HPS Jutland online MP battle

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Welcome aboard Papaw!

The two air games sponsored by the Sea & Air Combat ladder at the Blitz are 12 O'Clock High, and Battle of Britain....neither is a flight or combat sim; both are air combat strategy games by Gary Grigsby, very good against either the AI, or a human opponent. They're both "I go, you go", with turns sent by email, ie, not realtime.

But please also consider War in the Pacific- Admiral's Edition; also a strategy game, it covers land-air-sea in the Pacific, WWI; the latest upgrade, hot off the press, is the Admiral's Edition (AE). Some of the enhancements include detailed pilot trianing & experience, by nationality; variable maneuverability of aircraft, depending on altitude; detailed air operations constraints, depending on size of airfield, number of squadrons present, and nature & amount of air operations support units present. In other words, it's a real grognards' grand stragtegy game, models all the aircraft present on both sides.....well, still not a flight sim, but very detailed! The air units can attack ships (with MG's, bombs, or torpedos); or land combat units; or bases; or ports; or airfields. Or can fly recon, cap, and many other missions.

You can buy AE from Matrix as a stand-alone game; and it can be played against the computer, or against a human, again, turn-based, by email, not real time. At first it was announced as un upgrade to War in the Pacific, but they abandoned that, it's now stand-alone, you don't need to buy WITP, and there's no reason to; AE is actually the new version of WITP.

You'll also like the way naval battles are modeled, especially carrier battles, but the big guns are there, too. Also subs, transports (with various sub-types of loads), amphibs, and all kinds of functional auxiliaries.....sub tenders, ammo ships, repair ships, fuelers, etc etc....all affect combat or landing operations in one way or another. A truly great game.