Lokasenna
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Joined: 3/3/2012 From: Iowan in MD/DC Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Lowpe In my game versus Jocke, I picked up from Olorin after a masterful opening. To say he ignored Japanese strategic objectives is to miss the boat completely. The SRA was conquered as was Magwe. And conquered very early and on a ruthless time schedule. There are now 2 games that I know of, in pbem currently, where Pearl has fallen. 2 out of how many? Nobody that I am aware of has taken all of India. I can think of several where the invasion of Pearl lost the game for Japan, and not all that far back in history Pearl was deemed invincible. I think Pearl and N. America are both the Olorin pickup by you, right? Been following that AAR, far from over, quite exciting actually, I look forward to almost daily reading and posts. You are playing the Japanese side. But it was quite the opening! Only 2 Japanese auto victories!? Doesn't sound very likely then. Even with Olorins great opening, may still not happen. So, 2 out of countless games, doesn't seem that far fetched. Take a few key decisions in the actual war, and, a remove a little luck at Midway (and a bad radio), and, the war (while it would have had the same ending) could have had quite a different timetable. Only takes a few key decisions here or there and the war could have been drastically changed. Either direction. So, a better Japanese game player should be able to outdo a weak Allied player. And vice versa. Nothing wrong with that. When I bought the game, I thought it was important that each side had a roughly equal chance of "winning", being defined as the official rule victory. The more I read and play, I don't think so any more. It's about the game and enjoyment, not, some victory condition. I definitely agree with the comments and advice given to discuss the objectives and goals of playing the game via PBEM with the opponent beforehand, agree on some rules, etc. Before I ever play a campaign, I will spend a lot of time on this to make sure we are aligned. As they said, who would want to pay for years only to have one player quite over a disagreement. And, while I would always be a Jap player, I sure understand how it's bad for the Allied player when his side gets demolished for a while, and then the other guy quits before the Allied player can have his fun! Only 2 because what happens instead is the Allied player throws in the towel, giving it up as inevitable.
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