I figured Kaiho would be raved over. Do you realize that you can have 3 Expert Torpedoes, 3 armor 6 Kates/Jills/Graces, and 3 Expert Dogfighters for as little as 104 points? Hiryu was a one-trick pony but now you can Veteran a whole strike group.
The Seaplane Base is my favorite. I love seaplanes and they are a significant part of the game for me. I especially like the ability to give one seaplane a 3 ASW attack. It clearly benefits the Axis a little more than the Allies and I think that is good. We discussed just giving a plus 1 die to an existing seaplane ASW attack. But that would have given an even greater boost to the Allies. Plus this allows any seaplane to have an ASW attack even if it doesn't have one natively. I think that is important because almost any seaplane could attack a surfaced sub.
Ummm..... any plane could bomb, straf or torpedo a surfaced sub. Depth charging a surfaced sub was less than effective.
Hawker Hurricane Mk. I Nice to have an official card representing this aircraft as I've been looking to one for a while. I like this one better than the Sea God's take. A decent early-war fighter with some good SA's.
The Seaplane Base is my favorite. I love seaplanes and they are a significant part of the game for me. I especially like the ability to give one seaplane a 3 ASW attack. It clearly benefits the Axis a little more than the Allies and I think that is good. We discussed just giving a plus 1 die to an existing seaplane ASW attack. But that would have given an even greater boost to the Allies. Plus this allows any seaplane to have an ASW attack even if it doesn't have one natively. I think that is important because almost any seaplane could attack a surfaced sub.
Ummm..... any plane could bomb, straf or torpedo a surfaced sub. Depth charging a surfaced sub was less than effective.
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Post by Capt. Strange on Jul 29, 2021 16:41:18 GMT
A lot of great historical units in this set, however Scire is my first impression favorite. Looking forward to sinking my teeth into a bunch of them though.
I would like to give an honorable mention to the auxiliaries in this deck. There were a lot of them and I was really worried how we were going to make them interesting or usable. Although most auxiliaries don't fit into a "rush for the objectives" type game, I think they provide inspiration for scenario type games. Both teams worked pretty hard on these with a lot of ideas bandied about.
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