10/8/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 4 Part 1

Back to the Pacific with Airboy’s extended campaign AAR ~

Avery Abernethy, 8 October 2016

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Scenario 4 – Operations Goodtime and Blissful

This is a complex scenario. You have to eliminate the Japanese from the two Treasury Islands Mono and Stirling. You must also heavily raid a much larger island and destroy three of four fuel dumps.

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Operations Blissful and Goodtime

 

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10/7/16

Car Wars – A Trip Down The Memory Fast Lane, Part 3

Our Car Wars retrospective rolls on ~

Michael Eckenfels, 7 October 2016

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CRASH CITY: A CAR WARS ROLEPLAYING SUPPLEMENT

Starting with the words “If you don’t like the way we drive, get off the streets, and the sidewalk…and the lawns…” this particular expansion was originally published in Space Gamer magazine as an article called “Sunday Drivers.” It later became a full Car Wars supplement, eventually becoming known as Crash City. Ultimately, this name is more suitable for this expansion. Both Sunday Drivers and Crash City were published in 1982, so there must not have been a lot of lead time between them, but they made do, I think, by re-using existing material, as you’ll see in a moment.

The game box.
The game box.

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09/26/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 3 Part 3

Airboy AAR’s his way through the Pacific campaign ~

Avery Abernethy, 26 September 2016

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Scenario 3 – Operation Cartwheel,  Attack on New Georgia

Turn 17 Jap counterattacks almost destroyed half of the Northern probe
Turn 17 Jap counterattacks almost destroyed half of the Northern probe

 

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09/25/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 3 Part 2

The Attack on New Georgia continues ~

Avery Abernethy, 25 September 2016

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Scenario 3 – Operation Cartwheel,  Attack on New Georgia

No, you didn’t miss turn 8; nothing worth taking a picture of…

Turn 9 Continued Heavy Resistance
Turn 9 Continued Heavy Resistance

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09/24/16

Order of Battle Pacific: US Marines – AAR, Scenario 3 Part 1

Airboy AAR’s his way through the Pacific campaign ~

Avery Abernethy, 24 September 2016

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Scenario 3 – Operation Cartwheel,  Attack on New Georgia

Operation Cartwheel
Operation Cartwheel

New Georgia is a large island. My main objectives are taking various points on New Georgia. My secondary objectives are completing the scenario quickly, sinking six or more Japanese Ships, doing 20+ damage with aircraft and neutralizing an airfield on a different island.

Objectives for New Georgia
Objectives for New Georgia

 

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