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Mongoose vs. King Cobra: Indian Ocean Carrier Raid Apr42

Relatively fast, playable naval ship, air squadron, and land brigade scale game using dummies for fog of war. As many as 36 8-hour turns (12 days, but warships may not stay at sea for longer than 9 days). ca. 80 miles

2–3 players180 minages 8

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What is Mongoose vs. King Cobra: Indian Ocean Carrier Raid Apr42

Will the "mongeese" - 3 ... or 4? ... Eastern Fleet carriers - get close enough to launch their night attack torpedo bomber squadrons? Or will the 4-6 King Cobra Kido Butai's fleet carriers catch and slaughter them within their aircraft's long range in daytime like they did carrier Hermes and heavy cruisers Cornwall and (Bismarck veteran) Dorsetshire?

There is a quote of Churchill saying that the threat of losing (unsinkable aircraft carrier) Ceylon - and the Japanese gaining control of the Indian Ocean - was the most dangerous moment of the war, although (with hindsight) we now know the Japanese had decided not to invade.

Against all 4 Kongo class fast battleships, the British muster only minimally sufficiently fast Warspite, but then there are the 4 old wheezing R class battleships which have limited duration at sea and being slow would be easy meat ... and victory points ... unless *they* can somehow get within gunfire range of a (secret 50% possible) Japanese landing force's transports or a slowed, damaged carrier.

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