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84870 ejschoenfeld Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
12:03 pm
In the real war, Britain had a lot of small, slow carriers that don't have counters in the game (because they were too small and too slow to qualify as CVLs). ...
84871 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2005
1:10 pm
I agree the rule is very clear and well written. The points made in the post still stand however, but I don't think it's worth arguing about since the impact...
84872 Bruce Harper
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Aug 1, 2005
2:44 pm
The only reason to allow NAS to get off a carrier after it base changes is because it makes sense to allow NAS to get *on* a carrier after it base changes. For...
84873 Bruce Harper
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Aug 1, 2005
3:26 pm
I've deleted this thread. I couldn't figure out whether there was anything to it, but less a rule change. People can raise it again for the August changes if...
84874 Francisco Colmenares
fcolmenarez Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2005
3:57 pm
In fact they ... How about Malta? Malta is a port on the AWAW map....
84875 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2005
3:58 pm
I think the main way in which getting off carriers after base change can be used is if you want to use your NAS offensively in one place and defensively in...
84876 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2005
4:08 pm
It was pointed out that Malta ferrying missions were mostly AAF and that the CV's used are too small and slow to be represented in the game. Thus they can be...
84877 Sean McKenzie
em_gale Offline Send Email
Aug 1, 2005
4:17 pm
"rediculous" Sorry, I haven't been watching the posts that closely lately. Have we introduced new terminology. Is that a new word for a communist arguing the...
84878 gbangs34 Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
5:54 pm
Sean, Maybe a real-life example would help... In a current game of mine the 1 Japanese sub in Spring of 1942 ran against my ZERO Allied ASW in the Pacific Box...
84879 bbrophy75 Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
6:46 pm
Not really. A single AAF factor represents over 100 planes. The British never ferried that many aircraft in a single mission. And the carriers that were...
84880 bbrophy75 Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
6:48 pm
... Precisely. In fact the land based hurricanes that Britain flew off the carriers had to be loaded onto the carriers like cargo. Also, many of the plane...
84881 ejschoenfeld Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
6:52 pm
... no Allied controlled ports ... base changes to. ... Please show me a real war carrier ferry to Malta that *must* be done in the movement phase in order to...
84882 ericjosephkrug Offline Send Email Aug 1, 2005
7:15 pm
... AAF, ... Thr US also had a few small vessels at the start of the war which ferried aircraft but were not powerful enough to be considered light carriers....
84883 aworldatwar@yahoogrou... Send Email Aug 1, 2005
10:21 pm
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84884 aworldatwar@yahoogrou... Send Email Aug 1, 2005
10:21 pm
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84885 Jim Sparks
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Aug 1, 2005
10:30 pm
I will be at the Convetion Tuesday - Friday. I will leave Tueday afternoon, picking up Eric Scheulin, returning Friday afternoon or evening. I have a room at...
84886 balzak88 Offline Send Email Aug 2, 2005
5:05 pm
Hi Japan wants to protect sea supply to Lae with both onboard units and units in the SW box. Are the ships in the SW box added to those already escorting sea ...
84887 RScheers Offline Send Email Aug 2, 2005
6:01 pm
... I believe that each TF forms a group and all of the non-TFs combine to form a group. So if you have a 2 TFs or a TF and a group with less than 10 FF, you...
84888 Eric Thobaben
ericthobaben Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2005
6:53 pm
I agree with Randy. At first I thought that you had to assign the "carrying" CG as the one with the required destroyer or transport. But after perusing the...
84889 garr1809 Offline Send Email Aug 2, 2005
7:35 pm
Hi, I was wondering if the -1 DM applies to Russian ground units attacked by Airborne drop. If so, would the unit suffer the -1 DM if attacked by both Airborne...
84890 bbrophy75 Offline Send Email Aug 2, 2005
7:47 pm
Airdrops are done during the combat phase, not the movement phase. Bob ... war ... an ... factor...
84891 Eric Thobaben
ericthobaben Offline Send Email
Aug 2, 2005
7:52 pm
The Russian units would not be subject to a -1 DM if they were airdropped upon and attacked by German units that conducted an overrun. The easiest way to...
84892 Maurice Miskow
mmiskow Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
12:45 am
with latest updates, I can no longer move a naval unit around in the shipyard boxes. All i get is a popup with an error message. Is anyone else having this...
84893 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
1:24 am
I looked at the rule a little bit more and I see two problems with it. 1) The rule allows NAS to be used twice in one turn. They can be used for counter air...
84894 Maurice Miskow
mmiskow Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
1:42 am
Don i think your cure is worse than the disease. ... From: "Donald Stanley" <stanley@...> To: <aworldatwar@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August...
84895 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
2:19 am
So you want to be able to use NAS twice in a player turn? Don...
84896 Maurice Miskow
mmiskow Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
3:42 am
not necessarily; but your way of stopping it was what I was referring to. Probably easier ways of preventing double use if we think it is a problem. ... From:...
84897 Donald Stanley
schtean22 Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
4:02 am
So have you ever played a game in which you have done what I am suggesting should be prohibited? Can you describe the situation? Don...
84898 Maurice Miskow
mmiskow Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
5:32 am
yes, moving the carriers to the planes or vice versa so that carriers can be used in combat phase is not unusual. ... From: "Donald Stanley"...
84899 donmoody_prons_net
donmoody_pro... Offline Send Email
Aug 3, 2005
8:58 am
... ... I would prefer this: D. If inverted naval air units are transferred to an uninverted carrier, the carrier becomes inverted. If uninverted naval air...
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