Manchuria 39/45
Phillipines
Malaysia
Olympic / Coronet
anything else possible at the game scale?
any chance of seeing something in this theater?
(05-28-2011, 06:31 AM)bwv Wrote: [ -> ]Manchuria 39/45
Phillipines
Malaysia
Olympic / Coronet
anything else possible at the game scale?
any chance of seeing something in this theater?
Always a chance I suppose. For any title you need to look at
- the Map size: given 1km per hex will the map be big enough to support a title - example - Iwo Jima would only be a handful of hexes
- the period covered in the main campaign: Is there a good campaign period of a manageable length of time. Example - Guadalcanal went from Aug 42 to March or April 43 (I think) and that is in general too long a time period.
- Does ground change hands: That is if you have a game with the right size map but the main fightiong is in a few hexes which don't change hands fast enough, than it won't make an interesting game.
- Finally is there enough battles which went for days - not hours to support this level of game - again using Guadacanal as the example - more men were killed by disease than combat and that won't work for a PzC (even if Avalon did a great boardgame on this title back in the 60's - which I happen to still own BTW :) )
Outside of that - anything is possible.
Glenn
yes, the battles I listed are the only ones that I think would meet that criteria
(05-28-2011, 08:04 AM)bwv Wrote: [ -> ]yes, the battles I listed are the only ones that I think would meet that criteria
Ya - I guess - I would have to look closer at these to comment in detail so I kept example from places you didn't mention.
Glenn
Of those titles my favourite would be Coronet/Olympic for sure!
Perhaps another title would be the fictional invasion of Australia by Japan? Obviusly it would not need to feature all Australia, just the north-eastern part.
Coronet/Olympic would be very interesting, just like Sealion!
Did the Japanese ever put together a plan for invading the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor? If not, I wonder if that would make a good hypothetical title.
(05-29-2011, 04:04 AM)Checkmate King 2 Wrote: [ -> ]Coronet/Olympic would be very interesting, just like Sealion!
Did the Japanese ever put together a plan for invading the US after the attack on Pearl Harbor? If not, I wonder if that would make a good hypothetical title.
Maybe the hypothetical amphibious assault on Pearl Harbor or other Hawaian islands would also be an interesting title.
Hawaiian islands...West coast of US?...
Now we are getting VERY hypothetical
Burma 41-45. Japanese invasion, Imphal, Kohima and a multitude of smaller battles on the Irrawaddy and in eastern Burma as part of the campaign for Mandalay in 44/45. Tanks, air landing ops, Chindits, Commonwealth, Americans, Japanese and Chinese.
(05-29-2011, 07:53 AM)AIREDALE Wrote: [ -> ]Burma 41-45. Japanese invasion, Imphal, Kohima and a multitude of smaller battles on the Irrawaddy and in eastern Burma as part of the campaign for Mandalay in 44/45. Tanks, air landing ops, Chindits, Commonwealth, Americans, Japanese and Chinese.
I like that idea
