Ha Woodstock, klinkt als een goed plan. Waar wonen jij en je broer?
ik ook ng broer en vriend die het graag spelen
ben wel van België, Brakel (zuiden v Oost-Vlaanderen)
Ow…da’s best een eind. Ici Hilversum. Maar ja…als het daar ook nog een beetje mooi is en je zet er een stel lekkere belgische biertjes tegenover…dan pakken we een keer een hotelletje en hop, spelen we het godganse weekend door :-P
Thread has been hijacked by the dutch! :mrgreen:
We will free this thread if Larry gives us the military power (we prefer the color orange) to defend our Royal Dutch East Indies.
If this is not done within 24 hours we - the holy dutch - will have to send our marines to WOTC! :evil:
Oh jeetje! Een Nederlandse invasie? Mag ik meedoen, mag ik meedoen, mag ik meedoen? :-)
Ik woon in Zaandam. Nog verder van België, maar wel dichtbij Hilversum!
On topic (and in English): I think invading the US is a big gamble. And the thing is you don’t gain a lot of income preparing for an assault against the US. You can get PHI and HAW for +8 IPC, but that’s it. While if you prepare for an invasion of AUS or IND you can take PHI, DEI, FIC etc and gain 20+ IPC.
I do buy subs to do convoy raiding (Alaska). It doesn’t do a lot of damage, but from there it can also threaten the west coast and they are back in Japan in one turn should the need arise. And if I can spare the trannies I also take the airbase islands from the US.
Hello Tavenier,
We only get invaded in every game, so sad.
Invading Germany, that would be a surprise attack nobody expects from the dutch…what about it?
To answer your question, sure yes you may maydoon! Zaandam is close enuff :lol:
Yep, the Dutch are always being invaded… But in Civ4 the Dutch are one of the best Civs to play! :-)
But this is getting to much off topic!
I think you could go and kill the US, but not without securing Australia, for example. You don’t want UK forces to be able to operate from ANZAC territory!
Fok. Zuid Limburg hier. Da’s nog een eind.
As for the topic: Kill USA first? Bad idea.
Dan woont de Vlaming denk ik nog dichterbij!
:-)
I admit the chances to be unsuccessful seem to be overwhelming in this strategy…
But, if you would try it, then you should go for it all the way. Meaning; neglect everything else - including Australia - and send all you got to USA.
If you succeed, there’s no problem recapturing everything Japan lost.
Once USA’s capital is taken, bringing UK and Anzac to their knees is just a matter of time…
en limburg is inderdaad een eind! Groet aan allemaal. :-D
we zullen soort Isle of Wight houden. Ik graaf jimi hendrix wel op :D
each case, an attack on the US must be postponed till after china is murdered and UK is contained, and Anzac eliminated (not that hard)
Although I think taking San Fransisco is going to be impossible with a competent allied player with normal dice rolls, I think it is possible to seriously screw with the US player. As long as you position yourself correctly, no matter which turn Japan decides to attack, they can take the Aleutians and Alaska. Although you will not be able to hold it, its a stalling action which forces the USA to divert resources away from Hawaii and Australia.
I had this situation pop-up by accident in a game.
The UK re-inforced China in turn one (I had some nice rolls as Japan). I had some trannies ready to try and slaughter ANZAC early for some cheap IPCs. As a lark, I sent a small force (4 inf, 2 tank, 2 artillery) to BC. The idea was to either defend and build a sea base (it’s only three spaces from Japan so it held easy reinforcement opportunities) or invade Western US as my opponent had focused on a navy.
I went with a lark and invaded. I whiffed the first round and lost all my FLBCs so I retreated. The US ate the remainder for desert.
That said, if you build up the trannies and if UK or ANZAC provoke Japan before the US war-economy, and the US hasn’t built up the land forces, this could work. I think you’d be better off landing an offensive force. Though you could reinforce from Japan I really don’t think it’s worth it. Take the factory or take defeat.
Hey EvilGardenGnome, can I call you EGG? Welcome to the forum.
Nice first post.
@Brain:
Hey EvilGardenGnome, can I call you EGG? Welcome to the forum.
Nice first post.
Hello and thanks. Yeah, call me EGG.
Don’t enjoy the post too much. We’re not finished the game yet and it looks like my slaughter in China is the only highlight for Japan. The Brits have rallied and the US is a bugger. Focusing on the navy is letting them pick off my fleet.
In the long run, I should have put some more units in Asia (maybe a factory) and ignored ANZAC until after the Brits were done.
Has anyone tried an invasion of Alaska, next turn land a lot of aircraft and more land units and then build a IC there?
That sounds nice but hard to implement. You are better off going after Hawaii. It is a better strategic place to go. Plus you can wipe out the forces on Hawaii with few losses. It just doesn’t seem like a good strategy imo.
But you can’t build an IC on HAW. And you can stall an attack by moving one inf to BC.
Has anyone tried an invasion of Alaska, next turn land a lot of aircraft and more land units and then build a IC there?
That may work in the global game, but not Pacific. Considering the resources you have to put into it I don’t see it lasting. The US can drop up to ten units a turn, while you’re stuck at three. That means you have to invest in planes or transports to keep up.
Add to this that the US forces are doing a huge favour to the Allies by tying down Japanese units (need to hold Alaska). This leaves a hole in Asia that the Brits are going to charge through. If you’re feeling magnanimous with the ANZAC forces, and why wouldn’t you be, you can put their money into a navy to cover some of the shortfall for the US harrying Alaska.
In the end, I don’t think it will bear fruit.
That said, if you get lucky and actually manage to take the Western US, it would be pretty hard to catch Japan.
