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 Only the ALLIED side should be reading this thread!  Chain of Command: USA: Leadership Roles: - Chief of Army: rchandra - Chief of Navy: wins32767 Operational Roles: - Commanding Officer South West Pacific HQ: frankenfreak - Commanding Officer Central Pacific HQ: Gamerofthegame - Commanding Officer South Pacific HQ Commonwealth/Allies: Leadership Roles: - Chief of Commonwealth Forces: Rumda Operational Roles: - Commanding Officer Malaya HQ - Commanding Officer SEAC HQ: blackmongoose - Commanding Officer ANZAC HQ: BrainBot - Commanding Officer ABDA HQ It's December 1941: the attack on Pearl Harbour is about to begin. A day that shall live in infamy.  d10 = 3 + 3 from surprise attack for a result of 6 (One). Japanese attack factors: 10 (Soryu) + 12 (Akagi) + 14 (Shokaku) = 36. Current Allied forces on Oahu: New Orleans (CA) 9-8, MD/CA (BB) 15-10, 7th AF 10-10-2, 7th AF (LRB) 4-10-6 Defense factors are halved for the purposes of Operation Z. Action Queue: -- Wait for the Japanese to allocate hits. Tekopo fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 21, 2015 |
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My fellow Americans, poo poo IS ON FIRE, YO
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Sep 21, 2015 21:26
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Good thing every is fine over here in the better part of the pacific. More tea anyone?
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Sep 21, 2015 22:15
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Wait is this my poo poo then loving RUDE
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Sep 21, 2015 22:29
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Hit Allocation: MD/CA (10 hits), 7th AF (10 hits), 7th AF (LRB) (10 hits) Eliminated, New Orleans (CA) (4 hits) Reduced. Post-Battle Movement: Kido Butai moves to Tokyo Lexington/Enterprise move to Oahu. Action Queue: -- Wait for Japan to perform IAI.
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Sep 22, 2015 09:58
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My planes! Do the Japanese carriers have to stay together or did they just want to?
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Sep 22, 2015 10:14
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They don't have to remain together, no. Basically what the Japanese did here for Operation Z was what happened historically (N. Orleans reduced but not eliminated and the KB returning to Tokyo).
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Sep 22, 2015 10:39
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Wait, they crossed the entire board in a single turn?
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Sep 22, 2015 16:41
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Yep, welcome to EotS! Their actual moves were moving from the Ominato in the home islands, move 18 hexes to their position next to Pearl Harbour (usually the maximum you can move is 15 with a 3 Ops card) and then move back using Post-Battle Movement. EotS works by using operations: when you move a counter, it is simulating an entire operation rather than a single move, and the more you move, the easier it is for the enemies to react. Even single battles within EotS would represent multiple engagements potentially lasting weeks in real life. The abstraction is necessary to make the game viable at such a strategic level.
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Sep 22, 2015 16:50
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Here's the current map:
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Sep 22, 2015 21:33
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Not quite current as the Lexington and Enterprise should be in Pearl, no?
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Sep 22, 2015 21:40
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What's the plan, then? Racing off to the Marshalls/etc with the Pearlies would let us halt the advancement on the Phillipines for a little while, but.
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Sep 22, 2015 21:47
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Yeah I noticed the Lexington/Enterprise but that has been fixed now.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:04
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Gamerofthegame posted:What's the plan, then? Racing off to the Marshalls/etc with the Pearlies would let us halt the advancement on the Phillipines for a little while, but. As with all things, it will depend on cards.
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Sep 22, 2015 22:26
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I assume the card boys have their cards already, though.
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Sep 23, 2015 05:43
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We don't get any until turn 2.
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Sep 23, 2015 09:43
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That's right, turn 1 is just the play of two cards (Operation Z and IAI) by the japanese, where they have complete surprise and the Allies can't even react. I usually start with 1942 when I have games IRL because it's pretty boring for the allies otherwise.
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Sep 23, 2015 09:47
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Please hold while the Japanese finish making their plans.
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Sep 25, 2015 10:00
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Swift surprise, my rear end. 
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Sep 25, 2015 10:06
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Oh, well.
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Sep 25, 2015 15:03
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It'll pick once we get through IAI and the Japanese don't have to play three separate offensives at once.
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Sep 25, 2015 15:06
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The Invasion of the Philippines is underway!quote:17th army attacks Hong Kong. 
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Sep 28, 2015 12:39
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The invasion of Malaya is also underway:quote:BB Nagato from Kure to hex 2113, triggering the Force Z response  8 Activations Left, 4 ASP used, Battle Hexes declared on Clark's airfield, Samar/Leyte, Davao, Hex 2113 (south of Kota Bharu). Force Z is forced to react as well as the airforce in Singapore.
