steve crowley  - Aug 5, 2009 5:46 am (45560.)  new 
	
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is
only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Gandhi. 

>OTW for me is Decision's Advanced Pacific Theater of Operations 

Be interested in your comments on this one Tony. Have the rules changed
much from the original? Some nice ideas in that original game but the
game play itself was awful


tony doran - Aug 5, 2009 6:25 am (45561.) new 
Remember Scipio 	 

Steve;

Three new rules changes I think solve some of the problems with the
original PTO game. the problems which leap out at me from the original
were: 

1)The "death Star" Supply Bases, which could be built anywhere, and were
virtually indestrucible, and could supply everything within range. Those
are now gone from the game. If you want to supply a unit, you have to
carry the supplies to it (for the most part). 

2) The ease with which naval units at sea could be located. The new
recon rules make this far more difficult, and the difficulty increases
with range. 

3) The Massive CV forces which could roam the ocean at will. There is a
new optional rule (which I highly recommend using) called, "Carrier
Coordination", which makes it difficult to manage the air assets from a
large number of carriers. Under this rule, it appears that 6 carriers is
optimal, more, and as likely as not, you will not be able to control all
the air assets effectively. This produices a far more historical result
in terms of the number of carriers which can effectively operate
together. 

One other change (which makes the game far more interactive-and is also
present in AETO) is that during the Naval and Air Phase, the players
alternate moving and fighting with Naval and air assets, rather than one
side doing it all first, and then the other side.