[Consim-l] Analysis of Coral Sea

[Mike NotSpecified]

Jim, I think you'd hate it.  At least until I've picked up my copy!  :)

Actually I remember trying Carrier once before, and jsut being overwhelmed at 
the player work load.  I'm not sure I'm willing to take it on again...


On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 04:33:02 +1030 (CST)
  Markus Stumptner <mst at cs.unisa.edu.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Jim Wise wrote:
>> 
>> On Nov 18, 2006, at 12:05 , Markus Stumptner wrote:
> 
>> > Coming back to VG's _Carrier_, this is again a game that shows this  
>> > effect
>> > very nicely, to the degree that I recommend to beginners (since this a
>> > solo game where players play the US/Allied side) to start with the  
>> > Battle
>> > of Santa Cruz and work their way forward to Coral Sea; at Coral Sea  
>> > it is
>> > typically much harder to protect your carriers (and, in fact, to win).
>> 
>> Hmm.  That's the Jon Southard one, right?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> I've been having a lot of fun with his _Fire Team_ again lately --  
>> sounds like this might be a good game to check out.
>> 
>> Before I go digging on eBay, does anyone have a strong opinion of  
>> _Carrier_ one way or the other?
> 
> The main question is whether you can stomach the complexity...  as far as
> its design goals go (solo carrier combat, complete with uncertainty about
> the enemy OOB) I thought it did a marvelous job.
> 
> Markus
> 
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