player wants to throw away his Airborne, so be it. ... [Long, Dale] Sounds good, I also like Bruce's...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:36 pm
Much appreciated. So the Japanese in effect CAN use their Air and Naval units in the Second Jap Turn. Very interesting.....
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DonMoody
donmoody@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:44 pm
... OK so far but airborne are not commandos and, as currently represented in the game or even with the recent proposals, British commandos are weaker than...
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DonMoody
donmoody@xxxxxx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 6:50 pm
Bruce, IMHO, definitely implement 1 (weaker units) and 2 (minimum attacks of 1:1). I like the stage 8/6 hexes and drop 4/3 hexes in same turn but maybe (like ...
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Ernie Copley
ecopley1@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 7:17 pm
FWIW, I concur completely in the proposed force pool reduction - Spain and Turkey both currently have outsized forces compared to real-life capabilities; and I...
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Ernie Copley
ecopley1@xxxxx.xx.xxxx
Jan 28, 1999 7:30 pm
Comments from Maine re: airborne - 1) reduction in size of airborne units is a good idea, reflects how few of them there really were in real life; 2) 1:2...
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John Dodge
jdodge@...
Jan 29, 1999 8:01 am
... Turkey both currently have outsized forces compared to real-life capabilities; and I think all Spanish hexes ought to become Axis-controlled as soon as...
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William A. Humphrey
wh2a@...
Jan 28, 1999 10:29 pm
--On Thursday, January 28, 1999, 1:32 PM -0500 "Long, Dale" <dlong@...> ... Then why don't we allow a player to throw away his landing craft in 1:2 ...
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Leith.Keven@...
Jan 28, 1999 10:26 pm
Pretty much everything except Bruce's questions have been snipped... ... I will take this on and give my answer - I urge others to do the same. Bear in mind...
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William A. Humphrey
wh2a@...
Jan 28, 1999 10:32 pm
--On Thursday, January 28, 1999, 12:44 PM -0600 DonMoody ... I've seen the mobilization rules - Germany starts with four 4-6 and gets six 4-6 and *two 2-6* as...
