Coral Sea Game 1

[TwoShedsJackson]

OK Nog here's turn 1 for you: as the Japanese go first in each turn I shall be using the forces of Glorious Nippon :)

[Chaka Khan]

Is this any good? If it is I'll get it tonight. Is it 2 player only?

[Rev Hellfire]

Two player only I think.

[ButcherOfNog]

Gerrout of our turn thread!

Its an excellent game in my opinion, crap graphics, lots of depth but not too much so that you lose the will to live.

[Maximilian]

Hmm. Given I loved Panzer General and all other XYZ General games - I would like this too?

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn one for the mighty US Pacific Fleet, when you complete your turn you'll have 2 files to attach, see page 23 of manual.

Yup Max, if you liked those you'd like this one, I stuck a link to matrixgames in the sticked post, have a look at it.

[TwoShedsJackson]

Here's turn 2 Nog, I didn't see a second file generated? I've attached the combat save too, I assume that's the replay.

[ButcherOfNog]

US Turn 2

And the combat report reads.....

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/01/42
Weather: Thunderstorms

[TwoShedsJackson]

turn 3

[ButcherOfNog]

US Turn 3

The US Air command at Port Morseby mounted an ill advised air raid on Lae, returning with 8 precious Dauntless dive bombers damaged and the other two shot down, thats the end of Commander discretion for that lot! The Jap air attack on Buna was more successful.

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/02/42
Weather: Overcast

Air attack on Lae , at 9,33

Allied aircraft
P-400 Airacobra x 9
A-24 Dauntless x 10

Allied aircraft losses
A-24 Dauntless x 2 destroyed
A-24 Dauntless x 8 damaged
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Air attack on Buna , at 12,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21
G3M Nell x 23
G4M1 Betty x 10

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 9

no losses

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed
P-39D Airacobra x 1 damaged

Airbase hits 1

Attacking Level Bombers:
16 x G3M Nell at 12000 feet
7 x G3M Nell at 12000 feet
10 x G4M1 Betty at 12000 feet
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[TwoShedsJackson]

Those freedom loving wimps in the US Command are never going to be a match for the Japanese!!

[ButcherOfNog]

US Turn 4 - More Japanese air attacks on Buna, its as if they're planning something.......

AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR 05/03/42
Weather: Partly Cloudy

Air attack on Buna , at 12,38

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 20
G3M Nell x 22
G4M1 Betty x 12

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
G3M Nell x 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra x 1 destroyed

CPT D. Mcgovern of 35th FS bails out and is RESCUED

Attacking Level Bombers:
15 x G3M Nell at 12000 feet
6 x G3M Nell at 12000 feet
12 x G4M1 Betty at 12000 feet
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[TwoShedsJackson]

Turn for the Allies

[ButcherOfNog]

Wrong turn posted Conor I think, combat save was ok, the turn file was the last one (I think)

[TwoShedsJackson]

Sorry, this should be it, going by the timestamp on the save anyway :)

[ButcherOfNog]

Nope, uv018_Jap_Turn_4__05_04_42.uvs is the last turn i sent you :)

[TwoShedsJackson]

Did you try the file cos I might have forgot to change the name when saving, it was last altered at 11:43 today which is when I did the turn, I definitely saved after my turn and everything else is from last night or before.

[ButcherOfNog]

yup, just rechecked last 3 turns, the last one asks for player one password, so thats your turn file, rechecked previous two allied named save files and they're the same turn as all my fleets are in same positions. I think the Japs are so worried they forgot to save :)

[TwoShedsJackson]

OK here it is again, I hope :)

[ButcherOfNog]

I hate it when i forget to tell task forces not to run away

[TwoShedsJackson]

turn

[ButcherOfNog]

The game loading screen seems to act a bit wierd when theres multiple save files starting with same slot but with different names, so if you have problems, delete all the slot uv20 files and download this again. I spend a fair few mins wondering why that last turn wouldn't show up :)

Next time round Conor can you include combat save rather than text, I have a feeling that there may be some action.

[TwoShedsJackson]

Next time round Conor can you include combat save rather than text, I have a feeling that there may be some action.


You might be right about that :)

[ButcherOfNog]

That first strike of carrier planes of mine deserved to be eaten by sharks, couldn't hit the side of a barn door, grrrr.

[TwoShedsJackson]

You soft US types couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.

[ButcherOfNog]

Well my planes can't, but my Submarines, Destroyers and Cruisers are doing a tad better.

Its really not helping that the weather sucks and keeps grounding my air missions :)

[TwoShedsJackson]

The weather is positively Irish alright.

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn, nice to see my subs are still proving annoying to you, plus my highly trained GI's beat off those nasty troops of yours at Guadalcanal :)

[TwoShedsJackson]

Mere scratches.

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn, I named the file wrong :)

[TwoShedsJackson]

turn

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn

[TwoShedsJackson]

Turn

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn, rather quiet that one, finally get a land based air to naval attack off and the eejits can find their target :crying:

[TwoShedsJackson]

American aircraft factories be working overtime after this scenario anyway.

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn, if it wasn't for lag I'd be winning

[TwoShedsJackson]

You HPBs, always moaning..

[ButcherOfNog]

Turn, all gone a bit quiet again.

[TwoShedsJackson]

A bit of fish-in-barrel shooting this turn :)

[ButcherOfNog]

Yup, but I now have a powerful infantry force situated on Guadalcanal, time for the japs to feel american steel

[TwoShedsJackson]

Getting it in just on the last turn I see :) i think i need to pm you my password so you can see the last combat phase, is that right?

[ButcherOfNog]

Yup

"At the end of a PBEM game, the Jap player will need to send his password to the allied player so they can load the final save file, view the final execution phase and view the final victory score and end the game status"

I'd guess you won :)

[ButcherOfNog]

Marginal Japanese Victory

Good game, reasonably happy with that, bad weather and a terrible first strike from my carriers ruined the day for me, lost both my carriers to one of yours. On land I faired better, in particular at Guadalcanal. Lost alot of transport ships doing it though.

[TwoShedsJackson]

The weather kept a lot of the air action out alright, and those US carriers are worth a lot of VPs. Mind you your aircraft were a tad lemming like, thats where I got a good section of points from :)