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brian brian -> RE: AllenK vs Mayhemizer III: Oil be back. (10/19/2015 3:39:48 AM)
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notes from reading your whole AAR
1 thanks!
2 a German ally blew a gasket one time when my Italians scrapped their ATR bombers. I think he was right.
3 Courtenay is absolutely correct that Chengchow is the key to the ChiComm position. The Nationalists should defend it with 2 Armies, _and_ their infantry division in my opinion. If there is a lot of good weather in the N. Temperate on the first turn, Mao can be in trouble quickly, and Si-An is a major objective for the Japanese. So is Lan-Chow and the ChiComms are in a fragile state at start.
I see a lot MWiF players who defend the Han River line with the Nationalists but I can’t see any reason why. The Japanese can not advance through this area as there is no east-west rail link, and an advance on that axis leads nowhere anyway (follow the money - BPs and Resources) …
4 re: the pre-game discussion on France having no incentive to attack Germany in 1939 - many German players leave the upper Rhine somewhat undefended, figuring the Production Multiple boost will deter any French ideas of glory. This can lead to a major pain-in-the-rear for the Germans (Balkans). A strong Fall Gelb like this one doesn’t give the French that chance though. Also the historical Germans had I believe Manstein draw up some plans for Fall Gelb, but for October - after the fall of Warsaw. I don't think Hitler would have quite been able to order OKH to launch a new 2 front war before the new Blitzkrieg doctrines proved successful.
5 targeting loaded TRS or the Ark Royal with a pile of surprise points … tough, tough call. Centuur was probably more correct in this situation but I would probably pick the Ark Royal. It’s the Squad Leader player in me I guess. Royal Navy Morale Check! But I play for the conservative long game with a different Low Countries strategy anyway.
6 As the CW, I find the US Entry in 1939 more important than the chance to “Taranto/Pearl Harbor” the Italian TRS. Unless one sails through the Suez Canal, then the decision is automatic. Allied security in the Med goes up dramatically with a DOW on Italy (no surprise landings for the Axis) and one Italian TRS less.
7 I think a lot of MWiF players have never seen the cardboard chits for US Entry. It is quite striking to see all the 4 chits and the one 5 chit in the 1939 pool. This bullet point was generated by the Japanese aligning Siam in 1939 - much better to do it in 1940 when the US Entry pool gains a lot of 0 chits. I’m sure MWiF reports the % chance of the chits drawn by year. Players should study that well. 1940 is the year for the Axis to get things done like minor country alignments, etc. Ditto for the Allies.
8 I would have a hard time remembering to leave a unit on every captured blue factory to destroy it. We play that House Ruled to be automatic.
9 I’m not sure I would have aborted Russian SUBs to 2 different CW Major Ports. They will now sit there for a very long time and interfere with CW plans. The CW port in Borneo would have worked OK for this if the remaining Siberian ports were iced-in
10 … the Nationalists sitting north of Chang-Sha does give them something to do if Japan runs into issues elsewhere I guess. But Japan can absolutely be successful in China on the large map - they hold the strategic initiative - but they have to keep that initiative for themselves via their decisions, which is unrelated to the turn-by-turn game initiative.
But really if Russia becomes active then any discussion of how, what, why, where, when for Japan in China is a completely moot point. Holding the Imperial Guard in Reserve for this possibility and the glittering prize of Vladivostok is the best Japanese play; Russia can’t usually hold that. But afterwards, well, a great thing about World in Flames is it allows the players to see what happens for each side when they get involved in a land war in Manchuria…
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