Wing Leader PBEM round 2 - Coral Sea (SDR vs Barthheart)

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

No!  Don't touch it, it's not paid off.


Here's the situation at the end of turn 2.  My SBD's got lucky and managed to ding a Kate in a a head-on pass and then slip under the clouds.  As Barth's fighters don't have radios, the Kate's escorting Zeroes are still unaware of the lurking SBD menace.

The fighter controller on the carriers managed to vector Wildcat flights C and D towards intercept points but flight F is still taking a leisurely flight off to the edge of the map.  Flight E pilots are pedaling as fast as they can to climb up to the Vals but they aren't making any headway.

[smittyohio]

Hey this game looks awesome!  Thanks for the AAR guys.  I'm going to have to log into my Amazon account now and see if they carry the game.   O0

The game is really good. Gives a really good new perspective on air combat at eh squadron level. Plays very well solo too.

Does this game have solo rules, or do you basically just play both sides to the best of their abilities?   

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

No solo rules at this point. 

[Barthheart]

Hey this game looks awesome!  Thanks for the AAR guys.  I'm going to have to log into my Amazon account now and see if they carry the game.   O0

The game is really good. Gives a really good new perspective on air combat at eh squadron level. Plays very well solo too.

Does this game have solo rules, or do you basically just play both sides to the best of their abilities?

You have to play both sides yourself. But the command and control rules means this is fairly simple to do.

[Barthheart]

Kates line up for the torpedo run.... watch out for those laser turrets... err... flak guns!

[W8taminute]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

[Barthheart]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

:o OMG! There are NO rounded corners in the VASSAL module. What you are seeing is the "Moved" tag that's applied when you move a counter.

None of my games have, or will ever have, rounded corners. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

The airplane data cards are rounded.....just sayin'......






Don't blow up my carrier!

[W8taminute]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

:o OMG! There are NO rounded corners in the VASSAL module. What you are seeing is the "Moved" tag that's applied when you move a counter.

None of my games have, or will ever have, rounded corners. 

<takes two steps backwards and ducks>

I understand that to round or not to round is a subject of controversy in the wargaming community akin to discussing religion and politics.  None of my games have rounded corners unless they were shipped that way from the manufacturer.  To round or not is a decision I've been toying with but have not carried out yet.   8)

[Nefaro]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

The 2.5mm gives more pronounced rounded corners, from what I gather.   Closer to what you're seeing on this, but still viable for the smaller counters.

Been waffling about picking up a Deluxe one but dropping $50 on it has been a difficult affirmation to finalize, especially during the post-holiday & property tax season.   

Meanwhile, I have around six or seven GMT games desperately crying out for counter mutilation.  Been putting some of it off in the belief I may get a corner clipper in the next few months.  But if the desire to get one to the table arises, it'll be getting the $5 toe nail clipper treatment.


Unlike a large number of you other old & palsied wargamers, I handle my counters solely with my fingers.  Not tweezers or some such.  Never had a problem doing so, other than those damned fuzzy corners which can get caught on other nearby fuzzy cornered stacks, when lifting 'em.  So corner clipping it has been, for me.  >:D

[Barthheart]

The airplane data cards are rounded.....just sayin'......

Those aren't counters.... and they came that way....

Don't blow up my carrier!

Trying my damnedest! Not looking forward to all that flak.... 

[Barthheart]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

:o OMG! There are NO rounded corners in the VASSAL module. What you are seeing is the "Moved" tag that's applied when you move a counter.

None of my games have, or will ever have, rounded corners. 

<takes two steps backwards and ducks>

I understand that to round or not to round is a subject of controversy in the wargaming community akin to discussing religion and politics.  None of my games have rounded corners unless they were shipped that way from the manufacturer.  To round or not is a decision I've been toying with but have not carried out yet.   8)

Back away from the clippers and no one gets hurt.... 

[Barthheart]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

The 2.5mm gives more pronounced rounded corners, from what I gather.   Closer to what you're seeing on this, but still viable for the smaller counters.

Been waffling about picking up a Deluxe one but dropping $50 on it has been a difficult affirmation to finalize, especially during the post-holiday & property tax season.   

Meanwhile, I have around six or seven GMT games desperately crying out for counter mutilation.  Been putting some of it off in the belief I may get a corner clipper in the next few months.  But if the desire to get one to the table arises, it'll be getting the $5 toe nail clipper treatment.


Unlike a large number of you other old & palsied wargamers, I handle my counters solely with my fingers.  Not tweezers or some such.  Never had a problem doing so, other than those damned fuzzy corners which can get caught on other nearby fuzzy cornered stacks, when lifting 'em.  So corner clipping it has been, for me.  >:D

Heathen!  >:(

[Barthheart]

Back to the show....

[Staggerwing]

I love the rounded counters on that Vassal mod.  Have you guys tried to cut the real counters?  If so I'm curious as to what size tool you used, i.e. 2.0, 2.5, etc.   I'm thinking of purchasing a cutting tool but don't know what size to get only because the airplane counters in this game are not standard sized counters.

The 2.5mm gives more pronounced rounded corners, from what I gather.   Closer to what you're seeing on this, but still viable for the smaller counters.

Been waffling about picking up a Deluxe one but dropping $50 on it has been a difficult affirmation to finalize, especially during the post-holiday & property tax season.   

Meanwhile, I have around six or seven GMT games desperately crying out for counter mutilation.  Been putting some of it off in the belief I may get a corner clipper in the next few months.  But if the desire to get one to the table arises, it'll be getting the $5 toe nail clipper treatment.


Unlike a large number of you other old & palsied wargamers, I handle my counters solely with my fingers.  Not tweezers or some such.  Never had a problem doing so, other than those damned fuzzy corners which can get caught on other nearby fuzzy cornered stacks, when lifting 'em.  So corner clipping it has been, for me.  >:D

Can't you clip just the fuzzy part?