Aksakal | 21 Oct 2014 7:57 p.m. PST |
Hi there, For a carrier fan's present (old harpoon gamer) I'm hunting for a naval/air ruleset that can do on-the-table carrier strikes by aircraft, 1941-42. I'd like to wrap it all together with some ship and plane toys for the Soloman Islands battle. |
dragon6 | 21 Oct 2014 9:16 p.m. PST |
I suggest GQ3 (General Quarters 3) and The Solomons Campaign. |
Wargamer Blue | 22 Oct 2014 4:28 a.m. PST |
If you want to keep it simple try Victory at Sea. |
Ed Mohrmann | 22 Oct 2014 5:06 a.m. PST |
If you only want air to surface, try the Blue Sky rules. There are several scenarios around '42, including a few on Midway, and the carrier/carrier actions in late '42. |
Dynaman8789 | 22 Oct 2014 5:09 a.m. PST |
I take it you mean just the tactical portion of the aircraft attacking the ships. I think the Avalon Hill/Battleline game called Dauntless had a carrier attack expansion. Hopefully someone else can confirm it and the title if it exists. |
Aksakal | 22 Oct 2014 9:57 a.m. PST |
yeah just the tactical. thanks for the suggestions! |
BuckeyeBob | 22 Oct 2014 12:11 p.m. PST |
I second the GQ3 air rules. I thought they worked well in a tactical battle, tho the counter represented groups of 3 planes IIRC. Battleline did have a pacific explansion called Dauntless. Also an excellent choice for a tactical game as it came with 12-18 counters for each aircraft type. (Not sure if AH had the pacific planes/subrules as part of their basic game when they ruined, er, redid the game) I thought the avalanche press rules for tactical air worked ok but each counter represented an airgroup of 12? or so planes. |
zippyfusenet | 22 Oct 2014 12:13 p.m. PST |
Dynaman, the Battleline/AH WWII air combat boardgame was Air Force, the Pacific theater expansion was named Dauntless, which had rules for planes vs. ships. Red Sun/Blue Sky is the PTO volume of the Blue Skies miniature rules, has everything you need, including loads of historical scenarios for Coral Sea and Miday, and a couple for the Solomons Campaign. CY6! also handles planes vs. ships well. You might have to hunt around to find carrier attack scenarios from the Solomons, I don't know which scenario book they're in. |
desert war | 06 Nov 2014 3:31 p.m. PST |
Junior General has some nice rules for the battle of midway, i have modified them a little to cover most of 1942, PM me if you would like a copy |
ptdockyard | 06 Nov 2014 6:59 p.m. PST |
I found Pearl Harbor but not Midway on Junior General. Is that what you used? |
ptdockyard | 07 Nov 2014 10:23 a.m. PST |
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