I’m getting sick of people saying that this game is unwinnable as the allies, what bollocks! Yes japan can take India and China without much trouble but getting to Australia and other places will be quite hard if the US player moves his starting pieces effectively. Also the US player cannot waste money on troops and transports early, they must build Carriers and planes like crazy, with a sprinkling of destroyers to combat subs. If you take the seas you can choke Japan’s economy by bloking convoy routes. You must do this if you want to win the game, don’t piss around with land forces until you ahnilate their navy and own the ocean.
This is a very nice review of your game. Thanks for sharing. It appears to me your questions have all been answered.
I am curious how folks are playing China. Are they turtling up to protect the Flying Tigers or are they acting with some aggression? Second, are folks buying lots of boots in India and sending them toward Burma along with their AA gun? I suspect a strategy aimed at resisting Japanese occupation as long as possible will help and aggression by the Allies is ill advised.
One feature I find disappointing is that the ANZAC fellows have a hard time building up a worthy fighting force. It is even too expensive to buy a single destroyer to sacrifice in a “destroyer stall” move. Yes, I know ANZAC makes 10 IPC and a DD is only 8 IPC. I’m just saying ANZAC can’t afford to lose 8 IPC except in the most dire situation where the US is coming to the rescue.
This section of the Board is getting quite a bit of action this month.
Thanks for the write up it was very nice to read someone Else’s experience on their first full game. I played a half game already and enjoyed it very much. Its like going to from light speed to ludicrous speed :-D (without hitting the emergency brake and denting your helmet) :lol: Cant wait to play the full version this summer!
Update: Japan is very strong. Japan going straight for India is difficult to manage for the allies. I’m currently trying to formulate an effective defense. Everyone to Mali with a minor IC? Is India the new USSR and go all infantry?
Yes, Japan is very strong, but we are starting to develop Allied counters. A lot of Allied strategy depends on when Japan attacks. Either the US or the UK will be bigger players depending if they attack early or late IME.
The primary thing for the US is the San Fran/Pearl/Australia/DEI chain. Keep that flowing and Japan will have a tough time. The Anzacs can also easily threaten the DEI (1 move from the Aussie naval base). This leads to 1-2 punches where the US clears out a Japanese cover force and the Anzacs sprint in for a quick invasion of one (or more) of the islands.
The UK depends completely on what Japan does. Japan has the capacity to corner and kill the Brit fleet fairly easily, but doing so will swing them totally out of position to oppose US/Anzac raids on the DEI. If Japan does come for the RN, your goal is to pull them all the way over to India. Dont oblige the Japanese by coming out to fight. If the Japanese wait for a few turns, I think minimal fleet additions (DDs for screening, SSs for spreading out Japanese DDs) are OK but yeah, for the most part it’s massive of conscripted Indian troops. You have plenty of planes to give offensive firepower.
We’ve also taken to having the Brits bring the AA gun with them (it’s like the Ark of the Covenant or something - the Japanese are afraid to attack it! :p ). This discourages Japanese attacks of a few troops and 8-10 planes. They can still do it, but it might be costly!
i have played about 7 games so far with each other alternating as axis or allies…
score Allies 4 Japan 3
my record 5 wind 2 losses…
oh well nobody’s prefect…oh i mean perfect
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- Does Sea Zone 5 connect to Korea?
Yes.
Correction: Sea zone 5 does not connect to Korea. This is a map mistake, and it will be corrected in the errata.
Correction: Sea zone 5 does not connect to Korea. This is a map mistake, and it will be corrected in the errata.
So you tell me that I buy a $ 100 game, and actually need to take a pencil and correct my $ 100 map ?
Correction: Sea zone 5 does not connect to Korea. This is a map mistake, and it will be corrected in the errata.
So you tell me that I buy a $ 100 game, and actually need to take a pencil and correct my $ 100 map ?
But, on the bright side, WOTC is now selling pencils. For $100.
Is it a game breaker to leave it connected to Korea?
IE, I’d just assume leave my nicely printed map as is.
I think it was obvious that it was a misprint on the map. There is only a little snippet, the second I saw it I knew that was not right.
