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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/26/2015 12:59:25 AM)

Turn 20. Nov/Dec 1942. Nazi-Soviet Pact.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:01:38 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Weather and Actions.

Short, brutal winter turn.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:02:44 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Geo-Political Map.

Note, the top map is control by country. The bottom map shows units by country. Each hex on the regular map is represented by a pixel on the bottom map. Non-white pixels show the "hexes" that units occupy.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:06:03 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Victory Points.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:07:48 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1942. Destroyed & Repair Pools.

The USN managed to sink the lone Japanese carrier, the Akagi, that return to action this turn (in the China Sea).

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:09:50 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Sea Areas.

The Western Allies finally managed to sweep the Japanese from the South China Sea and keep them out at the end of the turn.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:14:57 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Japanese Captured Oil in the Dutch East Indies Blocked.

The net result for the Japanese of not having any SCS or CPs in the South China Sea was that Japan did not have access to the captured Dutch East Indies oil for reorganization. The only oil they did have available for reorganization was 1 oil point from their synth oil facility.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:16:50 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. China Sea. USN Surprises the IJN.

In the China Sea the USN managed to find and surprise the Japanese navy. The USN choose to isolate Japan's remaining aircraft carrier, the Akagi and their convoys.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:20:24 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. China Sea. Naval Battle.

The USN succeeded in sinking the Akagi but managed to only sink one CP and force a second to abort. The USN lost contact with the Japanese after this initial round and the one-side naval combat ended.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:21:54 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. CP Losses.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:23:50 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Land Combat. Canton China.

The Nationalist Chinese (literally) decided that this was a good time to roll the dice and made a low odds attack to take Canton, China. They failed but did manage to destroy a Japanese marine division.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:27:55 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Canton China.

A division that the Japanese were able to "replace" from an adjacent stack.

With the optional rule Chinese attack weakness, it's going to be a long struggle for the Nationalist to dislodge the Japanese from Canton and Hong Kong. In reality, probably the only way this is going to happen is for the USN to completely knock the Japanese navy out of the China Sea, and South China Sea, which would put these troops out of supply. Then, the attack might succeed if the USA is successful is disorganizing these troops. Really, I see no other way, so it may take some time. Oh, and don't forgot about the weather too. All this works probably only in fine weather in the North Monsoon.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:29:05 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Japan. China Sea.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:33:31 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Iraq. Persia.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:35:43 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Sardinia. Western Med. Italian Coast.

The Germans managed to reinforce Cagliari with a 5-3 MIL, making the conquest of Sardinia just that much harder for the Western Allies.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:37:28 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Trade.

France stopped it's one traded oil with the CW because France was down to 1 saved oil point.

France up its non-oil "traded" resources with the USA from 2 to 4.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:40:23 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. France. Use Oil.

However, there was a mix up with the supposedly 4 non-oil resources "traded", really given, to the USA. One of the four was the oil resource that was being sent to the CW but was stopped in order for France to build up its oil stockpile. A royal mix up that must be corrected next turn.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:44:46 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. USA. Final Production.

There was another mix up concerning the 4 traded French resources. The western allies failed to properly account for the convoying of all four resources. The result was that all four did make it to the USA but only 2 of the 3 traded BP's from the USA to the CW made it.

In the +BP column of this turn economic report, the CW will still show a +3BP's, but 1 of those 3 is from a build point that the CW saved last turn.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:48:56 AM)

Turn 21. Jan/Feb 1943. Economic Reports.

1. Germany, Italy and the CW all got a production multiplier bump from 1.25 to 1.5.

2. The Soviets got a bump from 1 to 1.5!

3. Both Germany and Japan lost 1 PP to strategic bombing. Japan loss came from Chinese bombers. The loss of 1 PP directly translated in the loss of only 1 BP for Germany and Japan due to rounding.

4. The USA and Soviet oil stockpiles are growing.

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Courtenay -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 11:45:08 AM)

I am surprised that neither Russia nor Germany declared war on the other. Both can, according to your garrison report, and I would think it advantageous for one side or the other to be at war. Also, because of the surprise rules, it is far better to declare war than to have war declared on you, so, even if you don't want to go to war, if you think your opponent will, declare war.

I find waiting for good weather in this situation to be a bad idea. If I do, my opponent always goes first in the critical turn and declare war on me first. Always. I think there is a rule somewhere requiring this. [:)]



rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 3:28:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

I am surprised that neither Russia nor Germany declared war on the other. Both can, according to your garrison report, and I would think it advantageous for one side or the other to be at war. Also, because of the surprise rules, it is far better to declare war than to have war declared on you, so, even if you don't want to go to war, if you think your opponent will, declare war.

I find waiting for good weather in this situation to be a bad idea. If I do, my opponent always goes first in the critical turn and declare war on me first. Always. I think there is a rule somewhere requiring this. [:)]

I've decide that whoever moves first on the May/June 1943 turn gets to DOW the other. The axis will either have a +2 or +1 advantage depending on whether or not they move last in this current (Mar/Apr 1943) turn, but will lose ties. However, the axis do have the advantage of a reroll (if necessary) while the allies don't.

The decision to DOW will be made regardless of weather. All that remains is to see which side gets to DOW.



Courtenay -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 7:24:49 PM)


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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

I am surprised that neither Russia nor Germany declared war on the other. Both can, according to your garrison report, and I would think it advantageous for one side or the other to be at war. Also, because of the surprise rules, it is far better to declare war than to have war declared on you, so, even if you don't want to go to war, if you think your opponent will, declare war.

