Super COOL, Don. GLAD you could make postcard use of it!
And are those Guadalcanal stamps new?
Also, be sure to check CoatneyHistory for the latest version of the rules ... and I think I'm there.
For example, battleships can no longer have the chance to make immediately sinking hits, if they are already Damaged.
(A combined ops game is
complex.
)
Dual citizen 11 year old Johanna Grace Coatney chose to be the Americans for our game on Saturday ... and the Americans won! (She also beat me 8 out of 9 dominoes games, etc.,
etc.)
It was back and forth right down to the last turn, and
against all odds, U.S. airpower and the Minneapolis, New Orleans,
Northampton(+)
cruisers (somehow) sank Hiei&Kirishima and the Atago cruisers, forcing my Japanese transports to turn back.
And when I finish my paper model USN and IJN task force sets, these battles could instead be decided
on the floor. 