New: WWII Naval (free, open-ended, email, human, historical, wargame)

From: donotreply@pbm.com (PBM List Autoposter)

Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:13:04 +0000

Name:		WWII Naval
Costs:		Free
Frequency:		twice a week
Email:		walter.in.columbia zat erols.com
Type:		PBeM, open-ended, historical, free
Last-Update:		2007Oct09
Keywords: free, open-ended, email, human, historical, wargame

Description:

We are looking for a few more sailors to participate in an ongoing
PBeM campaign involving Allied and Axis WWII naval forces that have been
conducting a series of skirmishes for control of an obscure group of
islands in the far northern latitudes belonging to a neutral country named
Markland.  Scenarioes/skirmishes are generally at night where targets at
point blank range tend to disappear quickly.  We are in the middle of the
third scenario in this campaign and intend to be into the fourth scenario
before Christmas.
    Game layout is that the senior officer on each side establishes what
ships will be used, the mission, and the plots of the ships to their
initial contact points and then for the officers in each side�s officer
pool to command individual groups of ships (on a first�come-first-served
basis).  Gunfire and moves are plotted on word/powerpoint maps or
otherwise described in e-mails, after which gunfire is resolved by the
gods using Seapower III.  The firing officer only needs to select a target
and a number from 1 to 6 to get the results of gunfire.   The over-all map
of the islands looks remarkably like the Orkneys.
    Commands are now available for players on the Axis side in the ongoing
third scenario, but they are limited to either Uboats or MTB�s that will
be going after an allied convoy.  The entire range of Axis ships will be
available in the fourth scenario when it starts up.

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