I have not played Japan very often but I am not one to hit the US right off. I like to secure China and the DEI first. Cripple or take India and pressure the ANZAC’s is next while harrassing the US with landings in Alaska and the Philipeans. Alaska doesn’t really mean that much but most US palyers will not want Japanese forces in North America. Once Japan’s IPC level is up and I can build more capitol ships and planes, that is when I move to really hit the US fleet. An Aggressive US player will make this stratagy much harder to pull off though. the game I am currently playing, the Japan player did hit the Hawaiian fleet on round one and took it on round two. The US player has been so focused on the Japan player that the Italians have taken Brazil and the Germans have landed in the West Indies and convoy raided the east coast of the US. Britain has had no help and is barely hanging on. The round 1 DOW can work if you have the right kind of player in position. To give the US player credit, he has begun to make some better playes and is pushing back but he is having to regain alot of lost ground which really help the axis players be more aggressive.
Japan 1 Strategic advantage
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Has anybody ever played around with a J1 sneak attack advantage similar to original Pacific.
Maybe not quite as good as all defenders roll a 1 but maybe all defenders(excluding China and maybe a rule against Russia) roll at one point less. So men defend at a 1 tanks at a 2 etc.
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Japan chooses on territory that gets this defense penalty.
Any one else use a similar rule that works or does this upset the balance too much?
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Wouldn’t matter for me. I don’t attack anywhere besides China and sometimes USSR J1.
It’s usually J2, or if the Allies pull back, J3 when I strike.
I think that it should be the 1st round that Japan declares war.
And it should be all territories -1, or 1 territory all at 1.
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I was thinking that the sneak attack could be used up until the US enters the war on their own. So on J2 OR J3 since you have only been at war with China you could sneak attack US, ANZAC,UK…… Is it too much of an advantage for Japan?
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Too much.
One sneak attack before US enters war. On any enemy you choose, in any territory. It is only the first round of combat.
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Just to clarify, i don’t mean they can attack 3 times with that advantage, it is a one time thing, only they may choose to do it on J2 OR J3 provided they are not yet at war instead of first turn.
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Too much.
One sneak attack before US enters war. On any enemy you choose, in any territory. It is only the first round of combat.
Japanese Sneak Attack: Japan is allowed to use a sneak attack once, before the United States declares war, on any country that Japan can declare war against. In the first round of combat, all defending units roll at a “1”. This Sneak Attack must be used on the round that Japan declares war against the defending player, and must be declared after all combat moves are announced.
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