Author Topic: UV Combat report to O'Club - Curval vs banana (Read 748 times)

Wanker · « **Reply #15 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:38:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Beefcake
Man.....what game is this? Links? Info anyone?

Hehe, here we go again.

Beef, the game is Uncommon Valor: Campaign for the South Pacific. It's a turn-based, Strategic/Tactical game revolving around land/sea/air combat in the New Guinea/Solomons area in the May 1942- December 1943 time frame.

Here are some links:

Official game site:http://www.matrixgames.com/games/uncommonvalor/index.asp

UV Bulletin Board:http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11

A place to buy UV: http://www.chipsbits.com/cgi-bin/order.cbi_home?client=112482&source=10678&page=catalogs/home.html&newpage=infopages/UNCOV.IR.html

ygsmilo · « **Reply #16 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:40:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval
Okay..'nuther one.

Can your own ships hit mines you lay?

Plan your ship movement carefully around your own minefields, if you get sloppy and they do move through them you can take hits.

ygsmilo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:52:12 AM »

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Originally posted by banana
Hehe, I forgot that Milo has been playing UV for a long time, too. Milo, when I get some free time, you and I need to do a scenario 17 or 19. That would be fun, eh?

Let me get though wheat harvest and I will do one.

I burned myself out about 3 months ago--- I was doing number 17, had the Japanese on the run and my 4 CV TF got 3 CVs torpedoed and crippled in one turn,,,,,,, I did't save the turn and have not played since

Vermillion · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:57:39 AM »

From reading the BBS that banana posted, I inferred the following, there are offensive and defensive mine fields. You can not hit your own Defensive mine fields, but you can hit your own Offensive mine fields.

I just bought the game over the weekend, and have never played a stinking turn, so take what I said with a grain of salt. But thats what was said on their own BBS.

ygsmilo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 07, 2003, 11:59:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Vermillion
From reading the BBS that banana posted, I inferred the following, there are offensive and defensive mine fields. You can not hit your own Defensive mine fields, but you can hit your own Offensive mine fields.

Good catch Verm, you are correct.

Curval · « **Reply #20 on:** July 07, 2003, 12:47:15 PM »

umm...okay, how can I tell which ones are offensive vs defensive that I have already laid? Good catch indeed Verm...glad I asked.

Wanker · « **Reply #21 on:** July 07, 2003, 01:29:23 PM »

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I was doing number 17, had the Japanese on the run and my 4 CV TF got 3 CVs torpedoed and crippled in one turn,,,,,,, I did't save the turn and have not played since

LOL, glad I'm not the only one to have done this when playing the AI.

What makes this game so awesome, IMO, is that emotional attachment you experience with your forces. And when you have a disastrous turn, it can literally send you from the room in tears or in a burning rage. Of course, on the other hand, when you have a fantastic "Midway" turn, then you find yourself whooping in joy as your planes send torp after torp into your enemy's CV's.

Rarely have I experienced the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat like I have playing UV.

Wanker · « **Reply #22 on:** July 07, 2003, 01:31:43 PM »

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umm...okay, how can I tell which ones are offensive vs defensive that I have already laid?

Offensive minefields are laid in enemy port hexes, or near enemy port hexes. Defensive ones are minefields that are laid in your port hexes.

Curval · « **Reply #23 on:** July 07, 2003, 04:39:25 PM »

What about mines laid in an ocean hex (between two islands)?