Slitherine

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A quiet turn...the KB and his BBs are on station just one hex north of Russell Island. No signs of bombardment runs. No base sweeping this turn...very strange.

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ORIGINAL: Alfred

GreyJoy,

Not for the first time you have been given inaccurate advice.

Putting aside the victory conditions attached to the game, any Japanese player who survives until 1946 is entitled to consider that they have actually won the game irrespective of what the somewhat arbitrary use of VPs might signify.

Alfred

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ORIGINAL: crsutton

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ORIGINAL: Alfred

GreyJoy,

Not for the first time you have been given inaccurate advice.

Putting aside the victory conditions attached to the game, any Japanese player who survives until 1946 is entitled to consider that they have actually won the game irrespective of what the somewhat arbitrary use of VPs might signify.

Alfred

Not in scen #2. Greyjoy is a first timer, playing a scenario greatly weighted to to the Japanese player especially when the Japanese player is a top tier player. The mere fact that he avoided AV in 1942 is in my opinion already a decisive victory for him. It won't make much of a difference to me what the final victory result is. I will let him know if I think he won or not....

Look at his losses so far and his position. Inaccurate advice would be for the rest of us to push him into trying the near impossible and get his ass handed to him.

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ORIGINAL: Alfred

GreyJoy,

Not for the first time you have been given inaccurate advice.

If the game continues into 1946, from a victory determination perspective, two factors will come into play.

1. If the game ends due to reaching the end date, IOW no side has achieved a 2:1 auto victory, then the absolutely best result which an Allied player can achieve is a DRAW. A Japanese minor victory would be very much on the cards and even a major Japanese victory could be the result.

2. If the Allied player achieves an auto victory (ie 2:1 result) any time after 31 August 1945, the absolute best result possible is a MINOR victory. Again a draw would be a distinct possibility and even a Japanese minor victory might arise.

Putting aside the victory conditions attached to the game, any Japanese player who survives until 1946 is entitled to consider that they have actually won the game irrespective of what the somewhat arbitrary use of VPs might signify.

Alfred

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ORIGINAL: dekwik

That's not to say that time ISN'T on your side, but the allies have to pick up the tempo eventually.

If I was Rader I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be leaving those 6 (?) divisions on Tulagi to wither on the vine. You can count on that invasion happening soon. I'm not sure you can count on more invasion aggression than that though. Other than killing a few more "dog faces and bone heads" (and there's many many more on the way) he just becomes deeper invested. If I was him I'd be feeling like it's time to dig in- pretty much everywhere. The more "noise" he can make in the Solomons in the next 3 months while actually pulling his troops back a bit, the better for Japan.

The KB is destined to die at the hands of Allied Fleet CV's. Just possibly, it gets bombed to a wreck in port in late '45, but then that's a great Japanese result. Nobody would advise you to pursue the KB within a hot search area, with numerous enemy bases, LBA etc. If you don't feel assured of an even exchange or better, then that's a bad idea. But at some point, and I think sooner than later (Essex class coming soon) you should still consider the option of taking on the KB. Any time you can deliver 350 allied attack planes at within 300 miles of the KB, the Japanese fleet CV's are going to take major losses. The worst allied results seem to occur when the Admiral is trying to AVOID combat.

Having said that, I agree the fleet in being has a lot of value too. If you think Rader is audacious enough to raid Sydney again (and I think he is!) maybe there's a less obvious Port to disband the allied CVs in? There's no great reason to be in Sydney unless you're repairing-upgrading.

Just another 2 cents.....