My group played it's first game of VaS last night and everyone was pleased. Game play was very smooth and the rules were quite easy to follow. Gunfire exchanges between vessels lead to little damage until a lucky hit from the San Franciso started 6 fires aboard the Furutaka. Not suprisingly, torpedoes proved to be the big killer, with the USN loosing two destroyers and the IJN loosing the Aoba and Kinugasa.
The USN had timed it's approach very nicely so that the Japanese were faced with either firing their Long Lance torpedoes when the US destroyers were at 12" or waiting until the US cruisers came into range. In the end the IJN commander elected to fire at the destroyers. This proved to be a mistake. With a range of 12" it would take the Long Lances two turns to reach their targets. The very next turn the US destroyers closed to within 10" and gave the Japanese a taste of the "inferior" American made torps. The trade was not equitable for the Japanese.
Good battle though.
Greg
The USN had timed it's approach very nicely so that the Japanese were faced with either firing their Long Lance torpedoes when the US destroyers were at 12" or waiting until the US cruisers came into range. In the end the IJN commander elected to fire at the destroyers. This proved to be a mistake. With a range of 12" it would take the Long Lances two turns to reach their targets. The very next turn the US destroyers closed to within 10" and gave the Japanese a taste of the "inferior" American made torps. The trade was not equitable for the Japanese.
Good battle though.
Greg