What should the February Scenario be?

[puller]

Ki61s and A6M3s...allow the fighters to carry bombs...

[Devil 505]

I think if you take a late '43 setup and skew the plane set a little.  Add more Ki-61s, it would balance out the P-38s and F4Us.  The Ki-61 is more than a match for the F4U-1 or -1A.  My vote is still for solomons late '43.

The Tony is a good match for the P-38G, but any Corsair will run rings around it. Every Solomons or New Guinea event that had F4U's has been broken because of them.

[Shuffler]

What will draw the largest numbers?

PTO

[Chris79]

What will draw the largest numbers?

Set up a scenario with the most popular AC and it would seem logical for it to obtain the largest numbers.

[AKKuya]

Everyone bails out of a plane over an island. Once on foot, both sides play hide and seek with .45s. Last player standing wins for that side.

[bangsbox]

zeros ki-43 ki-61s Vs p40s, p-39s and p38g

[Brooke]

Guppy posted more details on his "Fighter Pilots' Summer" suggestion:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,383113.0.html

[Vudu15]

Your percentage play based on players outside of regulars would be late war ETO. Our plane set lends to this and the player base most likes this set of a/c and you can lay in a good deal of diversity in the plane set. I'd prefer an early PTO myself though.

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[BFOOT1]

If we are talking about strictly numbers alone, the two scenarios that come to my mind are BoB, and any scenario pitting the 1944-1945 8th Air Force against the Luftwaffe.

With as many P-47's, P-38's, P-51D's, Bf-109K'4s (G-14's), FW-190 A-8's and D-9's, that we see in the MA, I think you'd draw a good crowd for the fighter works. The bomber portion, I just truly don't know as the numbers always vary on who is leading which group, and who they can recruit.

[mbailey]

Would love to see a PTO event.....

[swareiam]

Would love to see a PTO event.....

How about the Battle in the Mariane's?

[Devil 505]

How about the Battle in the Mariane's?

 

This will turn out even more one-sided than you hope it will when zero Axis players register. Enjoy your Great Marianas Circlejerk.

[Kanth]

anything with a plane that I can fly..

ki43, typhoon, p47, FW(any kind) ,110. 


I16's and Vals versus Brewsters, and Camels!!! 

second would be Me163 and P51 against ME262 and Dora

I dunno, that's why I don't design...but something fun.

Get some B29's and jet planes in there once in a while...Even Jet bombers...
it's not like we're very accurate anyway (okay maybe just me) 

or I liked this idea

Everyone bails out of a plane over an island. Once on foot, both sides play hide and seek with .45s. Last player standing wins for that side.

[Brooke]

OK, folks, time for the primaries.

(The February scenario will be 4-frame.)

Each person, please pick which four of the following that you would like to see continue into the next round of voting:

1.  Battle of Britain.  Britain's finest hour.  Spit I's, Hurri I's vs. 109E's, 110C's, He 111's, and Ju 88's.

2.  New Guinea, 1943.  Fierce fighting involving Japan's highest-scoring aces.  Ki-43, Ki-61, maybe Betty?, P-40, P-38G, B-25.

3.  Channel Dash.  The Kriegsmarine is trying to get Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen to safety.  The Luftwaffe put up a huge moving CAP over the Channel, and the RAF struck in force.  Spit V, Hurri II, Beaufort, Wellington, Swordfish, 109F, 190A-5, 110C, maybe Ju 88.

5.  Late-war 8th AF.  8th AF strategic bombing with high-alt escorts vs. high-alt Luftwaffe.  Like DGS/BOG.  P-51, P-47, P-38, B-17, B-24, 109G-14, 109K, 190D, maybe some 190A-8.

6.  Cactus Air Force.  These guys fought out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal under very tough conditions and held the place against concerted and repeated Japanese air attacks.  This is where Joe Foss fought.  A6M2, A6M3, D3A, G4M, F4F, P-39, SBD, TBM.

