VDP E-Mail Game #1

[kevan]

I was wrong, Rex. I do have your turn from the 17th.

[Orion]

I got your move Rex, by my account it is Gary's turn.

[kirkh]

It is, but I haven't been able to get ahold of Gary. I'm not quite sure what to do at this point.

[AP]

I say we call it a mission & end it...

[kirkh]

That might be the best solution. In looking at my detailed spreadsheet of the game, every pilot has either fired or been fired upon, so would receive credit for having flown a mission. If anyone out there feels the same, let us know. Or, I could do as I suggested in another thread and fly Gary's plane for a turn (purely trying to escape and only firing if someone flies in front of my guns after I move) to see how far that gets us.

Let me know if you have any suggestions how to get this game jump started.

[kirkh]

I'd like to declare this game officially closed. We have run into a stalemate and in the best interests of everyone involved it's best to just close it. In the two turns that were played everyone either fired or was fired upon so everyone can consider it an official mission.

The mission saw Andy (2/0), Dan (0/0), and Kevan (0/0) in their Nieuport 28's dueling against Gary (0/0 Fokker DVII 185), Rex (0/0 Fokker DVII 160), and George (0/0 Fokker DVII 185). The Nieuports started out with a height advantage and put it to good use in turn 1 with all three pilots getting shots, but all three missed. The lone hits were by Gary who scored 7 bottom hits on Kevan. In turn 2 the Nieuports of Kevan and Dan both took shots at Gary, but only Kevan hit and did 5 hits worth of damage. The lone German shot was by George who did two hits of damage to Andy. At that point the game stalled and we were never able to complete turn three.

Overall it was a good learning experience and I hope it leads to more E-Mail VDP games. I just hope everyone else had fun - in spite of the stalls.