War at Sea: Guadacanal Campaign Pt. 1

[WotC Bob]

This is the discussion thread for War at Sea: Guadacanal Campaign Pt. 1 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/aam/ah20070321c).

Some special notes:

I'm working on a scenario card for War at Sea, but rather than not put out scenarios, I'm doing it in this fashion for now.

This is the first part of a campaign that combines both land and sea forces. What happens in the sea scenarios can affect play in the land based ones.

The ships listed for Savo Island are not an exact representation of all forces present for the battle. The scenario is balanced for playability.

[hornet69]

nice scenario. will we be getting maps like we get with the ground game for download .be nice to have the samar strights from letye gulf.or afiord map for some cold weather games

[101st_Airborne]

So if any Japanese ship is in an objective turns the game ends and the Japanese win?

[hornet69]

So if any Japanese ship is in an objective turns the game ends and the Japanese win?
yes that what it says in black and white on my print out

[Pasalades]

Yes. The Americans have to keep them out of the landing area where the transports are. The Japanese can also win by wrecking a lot of ships then taking off as what really happened at Savo Island (not really a strategic victory but this is more tactical than anything).

[Pasalades]

nice scenario. will we be getting maps like we get with the ground game for download .be nice to have the samar strights from letye gulf.or afiord map for some cold weather games

No new maps planned right now. I didn't do any up, though I have some excellent maps of the area in question. We'll see what Set II brings but I would like to do up proper orders of battle for this with the right numbers and classes of ships and throw balance to the wind. I'm really diggin doing these WaS Scenarios, its a nice break from all the other work I've been doing. Especially all the papers I"m writing. But since this is my first WaS Scenario, tell me what you think.

[Zuxius]

Wow, that is very interesting idea. The Naval battles affect the land wars. Neat.

Zux

[horacus]

Seems good. When I get some miniatures I may try it.

[swarbs]

This looks like a sweet scenario. A couple of questions. If the Axis player automatically wins initiative they will move second, which seems good, but they will also shoot second, and with damage being resolved immediately, won't that be a disadvantage? Not sure if this is what was intended. I can't wait for the next part of the campaign.

[Pasalades]

I was operating under the SW:SSB principle of move second shoot first. when playing the first round of this scenario do that. It's the only scenario in the campaign that needs it that way. I figured it was the best way to simulate a Japanese surprise attack.

[TheJudge]

Did I misread anything, the Americans get 10 ships, the Japanese only 4??

Hmmmm......

[Pasalades]

Yes. And believe it or not the Japanese have a fair shake at this scenario as they can usually even the score in the first round. Positioning is key.

[Slaynar]

I am going to try and take this game to the "BIG" map...

Going to use a large Blue felt on a 4x8 table, use some Geohex terrain for islands and as for movement and range just take the 4" squares and turn them into inches. I am going to use all other rules from the set, but I have like 10 people who want to play at a time.... so I can see a 500 point per side game.... I will let ya know the turn out...

[Arontje]

This is the discussion thread for War at Sea: Guadacanal Campaign Pt. 1 (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=ah/aam/ah20070321c).

Some special notes:

I'm working on a scenario card for War at Sea, but rather than not put out scenarios, I'm doing it in this fashion for now.

This is the first part of a campaign that combines both land and sea forces. What happens in the sea scenarios can affect play in the land based ones.

The ships listed for Savo Island are not an exact representation of all forces present for the battle. The scenario is balanced for playability.

What do you mean with scenario card?

Keep up the good work Bob, and keep eating your fruit. Dont want you to get sick again.