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Saipan 1944
09-21-2012, 08:27 AM, (This post was last modified: 09-21-2012, 08:28 AM by JayTownsend.)
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RE: Saipan 1944
(09-21-2012, 08:24 AM)zovs Wrote: Stand-Alone or need others?

Stand alone!!!!!!!

It's a full boxed game.
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09-21-2012, 08:33 AM,
#12
RE: Saipan 1944
Awesome, thank you.
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09-21-2012, 09:01 AM,
#13
RE: Saipan 1944
Jay, I simply have to ask. Back in the middle of July I suggested a game covering Saipan. You replied something to the effect that you recommended it to Mike. How far along with the design were you at that time?
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09-21-2012, 10:47 AM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
I'm sure I will order this one and get to it "eventually." Probably grab some other things to help with postage...not that I have money, I'll just have to beat up more old ladies for their social security checks.
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09-21-2012, 12:50 PM, (This post was last modified: 09-21-2012, 12:53 PM by JayTownsend.)
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RE: Saipan 1944
Sorry Michael, I couldn't really let the cat out of hat at that time. I was most likely done doing research and into scenario writting at that time.

Total up to now, I put at least 200 hours of reseach, scenario writting, finding new unit artwork, special rules, figuring counters totals and trying to figure map terrain, coming up with 4 generic maps or how I pictured them to be but still with a Saipan flavor and putting in all into a scenario book with attachments of all types.

After that a little back & forth with the Developer. Even I will be interested in what if any changes will be made and what the final maps will look like? What counters made the final cut and so on. But I am sure Mike, John & AP did and excellent job matching everything up.

I am leaving out about a 100 things, but you get the idea. I know John, Mike and the artwork team are putting in a lot of hours as well, so by no means does a game ever get made with only a designer.

I usually put in 20 hour weekends and 3-4 hours on work nights. Then I my wife had surgery, and I had to stay home and watch her for a week with nothing else to do but work on this project, which I usaully put in 10 hour days for that week, but over a few months it adds up. So it's a labor of love, mix in with a few days of hate! Smile



(09-21-2012, 09:01 AM)Michael Murphy Wrote: Jay, I simply have to ask. Back in the middle of July I suggested a game covering Saipan. You replied something to the effect that you recommended it to Mike. How far along with the design were you at that time?
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09-21-2012, 01:45 PM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
Jay, I understand your need for your earlier reticence about this game. I'm just happy that I got lucky in guessing which battle would make a good game.
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09-21-2012, 02:55 PM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
Michael, after looking over all the pacific type battles, hands down, Saipan was the best one for a PG game. Varity, size, mix of unit types, battle situations, terrrain, different branches of armored forces on both sides. I learned a lot about it.
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09-21-2012, 08:52 PM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
Man, I'm gone for two weeks, weathering a severe Adriatic storm (Got great video), searching for the old Kotor Austro-Hungarian naval base (WWI as a field of archeology??:-) ) and Jay spills the beans. That'll teach me to go on vacation with 4 women!

With the current production run of new PG products and reissued professional level supplements, it looks like I need to budget about $70 a month to stay current. :-}.
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09-21-2012, 10:50 PM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
Larry:

Forget Saipan - tell us about you and these four women! Smile

Kevin
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09-21-2012, 11:30 PM,
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RE: Saipan 1944
Details? haha Smile
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