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Sep 28, 2015 20:37
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I thought stacking was applied always?
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Sep 28, 2015 23:11
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Nope, nothing to prevent you from overstacking as part of an offensive: you can actually even overstack ground units, although you will lose them if you don't take enough losses because you can't post-battle move with ground units.
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Sep 29, 2015 05:54
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Japanese movements from South Seas HQ:quote:19th Army attacks Biak.  Battle in Malaysian Coast (2113) Attackers: Nagato (20-14), 22nd AF (20-10) Reaction: Force Z (8-10), MA (6-9) Attackers have surprise: d10 = 7 + 3 = 10 (1) Both Force Z and MA are destroyed. Battle of Clark Field (2812) Attackers: 3rd AD (20-10), 4th AD (20-10), 21st AF (16-10), 23rd AF (16-10) Reaction: FEAF (8-10), 19th Air LRB (2-9-6) Attackers have surprise: d10 = 9 + 3 = 12 (1 and crit) Both FEAF and 19th Air LRB are destroyed. Battle of Samar/Leyte (3014) Attackers: Kongo (13-14) Reaction: US Asia CA (4-6) Attackers have surprise: d10 = 5 + 3 = 8 (1) US Asia CA destroyed. Battle of Davao (2915) Air-Naval Attackers: Nachi (10-10), Ryujo (6-8) Attackers have surprise: d10 = 7 + 3 = 10 (1) Mindanao Corps (3-10) take a step loss Ground Combat Attackers: 1SN (4-6), 16th Army (9-12) Reaction: Mindanao Corps (1-10) Attackers have air and naval superiority and are attacking in mixed: d10 = 6 + 2 = 8 (1.5) Reactions are defending against amphibious assault: d10 = 5 + 3 = 8 (1.5) Mindanao Corps destroyed. Not enough hits done by allies to damage anyone. Battle of Wake Island Air-Naval Attackers: Aoba (12-10), Zuiho (8-8) Reaction: 211 (1-8) Attackers have surprise: d10 = 2 + 3 = 5 (0.5) 211 is destroyed (one step unit) Ground Combat Attackers: SS (6-6) Defenders: Wake Marines (2-6) Attackers have air and naval superiority: d10 = 2 + 4 = 6 (1) Reaction are defending against amphibious invasion: d10 = 3 + 3 = 6 (1) Wake Marines destroyed. Not enough hits done to cause damage by the allies. Action Queue: -- No Post-Battle Movement possible, wait for Japanese to perform Post-Battle Movement.
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Sep 29, 2015 12:16
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Urgh I forgot Hong-Kong but that battle is a foregone conclusion no matter the dice rolls.
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Sep 29, 2015 12:19
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Wow, they shook great.
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Sep 29, 2015 14:22
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It's why I like the 1942 start: with the 1941 start you can min-max too much to pretty much prevent any of the historical casualties.
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Sep 29, 2015 14:53
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Japanese Post-Battle Movement:quote:3rd AD to Aparri New Map:  Action Queue: -- US Chief of Navy/Commonwealth Commander: Perform Emergency Naval Moves -- US Leadership Roles: Decide to get Arcadia in hand or not
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Sep 30, 2015 07:33
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As a reminder, you can move the following units up to 15 hexes: US Asia DD 2-4 (currently in 2616, Tarakan) Dutch CL 3-8 (currently in 2019, Tjilatjap) Exeter CA 5-8 (currently in 1307, Colombo) Kent CA 3-8 (currently in 3727, Townsville) New Orleans CA 6-8 (currently in 5808, Oahu) Lexington CV 8-12 (currently in 5808, Oahu) Enterprise CV 8-12 (currently in 5808, Oahu)
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Sep 30, 2015 10:31
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Who owns the dutch boat? Is that the Commonwealth or me?
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Sep 30, 2015 14:04
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Commonwealth commands other allies.
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Sep 30, 2015 14:05
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Ok, move the folks from Pearl to Funafuti and the Asia DD to Cairns.
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Sep 30, 2015 14:25
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Funafuti isn't quite in range (one hex short) EDIT: welp, I guess nothing is in range of Oahu in terms of ports.
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Sep 30, 2015 14:41
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Tekopo posted:Funafuti isn't quite in range (one hex short) Dutch Harbor is, but I'm not moving the fleet there.
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Sep 30, 2015 14:47
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wins, feel free to move Commonwealth stuff as well (since I think he's away atm). Also need a decision on Arcadia from the US Heady of Army and Navy
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Oct 2, 2015 06:56
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Army supports putting the Dutch to work.
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Oct 2, 2015 09:27
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Can I get a final decision on Emergency movement and Arcadia please?
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Oct 5, 2015 17:09
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Leave the rest of the boats where they are, take the card.
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