I’m carrying out a study on the aircraft carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). I also compare the real units with the counters shown in the Empire of the Sun game. The first report of the study is shown here.
Month – April 2015
I posted the second part of the light aircraft carrier classification for the game Empire of the Sun. The material can be found here.
Here I review the CVL Divisions of the Imperial Japanese Navy using the Empire of The Sun game as model of units. See the full page here.
I analysed the correspondence between each counter and the real naval units in the game Empire of the Sun (EoTS). I find it very interesting have a clear image of the units I’m really commanded which are abstracted in counters of large size as it should be for a strategic scale representation of the entire […]
Notes on the scope of the Empire of the Sun are posted here.
I was looking information about Pacific War game as well as related games when I found that Pacific War game is going to be released as 2nd Edition by NUTS company!. Great News!. I will definitely purchase this game, even though it may be hard to play the entire campaign in feasible time with my […]
A review of the Empire of the Sun (EoTS) designed by Mark Herman is here.
Probably, the greatest game on the entire pacific theater is Pacific War designed by Mark Herman. I have enjoyed a lot each time I played scenarios and campaigns because it is extremely realistic and detailed. The game was published in 1985, and I think I bought it in 1995. Unfortunately, I could never play the […]
The Supreme Commander background full review is shown here.
The Supreme Commander introduces technology bonus into the combat system. The technology levels can be purchased by using Military Spending Points (MSPs). These points are obtained by conquering other countries and strategic locations locations.
Some design features that specially interest me are discussed here.
The air force and naval units movement and combat are described here.
Supreme Commander has realism in being able to decomposed Armies into Corps when having losses. Ground support air force attacks are also well represented.
The losses in combat using Supreme Commander mechanics is discussed here
The combat system of Supreme Commander is explained here.
The sequence of play of Supreme Commander is shown here.
I explain the scope of the Supreme Commander (2013) game here.
I review Unconditional Surrender World War Two In Europe (USE) in several chapters here.
USE innovates in many aspects, one of them is the combined attack and movement system.
The sorties feature of the Navy and Air Force mechanics are discussed here.
Yes, USE does not have numbers in counters. I discuss about this original feature here.
As a possible house rule I suggest a possible way to add Corps to the USE mechanics here.
The combat system of USE game is discussed here.
The sequence of play in USE is summarized here
I discussed about the scope of Unconditional Surrender game here.
Here, I post the first part of the video of the Invasion of Poland scenario using VASSAL and played with the Unconditional Surrender.
Here, I post the second part of the video of the Invasion of Poland scenario using VASSAL and played with the Unconditional Surrender.