7.  Battle of the Bismarck Sea.  A major engagement in the Guadalcanal Campaign with a good matchup of aircraft.  Ki-43, Zero, P-40, P-39, P-38G, A-20, B-25, singleton B-17/B-24.

8.  Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.  A battle between carrier groups.  Zero, D3A, B5N, F4F, SBD, TBM.

9.  Late-war Philippines.  A fight with late-war Japanese fighters and bombers.  Ki-84, N1K1, Ki-61, A6M5b, Ki-67, P-47, P-38, F4U, F6F, B-25, B-24.

10.  Modified D-Day.  Like D-Day, but with strong Luftwaffe opposition.  So, D-Day aircraft set on allied side, but later-war Luftwaffe stuff in equal abundance in opposition.  This one is usually quite fun when we run it as This Day in WWII.  It would work as a 4-frame and perhaps especially well as 12-hour.

11. Operation Unthinkable.  A "what if" scenario of Soviets vs. RAF.

12. Late-war USAAF vs. Japan.  A6M5b, KI61, N1K2-J, KI-45 (BF110C-4b), KI84 vs. P-51D, P-47N, P-38L, B-29 -- like frame 4 of "The Pacific War" scenario, which was decently balanced.

13. Winter War -- Brewsters 109e 110c's  p39s i16s

16.  Late-war Soviet vs. Japan ("what if" scenario).

17. Summer 1941 RAF raids against Luftwaffe in France / coastal areas.  "Johnnie Johnson describes it as the most brutal air fighting of the war."  Spit I/V vs. 109E/F.

18    Battle Over the Winter Line (January, 2015
19    The Pacific War (June, 2014
20    Battle of Britain 2013 (September, 2013
21    Mediterranean Maelstrom (March, 2013
22    Der Grosse Schlag II (October, 2012
23    Winter Sky - Death Ground (April, 2012
24    Enemy Coast Ahead (October, 2011
25    Road to Rangoon (May, 2011
26    Battle Over Germany (February, 2011
27    Philippine Phandango (August, 2010
28    The Final Battle (March, 2010
29    Red Storm / Krupp Steel (October, 2009
30    Coral Sea 2009 (July, 2009
32    Operation Husky (June, 2007
33    Operation Downfall (July, 2006
35    Fire Over Malta (November, 2005

36.  1941 Summer, Barbarossa.  109E-4 and limited 109F-4; bombers Ju-87, He-111 & Ju-88; tanks Panzer IV with short 75mm canon; I-16 and limited Yak-7b; bombers IL-2; Tanks T-34

37.  Solomons. P-40, F4F, F4U,B-17/25, A6M, ki-43, Ki-61?, G4M, D3A, B5N. Maybe P-38s but I'm not sure on that one. SBD, TBM (this is a contentious point)

38.  Fall of Singapore, February 1942. RAF Hurricane IIs vs IJA G4M Bettys and Ki-43s set to attack airfields and cities. Could have a light ground game substituting with M3 75mm cannon vs Panzer IV short-barrell and SdKfz 251s set to capture fields.

39.  Operation Cartwheel-Air campaign against Rabaul October/November 1943, B-25 and 24's escorted by P-38's.  The Navy sent in carrier strikes.

40.  Hell Over the Hinterland.  The Battle of the Bulge is about to see its first day of clear weather in two weeks. P-51D, P-38L, P-47D-40, Spitfire XVI, Spitfire VIII, Typhoon Mk IB, Tempest V, Mosquito VI, BF109G-14, ME109K-4, FW190A-8, FW190F-8, FW190D-9, TA-152, ME410, BF110G-2

41.  The Last Bomb.  P-51D, P-47N, P-38L, B-29, KI61, KI84, N1k2J, A6M5b, BF110C-4b, ME163

42.  Battle of the Philippine Sea.  Carriers.  f6f, sbd, tbm vs. a6m, d3a, b5n

[Chris79]

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