I have to concur with the others who have posted. A combined transport and infantry build for Japan on turn 1 is the way to go. If Russia took Manchuria on round 1, and if the UK executed the “Kwangtung Maneuver”, the only place left for Japan to build is Southeast Asia. While initially it MIGHT be safe (the US can take that factory using China and Sinkiang forces one time in 3, and later will threaten it with a southern island hoping fleet), it is too far from Russia to do any good, and forward progress against Russia proper is easilly blocked by Novosibirsk infantry units. Japan HAS to focus on gaining IPC’s in round 1 in order to sustain a transport invasion of Russia through the back door (Manchuria to Yakut to Novosibirsk to Russia). Also, as Japan builds a transport navy (protect by heavy naval forces that were NOT sacrificed against the US at Hawaii) the US has to garrison Alaska heavilly (that japanease transport fleet ferrying troops to Manchuria is a single move away from an all out invasion of Alaska too). That reduces the number of US dollars that can be spent on the European war, allowing Germany to maintain the frontal assault on Russia that eventually leads to Japan taking Russia. So for an opening move, Japan re-takes Manchuria, takes Australia, blasts the results of the Kwantung Maneuver (if executed) or takes China using air force and Kwantung infantry. If Japan still holds Manchuria, they assault Yakut and take it. If the UK builds in India, that simply takes more pressure off Germany and allows THEM to take Russia, aided by the threat floating through the Siberian lands… too far from India for UK to do a darn thing about. YAKUT is the key for Japan. Take it and hold it, you have one territory with all of your west-marching forces to defend it from the Russians, and you force Russia to try to defend TWO territories against your massing forces. The drain on Russia: defending Evenk AND Novosibirsk plus holding Karelia and the Caucuses with an income of only 20 or so IPC’s is FATAL, REGARDLESS of UK and US support. And with Russia gone, the Alllies WILL lose (economic victory is immediate on taking Russia, world domination only a few moves away)
Don Rae's strategy posted on this site
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Hi I’m new to A&A (but not to strategy gaming in general). Looking through many strategies on this site, Don Rae’s SOUNDED like he knew what he was talking about (I wouldn’t know…). He claims that for the most advanced players, the first few turns will always play out the same way because there is one absolute perfect way to play those opening moves. If this is true I would want to study the concepts he lays out in great detail. Anyone agree/disagree with what he says and why?
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I think it’s total BS. Mr. Rea sounds very convincing and seems to have a large body of evidence backing him up, but I sincerely doubt that any one opening move is perfect. That’s what makes the game great; you must balance the risks and yeilds for every play you make, becuase you cannot make any move without creating a point that can be explioted by your foes. You just need to find a way to limit retaliation for any given action. Many more experience players may disagree with me, but I think that as long as you keep all of these things in mind you won’t fall into deady, predicable, and boring sequences of play.
aint no need to hide, aint no need to run, 'cuase I got you in the sights of my gun.
-Led Zeppelin, How Many More Times[ This Message was edited by: bossk on 2002-03-07 15:23 ]
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Don Rae’s strats are sound, but do you really want to spend all your truns buying inf. and sticking to the same plan over and over. That doesn’t sound very fun. Besides, 1 ftr can be much more fun to play with than 3 inf. in between waiting for turns. :smile:
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Don’s strategies taught me how to play. If you go on past his first few turn playout (which is argueable), you get some very good information.
The entire site can be found here:
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Thanks Yanny, I was wondering where the rest of his essays were!
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Can we fix the link on the Strategies page? The old URL for Don’s essays is outdated.
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Gota ask Djensen for that, not my department, Hell, I really dont do much! Just moderate the message board, the rest is up to him.
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Are you and Djensen the only ones that run this site? Must be kinda tough.
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