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With regards to the Argentina senario you would have to asume that Peron takes office earlier than he did since although the previous governement was a military Government since '43 of whcih Peron was actually part of he did not have enough power yet. Of course he Peron was himself and admirer...

Ok, got it, then I was on the same page. Thanks !

But you can still spot at long range with MK 1 human optical device :) right ? It is just harder that with radar correct ? thanks

Quick question. It was mentioned that lack of radar was a liability specially in bad weather, yet the radar bonus to shooting does not apply in bad weather, so why was it such a liability not to have radar in bad weather ? I see why radar is so important against smoke in any conditions, but why...

From what I read from the battle of the Denmark Strait most of the battle happened whith ships going at their max speed. Even when both of the sides were willing to engage. If going slower would have been better I would have expected the Germans to slow down while shooting on the approaching...

Kevin C., Could you provide the reasoning for the 30 mins per turn. Depending on how you consider flank speed and taking 1" = 1000 yards given the ranges of the weapons I've seen calculations showing that turns would be between 6 to 10 minutes. Thanks Seldon

Well, I think is hard to understand that the Littorio is the same points or priority level as the Yamato. I think that the upcoming tournament you guys are going to play might be a good test for adjusting the priority levels. It will be interesting to see the conclusion and the results cheers

I love Flat Top, I've played it many times. It is a great game but ussually you have few surface actions and mostly air attacks, that is why the idea of for example using Bonb Alley from Avalanche Press and VAS for surface actions is really attractive. But again, I think flat top is a really...

I would agree, campaign system good and fun, tactical a bit boring. As mentioned it is an ideal system for the campaign part. I am eager to try th 1904 Russo-Jap campaign once DM releases for all of us the pre-dred VAS :) ;)

The US ships are covered in one of the what if senarios. I am embarrassed to say that I used Microsoft Word :) I didn't have anything better at hand at the moment.

Task force B was King George V, a cruiser force and the CV Victorious. The British also had force H anchored in Gibraltar and other ships like Rodney in Convoy escort missions. The British could sacrifce victory points to modbilize some of these units. In this particular game that was not...

Given the great interest of everyone at our gaming club http://www.lshm.net I thought it would be a good idea to run a mini campaing. Using the Avalon Hill Bismarck (1978 ) game and with minor integration adjustments I arranged the game in which the surface actions would be played using the...

yes yes yes... our russo-japanese war fleets are eagerly awaiting DM's rules !!! :)

The nwe Mongoose :) makes a valid point. What about a SA that allows you to reload, but maybe Torpedoes should not be able to be fired at the same time as performing a special action. Firing torpedoes could be considered a special action ( automatic ) on itself. BTW, I am only debating this in...

DM, I understand your comment about not getting into a system where you have to keep track of loading rates, I just wanted to know your take on the time scale to get general ideas on the game when thinking about house rules, so I appreciate the answer. Chernobyl makes a great point, I'd love to...