South East Asia in WW2

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> Been reading a book titled "Defeat into Victory" by a gent named Slim
> and in it he describes his experiences in Burma and India during the
> war and now I'm curious to know if anyone has tried to make a game
> that models that arena or if it's even worth it. Both sides seem to
> have treated the whole thing as more of an after thought but there
> might be some interesting material to work with or to try.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve

Not in the pc realm, but The Gamers made a very highly regarded OCS
boardgame of that theatre, "Burma".

Never tried it myself though, as the topic didn't interest me.
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http://www.gamesquad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42120

Here's some AAR of one TOAW scenario that covers this theater.
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> <codmannn1.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:444c01a4-2b9d-4dce-9a37-6b0817e855d3@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> > Been reading a book titled "Defeat into Victory" by a gent named Slim
> > and in it he describes his experiences in Burma and India during the
> > war and now I'm curious to know if anyone has tried to make a game
> > that models that arena or if it's even worth it. Both sides seem to
> > have treated the whole thing as more of an after thought but there
> > might be some interesting material to work with or to try.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Steve
>
> Not in the pc realm, but The Gamers made a very highly regarded OCS
> boardgame of that theatre, "Burma".


it was a good enough game.
i had good malaya board game too. battalions , step reduction, and a special
insert map for the final assualt on sigapore, plus a nice air ans sea bit
too.
its buried deep in a closet.
i always was interested in that theater. a good read is col tsugi's
"singapoer, japan's greatest victory,england'sd greatest defeat"
tsugi can be allowed his opinion as he planned the campaign. if you can find
it read it.

>
> Never tried it myself though, as the topic didn't interest me.
>
>
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<codmannn1 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Been reading a book titled "Defeat into Victory" by a gent named Slim
> and in it he describes his experiences in Burma and India during the
> war and now I'm curious to know if anyone has tried to make a game
> that models that arena or if it's even worth it. Both sides seem to
> have treated the whole thing as more of an after thought but there
> might be some interesting material to work with or to try.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Steve
>

War in the Pacific covers this area - along with most of the rest of the
Pacific. Ground combat isn't the most realistic, but it isn't that bad. I
particularly like the supply and base system which really makes you think
about how you are going to get supplies to your front line.

At a tactical level there is the old Campaign game Rising Sun and there are
even some scenarios in Steel Panthers.

RobP
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> War in the Pacific covers this area - along with most of the rest of the
> Pacific.

Also, freely availeble, there is WitP's precursor, "Pacific War"- which is a
good introduction to the latter title (one can check if monster wargames of
this caliber are suited to him before committing the money) and of course
covers this theatre too:

http://www.matrixgames.com/games/pacificwar/features.asp

"Rising Sun" along with the other Campaign Series Titles, has recently been
re-realased by Matrix, too (but not for free ) )

http://www.matrixgames.com/games/game.asp?gid=318
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codmannn1 RemoveThis @yahoo.com writes
>Been reading a book titled "Defeat into Victory" by a gent named Slim
>and in it he describes his experiences in Burma and India during the
>war and now I'm curious to know if anyone has tried to make a game
>that models that arena or if it's even worth it. Both sides seem to
>have treated the whole thing as more of an after thought but there
>might be some interesting material to work with or to try.
>
"A gent named Slim"? I hope this was typical British understatement, but
this was called the Forgotten Army, so in case some people are unaware
of one of Britain's greatest generals:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Slim

--
John Secker
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