Played Our First Game Tonight

[Army of Northern Virginia]

@IMS:

I paid $67 u.s dollars

Are you in the US?

[WILD BILL]

Hawaii would be dicey.
I was thinking maybe hit Phil J1 on your way to India. It would bring US in US1, but you can kill $42 worth of US units on Phil, get a NO bonus $5 (and US looses theirs) also set the stage to take the rest of the $ islands rd #2 (giving you NO bonuses and taking them away from the allies). You also push hard into Asia/China rd #! & #2. J3 destroy trapped UK fleet and 1-2 punch India. You’ll also be getting some NB along the way. With your back door closed now you can focus on a growing Anzac, and a monster USA.

You could skip hitting Phil on your way to India, but those air units will come back to haunt you!

[Driel310]

Wild Bill, it’s not only the Phillippines you can take on J1, but you can also crush the UK BB+2 transports of the coast of Malaya with ease (3 bombers, 1 ftr will do the trick). Those two attacks alone make it worthwhile giving USA 35 IPC extra (40 IPC minus 5 from the NO).  :wink:

[IMS]

Are you in the US?

Yes, Pennsylvania

[Army of Northern Virginia]

$67 = £42

I can’t understand why the cheapest I’ve seen it in the UK is £57 which is $96.

[shohoku201]

Come to think of it, I don’t think Japan can take Hawaii on J1 with at most a landing force of 3 infantry and 2 artillery.

On J1, Attacking Phillippines and destroying the destroyer, transport, 2 infantry, fighter, bomber and attacking sea zone 37 and destroying the battleship, and 2 transports seems to be the logical choices.

[Driel310]

Yup, and you also attack Kwangtung, the Chinese and land your bombers + ftrs on Shan State so you have India locked up unable to buy fleet.  :wink:

[gtg21]

@Army:

$67 = £42

I can’t understand why the cheapest I’ve seen it in the UK is £57 which is $96.

Doesnt work like that - overseas pricing is never matched 1 to 1 on a conversion rate basis.

Just try to feel fortunate its not £67, which more often than not is exactly what some retailers would do!

Im assuming your an ex-pat, right?  If so, maybe have someone from home buy it in the US and then ship it to you.

[Army of Northern Virginia]

Doesnt work like that - overseas pricing is never matched 1 to 1 on a conversion rate basis.

True, but I was judging the price by the price for Anniversary (and other A&A) games. Anniversary was £50 over here, so I can’t see why it should be any more for Pacific.

Im assuming your an ex-pat, right?  If so, maybe have someone from home buy it in the US and then ship it to you.

No, my avatar (and name) may be deceptive - I’m a Brit.

[Guest]

@Army:

Doesnt work like that - overseas pricing is never matched 1 to 1 on a conversion rate basis.

True, but I was judging the price by the price for Anniversary (and other A&A) games. Anniversary was £50 over here, so I can’t see why it should be any more for Pacific.

Im assuming your an ex-pat, right?  If so, maybe have someone from home buy it in the US and then ship it to you.

No, my avatar (and name) may be deceptive - I’m a Brit.

A Brit who is interested in the American Civil War?

[Omega]

Why not?

I’m a Chinese Canadian interested in Napoleonic war

[Guest]

@Omega:

Why not?

I’m a Chinese Canadian interested in Napoleonic war

Is that opposite of a french Canadian whose interested in the Chinese Civil War. :-D

[Omega]

Well, I am a French Chinese Canadian if you want :D

Its 2:30 and I’m still awake. Must study for my exam

[mohare6]

It seems like there’s little reason for japan to wait to attack since the uk and Anzac can start to get ipc’s from the east indies if the Japanese don’t take them on r1. Has anyone found it to be very advantageous to wait to attack as japan? If not then why not have the game start  in 1941

[tloger]

My thoughts exactly.  I feel if you tip toe with Japan you have to make up too much ground with the commonwealth’s transports sacrificing themselves on the Dutch Isles, this will give you problems.  My first few turns with Japan I loaded up on Carriers since a large scale war with the US is inevitable.  You already have the airpower, might as well exploit it all across the Pacific.  Also, since the game came with 8 Jap carriers it seemed the game was designed to lean that way.

[Omega]

I think the reason the game is set at 1940 is to give the players another option in the game. If I’m correct, most of the AA are set at 1941-1942. 1940 will place the players into a new setup.

Now, Japan CAN attack UK/Anzac if she wants. She can also attack USA! Nothing prevents her from doing so, except being at war with everyone!!! For most of us, since we are “dedicated” players, we forget about the fun part of these games. For a normal player, a game like AA50 will be balanced because they will play casually, without the “optimal” strategies.

The decision that Larry offers us with this setup is very very interesting. I hope that there aren’t one better route than another. (So that the game offers even more options) Some of us might already be making calculations on IPC losses to the allies, IPC gained for Japan VS IPC gained from USA. This could be interesting. But until something as “optimal” strategies are discovered, I think it is safe to say that we need to give this game a chance.

Robert

[Omega]

Inevitably, Japan must dedicate a lot of her ressources into fighting or holding USA. Question is : Can she do so early in the game? Or does she needs some extra IPC from a defeated China?

[tarkonis]

@Army:

@General:

@Lozmoid:

I’m still waiting for a phone call from my local game store! I’m in UK and I believe it has been released today. Absolutely champing at the bit for this title. Will post again as soon as I’ve picked up my copy… :|

where did you get it if you dont mind me asking.  im from UK had to import it.

I too am curious about that. Also, what price are people paying? It seems to be pricier than Anniversary, even though it should be the same.

Lozmoid can you answer this question please :)

[bigopfer]

@Omega:

Inevitably, Japan must dedicate a lot of her ressources into fighting or holding USA. Question is : Can she do so early in the game? Or does she needs some extra IPC from a defeated China?

Ok, two games played now, neither finished but each about 7-8 rounds, 4-6 hours. In both games, Japan has failed to completely take China. In one game Japan attacked allies on J3, took bonuses away, took burma road for only 1 turn, ended up getting pushed back by china and UK, kept US in check though.

In the other game Japan almost took China, had Burma road on J1 and J2, with lots of land units holding it, but Britian rode in and destroyed all the ground forces Japan had on UK2 (so UK and Anzac declared war before Japan) and it set them back big time, and China came back. UK was getting bombed to death in later rounds, but Japan was also gettingbombed to death by USA (1 minor IC in Hong Kong, 1 minor IC in Shanghai, and then in Tokyo). USA was closing in on Japan in that game.

This game looks hard for Japan to win, imo. But I think its awesome having to plan for who would declare war on who first.

[Army of Northern Virginia]

A Brit who is interested in the American Civil War?

Yes indeed. Interested in lots of wars. I tend to be more interested in the ‘losing’ side, though. I don’t know why. I’m also interested in wars in which the smaller side wins the most (Frederick the Great).

Lozmoid can you answer this question please :)

Loz said that his local game store are charging £75. How much are you paying from the States GC, and how much is shipping?

Do we know whether the merged game will have the possibility of different starting dates like anniversary?