Converting to KJF

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam

The Carolines are the magic bullet to success in the Pacific.

Have u gone to to GH invitational?

No. FWIW, I think merging UK Pacific and Anzac changes the game too much.

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@marshmallowofwar

What he said.

Also, even if I was coming from Japan, I wouldn’t need to bring my carriers, just my fighters, and they’d fly right over that tiny destroyer :/

Awesome, now the US is blowing up Japanese planes without shielding.

Assuming you want to bring fleet, and assuming it’s in sea zone 6, the blocker wins – you can’t move and then declare war. Two blockers are needed if Japan is staging out of the Carolines. Fortunately for the US, it can see where the Japanese fleet is when it comes to move.

Marsh

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

You know Carl from gen con ? He basically wins the aa50 masters division

@marshmallowofwar said in Converting to KJF:

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@marshmallowofwar

What he said.

Also, even if I was coming from Japan, I wouldn’t need to bring my carriers, just my fighters, and they’d fly right over that tiny destroyer :/

Awesome, now the US is blowing up Japanese planes without shielding.

Assuming you want to bring fleet, and assuming it’s in sea zone 6, the blocker wins – you can’t move and then declare war. Two blockers are needed if Japan is staging out of the Carolines. Fortunately for the US, it can see where the Japanese fleet is when it comes to move.

Marsh

You CANNOT block Japan from Hawaii. If they are not at war, they can just sail there and sit. The US also doesnt have 3 spare ships to block and build in the atlantic and expect to keep Hawaii.

@squirecam

Yeah thats my only pet peave with grasshoppers version. I don’t mind the 2 combing together so much as I do that UK pacific goes before Japan on the turn system which I really disagree with since that doesn’t make for a balanced Pacific

@marshmallowofwar

One would think that but you won’t be taking off Japanese planes with a little something they have access to called cannon fodder. When I do my pearl harbor strikes I bring in a strategic bomber, 3 fighters, 3 tac bombers, 4 destroys and 2 subs, and yes I’ve playtested these odds against the entire starting Pacific fleet of America and the US fleet always gets obliterated.

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

You know Carl from gen con ? He basically wins the aa50 masters division

Yes thanks to my Japanese play. :)

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

You know Carl from gen con ? He basically wins the aa50 masters division

Yes thanks to my Japanese play. :)

Ha ha ha He plays in my group. Finally get to play as group in 2 weeks !

I really enjoyed playing aa50, to me the game isn’t too small yet not too big with just the right amount of units.

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

You know Carl from gen con ? He basically wins the aa50 masters division

Yes thanks to my Japanese play. :)

Ha ha ha He plays in my group. Finally get to play as group in 2 weeks !

Are you going to go?

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam
You going to the smaller gen con in June ? Carl’s going.

Yep planning on it.

You know Carl from gen con ? He basically wins the aa50 masters division

Yes thanks to my Japanese play. :)

Ha ha ha He plays in my group. Finally get to play as group in 2 weeks !

Are you going to go?

No. I don’t play any of those games.

Ryan Davidson and Chris civ from gurnee Ill also play at gen con and in my group.

Did play about 5 3G40 deluxe games. Was involved with that game for a bit. Other wise I only play 39 games and now my 41 game

@gen-manstein

Can you just decide which year the game starts in?

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@gen-manstein

Can you just decide which year the game starts in?

This serious question or u just funnin ?

Could try to come out with a 37 game !
Lol

@gen-manstein

Just jokin’ lol

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@marshmallowofwar

One would think that but you won’t be taking off Japanese planes with a little something they have access to called cannon fodder. When I do my pearl harbor strikes I bring in a strategic bomber, 3 fighters, 3 tac bombers, 4 destroys and 2 subs, and yes I’ve playtested these odds against the entire starting Pacific fleet of America and the US fleet always gets obliterated.

Well, at the risk of being offensive, duh.

The US has to rely on blockers early until its fleet can be moved forward without such protection. In the interim, it should reinforce Hawaii as possible. If Japan wants to take Hawaii early, it’ll be forced to defend it and won’t achieve victory.

Marsh

@marshmallowofwar

Like Squire said, blockers really aren’t a factor in this with Japan’s ability to control the diplomacy between them and the Allies, so blockers aren’t going to help you as America. More often than not players will consolidate their navy on the Hawaiian islands which in turn will have it destroyed, and if they dont move it there and leave it in San Francisco than I’m doing my job keeping you out of the Pacific and away from places like Sydney and the Money Islands. Japan won’t be taking Hawaii with ground forces early in the game. There’s absolutely no reason to do such a pointless action unless you were wanting to get that 5 IPC national objective for controlling Honolulu but other than that Japan doesn’t have to dedicate forces to keeping it, they only need to keep it in their sphere of influence.