boardgamers.org/yearbook25/vip… The recap of the Victory in the Pacific event from the World Boardgaming Championships has been posted.

A Takao-class heavy cruiser deploying a smoke screen during an exercise. The smoke screen was created by incomplete combustion of heavy oil, so I imagine the smell was terrible.

Cool pics from Bryan Leshinskie on the VITP / War at Sea facebook group of VITP's "older sister" game and the custom miniatures set he's created for it to play at Cold Wars and at Historicon.

信濃もうすぐ完成！ちら見え格納庫が萌ポイントです❤

Not quite open to the public yet but they have done yeoman's work on the USS Texas....

Couple of weeks ago I posted how the VITP map has to warp from reality b/c the area is so large & Earth is round. Turns out a 2D image doesn't show the full extent of that effect, b/c it allows one to fit more detail around the edges. Used a globe instead. Now it really shows!

The 1944 Thanksgiving dinner menu for the Iowa class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Wisconsin, commissioned earlier that year, had entered the Pacific the previous month for her first combat tour. After traveling through the Panama Canal, Wisconsin would join the Pacific

機動部隊分散化がしきりとプッシュされるのは翔鶴型と隼鷹型は速度差からか統一運用が困難過ぎて、別々に利用せざるを得ないという面も動機の一つなんだろうか。

The hull of Japanese carrier Shokaku sliding into the water for the first time.

An underwater exploration team has reported successfully identifying the wreck of the heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39), sunk on August 9, 1942, during the Battle of Savo Island. Released ROV footage shows several key structures of the ship still recognizable, including the main

Heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland in Grand Harbour, Malta. That’s a fine looking ship. Built in 1926, she served through until 1958.

How's this for a Vanguard VITP/WAS counter (overlook my lousy photo-editing skills....)?

South Dakota-class fast battleship USS Indiana (BB-58) en route to attack Taroa Island airfield, Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands, on January 27, 1944. #History #WWII

Surrendered IJN escort vessels, Sept 1945.

El 2 de diciembre de 1941 llegó el acorazado británico HMS Prince Of Wales al puerto de Singapur. El navío que fungía como el buque insignia de la Royal Navy terminaría hundido unos días después por un ataque de la fuerza aérea japonesa.

1941年12月3日 開戦準備 重巡洋艦「愛宕」では総員集合が下令され、征戦祈願をするため愛宕神社の臨時大祭を行い、南方部隊の成功と武運長久を祈る。祈願終了後は艦長の訓示が行われ、最後に次のように結んだ。 「みんな、一緒に元気でやろうぜ」

Yokosuka Naval Yard flipping at the end of the optional "Turn 9" ... there's a reason it's not the most common variant, although getting to play with a couple of unique ships (Alaska & Shinano) is nice.

The port/starboard island concept is illustrated pretty well here. Not sure it gave much benefit, but there probably wasn't much downside either.

Naval might. The USS Arizona (BB-39) on maneuvers with USS Texas (BB-35) and USS Tennessee (BB-43) in the late 1930s. #PearlHarbor84

One of several RN (and French) ships that could have shown up on Turn 8 or Turn 9 in VITP but left out for play balance since most of their action was offboard until the non-existent Turn 10.