ckammp
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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy Before we crown anyone anything, praise audacity or cast aspersions on strategic foresight, I'd suggest we see how this turns out. We've seen exactly one turn-we don't know how this is going to end up. If the IJ wins, kudos. If it loses, the IJ is crippled for the rest of the game and, so sorry, sure hope that he sticks with the inevitable early spanking administered by the allies. No quitting because the dangerous gamble didn't pan out. With the Southern transport routes available to the Allies, quite frankly, I'm underwhelmed about the primacy of Pearl Harbor in AE. I think the Allies can carry on effectively without. Oh sure, it'll be a bit of a pain rerouting everything to Tahiti and points South, but it can be done. I suspect the importance of Pearl Harbor in this particular game is not for strategic or tactical reasons, but rather operational reasons. In other words - it's worth a LOT of points. The base itself is worth 3000 VP to Japan. Add in all the BBs and other ships, plus the LCUs, and you've got quite a haul for Japan. The Japanese player seems to be going for an early knock-out blow. If, as I further suspect, the Japanese player has already captured Singapore and Manila, then this game will be over on 1 Jan 43. Unless the Allied player somehow manages to sink the entire IJN before that date.
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