At last, we continued our playtest game. To help remember: I play the Axis and tried a Russia first strategy. In 42 winter I reached the Sevastopol, Rostov,...
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csonti@xxxx.xxx.xx
Mar 1, 1999 10:59 am
We were looking the naval combat tables during our last session and found a possible but very strange situation. When only two 5 factor BBs are shooting at...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 2:32 pm
This is VERY strange... and it looks like a problem has been identified....
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Laner, Eric (PCF - NJ)
ELaner@xxx.xx.xx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:02 pm
Mike, That wasn't my comment. I agree with you. Eric...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:16 pm
Got a chance to playtest the Raiders this weekend..here's what happened.... NOTE: The turn previous Germany and Britain had a nice little naval battle where...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 1, 1999 3:28 pm
Damaged cruisers cannot shadow. ... Bruce Harper...
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Long, Dale
dlong@xxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 3:54 pm
As always, thanks for the timely reply. Did we miss this in the rules??...
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William A. Humphrey
wh2a@xxxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 5:14 pm
... Bravo! Should playtests beginning now assume the use of one or the other harbor attack table? If enough people try each one, the results might help us ...
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Moodey, William
wmoodey@xxxx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 9:41 pm
Actually I had thought a while back for a number of reasons(not this one) that a unmodified 12 should do special damage. My reasoning had more to do with the...
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Laner, Eric (PCF - NJ)
ELaner@xxx.xx.xx.xxxx
Mar 1, 1999 11:43 pm
Bruce, I have the next batch of rules erratta, which was discovered over the weekend (of course, just as you were posting the latest set of rules). 20.82...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 12:49 am
I think neither. This should be discussed an a single table developed. Mike and I didn't get very far. ... Bruce Harper...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 12:50 am
Since they have to go back to port, I didn't think it had to be stated expressly. ... Bruce Harper...
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Mike Crowe
73140.247@xxxxxxxxxx....
Mar 2, 1999 3:33 am
... or ... If you concentrate the fire of both battleships on one 5 factor BB, a roll of 9-11 will damage it, and 12 will sink it. Mike Crowe...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:32 am
I have added these to the (now small) inventory of clarifications. ... Presumably also allowed. ... Bruce Harper...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:37 am
I think the posting refers to the interesting idiosyncracy that one 5BB v. one 5BB can't be resolved, because the highest result is a 2/2, which doesn't affect...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:55 am
In our game, which resumed with the 1941 YSS, Tor decided to defer his attack against Russia, mainly because he had so many dead German units he didn't feel he...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Mar 2, 1999 1:27 pm
In the USAT table, the rule reference in the Diplomatic Modifiers section is to (59.8). It should be to (49.8). More as I find 'em.... Darren...
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Laner, Eric (PCF - NJ)
ELaner@xxx.xx.xx.xxxx
Mar 2, 1999 2:20 pm
I too think its perfectly fine as is. The Bismark (4 factors) was attacked for 2 hours by several 4 factor BB, and was still afloat. It was only after the...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Mar 2, 1999 3:40 pm
Bruce (et al.), For the event modifiers on the RGT table, re: those items which pertain to present/future German minor allies: a) What is the definition of...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 3:45 pm
I thought the answers to the first five questions were apparent from the way the RGT rules were written. If there is a consensus that some clarification is...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Mar 2, 1999 4:09 pm
I should have added... h) If Russia invades Finland and captures Helsinki, would RGT decrease by: --6 (1 for occupation of border hexes, 5 for BRP value of the...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Mar 2, 1999 4:17 pm
... By "RGT rules", do you mean the rules which appear in section 63-69 that pertain to RGT? Otherwise, the only RGT rules as such appear in the RGT table...
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Darren Kilfara
Darren_Kilfara@xxxx.x...
Mar 2, 1999 4:22 pm
... Russia? ... somehow ... I only mentioned Greece because it is the only subversion-eligible target (and I would have thought that subversion and sphere of...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 5:40 pm
I meant the table section itself - although I checked the web site and it would appear the rules there are now up to date. I was only making the point that it...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 5:42 pm
Again, I think the modifiers as written are clear - -1 for the border area and -5 for the 5 BRPs west of the Pact line. I find I don't know what words to use...
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bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
bruce_h@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Mar 2, 1999 6:04 pm
I'm no longer doing the Q&A for Classic, so I can't comment on whether a Q&A would be useful. Are you saying 29.41 contradicts other rules, or the way things...
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kozan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx...
kozan@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx...
Mar 1, 1999 9:43 pm
Hello everyone, We have just concluded a game using the new mobilization rules. The game ended at the end of 41 after a particularly unsuccesful German attack...
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Leith.Keven@xxxxxxx.xxx
Mar 2, 1999 10:01 pm
A couple questions occur to me; ... I have ... Both these results seem impossible to me (I've long since given up flatly declaring anything impossible in gw!)....
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khurst@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx...
khurst@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx...
Mar 3, 1999 12:30 am
... pressure on ... African ... Ali, What kind of research points did the Germans place in submarines and torpedos? A -6 mod means the Brits aced both ASW...
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John Barone
spot.barone@xxxxxxxx....
Mar 3, 1999 1:02 am
I agree. The Japanese "super" battleships took almost incredible amounts of punishment before they were actually sunk. I'm not sure that one mere ship (even...
