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bob48

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on: July 05, 2024, 03:47:54 PM

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Reply #1 on: July 05, 2024, 04:23:22 PM
I was enamored enough to buy it.

I've been on a splurge recently after saying I wasn't going to buy any games this year.  :doh:

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Reply #2 on: July 05, 2024, 05:46:58 PM
Ooo - you naughty boy!

It does look rather splendid though :-)

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Reply #3 on: July 05, 2024, 05:51:00 PM
Yes I am.

A nice what if

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Reply #4 on: July 05, 2024, 06:12:26 PM
Even better is that it also includes the invasion of Leros.

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Reply #5 on: July 06, 2024, 01:40:56 AM
Where's my Guns of Navarone DVD  :bigthumb:

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Reply #6 on: July 06, 2024, 06:05:45 AM
Anyway, it'll give you something to learn while we wait for 'Assault on Gallipoli' to arrive, which looks like it may be 2-3 weeks away at least :-(

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Reply #7 on: July 06, 2024, 06:21:38 AM
No time...I'm currently trying to absorb the rules for Carrier Battles Philippine Sea

It'll have to join the queue

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Reply #8 on: July 06, 2024, 07:23:55 AM
lol - I can only imagine how big the queue is  ;D

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Reply #9 on: July 06, 2024, 10:09:46 AM
I was working on making it smaller...but that didn't really come to much.

I'm running out of space under my desk at an alarming rate
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Reply #10 on: July 06, 2024, 10:42:41 AM
I've been reading the rules to it, and there is a lot to like there.

JD, I think you should jump this up yer queue :-)

Looks like you got SCG's only copy!
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Reply #11 on: July 07, 2024, 03:24:10 PM
 :ROFL:

I have bumped it up the queue  :bigthumb:

One thing that has annoyed me is no index. Table of Contents are fine...but they don't give the detail indexes do.

I'm very forgetful...so reading an index to find specific mentions of rules is an absolute must. Honestly I think it's unforgivable for game publishers to omit an index.

For example, in order to remember the specifics of disruption, I have to remember that is mentioned under 3.0 Basic Concepts...specifically 3.8. But if I pick the manual up to check disruption, its not mentioned on the Table of Contents.

Admittedly, if I'm looking up combat results, then I'd go to 13.0 and I'd find a link back to 3.8 under 13.11

But an index should be a given.

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Reply #12 on: July 07, 2024, 05:35:22 PM
Looking forwards to your impressions of it. Hopefully, SCG will get some more copies at some point.

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Reply #13 on: July 08, 2024, 04:00:43 PM
Quote from: bob48 on July 06, 2024, 10:42:41 AM
I've been reading the rules to it, and there is a lot to like there.
How do you do that, Bob?

I normally take the best part of two weeks to read a standard manual...and even then I can't remember anything about it as I go through it.

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Reply #14 on: July 08, 2024, 04:04:40 PM
I downloaded the rules to get an over-all impression of how the game works, so I have been reading them quite intensively. I seem to have a knack of being able to at least absorb the basic flow of a game from a few read-thoughs.

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