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Q-Ball -> Final Thoughts (9/10/2009 10:21:25 PM)
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This game is CLOSED, and I'll write a quick obit, as the Allies gave us their password, allowing us to check things out.
Steve and Paul played a good game, and admitted that they felt they had a big hole to dig out of to get back into this one. I can't disagree with that. I will summarize where I think it sat at the end:
COLD BAY: This was certainly developing into an Allied disaster. The troops on Cold Bay had good supplies, and would not have crumbled easily, but there wasn't a solid way for them to be reinforced or resupplied. Once winter hit, I think they would have deterioriated quickly. This was shaping up to be a major capture for us.
PHILLIPINES: These troops were also on the ropes; Bataan was about to fall, and Manila was at Zero supplies. I think this would have netted us more VPs.
BOMBAY: I was surprised there were so many supplies here: Over 360,000!!!!! So much for starving it out. That despite no supply convoys for 3 months, and lots of bombing. Yikes!
Given that, not sure if Bombay would have fallen, I bet against it. That, plus Steve was on the verge of getting Spitfires to Karachi, which would have been a problem, as that would allow 4Es to become active in India. Overall, we probably had reached our zenith there.
ELSEWHERE: The end of the game in 10/5/42 found us in control of:
Aleutian Islands, up to and including Cold Bay
Wake, Marshalls, Line Islands, Canton, Walls Is, Fiji, New Zealand, New Hebrides, Solomons and NG, Northern Australia except for Darwin, all of India except Karachi and Bombay.
They were planning a move to New Zealand, but that would be delayed until CV support. Taking New Zealand was really a problem for them, as it cut off Australia.
Our finishing VP was 4.33 to 1. It is difficult to sustain a 4 to 1 pace in VPs, I think we would have JUST made Auto-Victory based upon the capture of Manila (1200 pts), and all the troops in the PI, plus all the troops in Cold Bay.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and I'll be seeing everyone in AE!
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