I strongly believe that an all against Japan can work, even if it might not be wise in any game. I’m not sure that it could not work here… hesitated some time before going for it. Should have waited US2 maybe; like I sometimes do. But I thought J1 was too good to have a chance to be countered after waiting. And I guess I dislike boring KGF too much to go for it (did that only once here ^^ ).
But obviously sz12 was just a killer… computed it once in a hurry at 55% for you, then stayed with my calculation in mind, and did not check again later on. After loosing Egypt, so badly, I just fought “that game is almost dead, a 40% of taking air while keeping a BB is good for me” ; obvioulsy not a less than 15%… I should have gone to Norway instead, and preserve russian troops closer to the fight.
But well played or not, not sure if I had a chance with these dices… at least I should have had time so that dices might have been better later on.
Conclusion : playing too fast is not good sometimes :p
I agree that an all out vs Japan can be effective, and I’m sure you’ve had good success with it, but it probably works beat with a coordinated effort by the allies and not just the USA right? I would think a certain amount of over extension by Japan and/or an inferior or soon to be inferior economic position vs the USA is also important. Otherwise you need the Japs to delay their response (as you can’t exactly sneak up on them with pacific builds) or make a mistake. IC placement is also a key factor. In our case, once i saw you build all pacific i built accordingly immediately for Japan and was confident I could contain USA efforts. It just seems to me that the turn order for the allies in 41 on the pacific is just really difficult.
yeah, us alone will not be effective. And that is only a long term strategy. You will not see the real effects before long. UK is the key to my mind for such a strategy ; you need to find the good compromise of the energy you send with them, between the south and the north. Which I made terribly badly in this one :p
Good game guys.
Congrats RD!