I find waiting for good weather in this situation to be a bad idea. If I do, my opponent always goes first in the critical turn and declare war on me first. Always. I think there is a rule somewhere requiring this. [:)]

I've decide that whoever moves first on the May/June 1943 turn gets to DOW the other. The axis will either have a +2 or +1 advantage depending on whether or not they move last in this current (Mar/Apr 1943) turn, but will lose ties. However, the axis do have the advantage of a reroll (if necessary) while the allies don't.

The decision to DOW will be made regardless of weather. All that remains is to see which side gets to DOW.

But why on earth would the Soviets want this? If I were told that this was my opponent's strategy, as the Soviet Union I would declare war M/A, so that I would not be hit by a surprise impulse. Surprise impulses are bad. Avoid them if at all possible. Here it is easy to avoid. Based on the garrison values, there are a lot of Soviet units near the border, just asking to be ground struck. Don't let this happen.



Centuur -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 8:20:28 PM)

Agreed. If both sides can break the pact, the side which first was capable to DoW the other, should have done so immediately. It is better to preserve ones own forces than to wait for the chance of a surprise impulse during good weather.



rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 11:39:01 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Courtenay


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ORIGINAL: rkr1958

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ORIGINAL: Courtenay

I am surprised that neither Russia nor Germany declared war on the other. Both can, according to your garrison report, and I would think it advantageous for one side or the other to be at war. Also, because of the surprise rules, it is far better to declare war than to have war declared on you, so, even if you don't want to go to war, if you think your opponent will, declare war.

I find waiting for good weather in this situation to be a bad idea. If I do, my opponent always goes first in the critical turn and declare war on me first. Always. I think there is a rule somewhere requiring this. [:)]

I've decide that whoever moves first on the May/June 1943 turn gets to DOW the other. The axis will either have a +2 or +1 advantage depending on whether or not they move last in this current (Mar/Apr 1943) turn, but will lose ties. However, the axis do have the advantage of a reroll (if necessary) while the allies don't.

The decision to DOW will be made regardless of weather. All that remains is to see which side gets to DOW.

But why on earth would the Soviets want this? If I were told that this was my opponent's strategy, as the Soviet Union I would declare war M/A, so that I would not be hit by a surprise impulse. Surprise impulses are bad. Avoid them if at all possible. Here it is easy to avoid. Based on the garrison values, there are a lot of Soviet units near the border, just asking to be ground struck. Don't let this happen.
The problem is that I've been playing solitaire so it's hard to "surprise" myself with this DOW.

In this, my alternate version of WW-2 both the Germans and Soviets have made use of the uneasy peace between them to build up their war machine and to better their chance of victory. In effect they've been playing a game of chicken with each other.

So I decided that this game of chicken will end on the first impulse of the May/June 1943 turn. Whoever wins that initiative gets to the DOW the other and have the surprise impulse.

Both the Germans and the Soviets have monster armies and air forces facing each other and this is going to be a heavyweight slugfest from the start no matter who gets the surprise impulse. This also means that the air, naval and submarine war that the Germans and Italians have been waging against the Western Allies (US, CW and France) will greatly curtailed by all this. Something that the Western Allies are certainly looking forward too.

I think this game is the opposite of the "Everyone into the pool! " discussion that's been going on in http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3967554

But, I must admit it's been a blast focusing on the naval war and building up the Germans and Soviets armies and air forces to massive levels. Now I think it'll be interesting to see what happens when they collide.



brian brian -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/27/2015 11:50:23 PM)

There is a name for this type of struggle on the Eastern Front when playing World in Flames: "Sitzkrieg"



rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/28/2015 12:10:10 AM)

Turn 22. Mar/Apr 1943. Weather. Actions.

There's an old saying that goes something like this, "March comes in like a lion but leaves as a lamb". That saying wasn't true for this turn. For this turn, March came in like a lion that grew in ferocity throughout March and April.

The weather complicated naval, land and air operations worldwide this turn.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/28/2015 12:16:58 AM)

Turn 22. Mar/Apr 1943. Sea Areas.

USA and Great Britain did manage to clear the Japanese navies and convoys in the South China and China Seas on their first impulse (Allied #3). Japan on their following impulse (axis #5), move one CP to both the China and South China Seas. The allies quickly dispatched the lone CP sent to the South China Sea. However, three attempts by the allies to find and sink the lone CP operating in the China Sea failed! This was significant because the Nationalist Chinese had a very good chance to take Canton, China, especially is supply had been broken. That is, the lone Japanese CP in the China Sea was supplying the defenders of Canton, two of which the USN had disorganized.

Even with the defenders in supply, the Nationalist Chinese tried their luck on an assault on Canton.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/28/2015 12:19:05 AM)

Turn 22. Mar/Apr 1942. Land Combat. Canton, China. Sasebo, Japan.

The Nationalist came close again to taking Canton. If only supply had been broken this attack would have succeeded.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/28/2015 12:21:59 AM)

Turn 22. Mar/Apr 1943. Canton, China. South China Sea. Philippines.

The Japanese, again, replaced the division lost in Canton by drawing from an adjacent stack.

Though I knew, this game has reinforced how strategic the major naval base at Manila in the Philippines is for the allies.

As the Japanese player, I won't make the mistake again of not taking the Philippines.

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rkr1958 -> RE: Global War: Japanese Aggression (11/28/2015 12:32:03 AM)

Turn 22. Mar/Apr 1943. Destroyed and Repair Pools.

Though the Japanese lost 5 CPs this turn to the allies, they did manage to keep 1 alive in the China Sea.

Also, the Japanese weren't the only ones to lose CPs, the Western Allies did to Italian and German subs off Cape St. Vincent. CPs that the allies replace but still it's a pain to have to do so.

When the war between Germany and the Soviets finally does start, the Germans won't have the time to devote to going after allied convoys that they do now. Not to mention challenging the CW for control of the North Sea.

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