1. Large economy
2. Biggest room for error
3. Small chance of major battles around VCs (Unless Japan plays Kill America First)
@The:
A strategy employed to annoy the USA is to land units in Alaska and take the pressure of Germany so they can take Moscow. But why not take this one step further and focus on taking LA/San Fran?
This is an alternate Japanese strategy to that of the Moscow/Berlin race that is seen in most games. This could be taken over to global '40 but it would be a lot harder to preform. Also could be used for spring '42.
For this strategy to be implemented you will need to following things to have happened:
Here is the standard move for J1 on this strategy:
India capture with inf in FIC and Shanghai transport used to move inf from Shanghai to FIC and air support.
Move 2 inf from Japan to Shanghai with sz60 tran.
Build:
2 inf 6 Ipc
2 Art 8 ipc
2 Trab 16 ipc
total 30 ipc
Earned 33 Ipc
J2
Shanghai tran that will be close to FIC moved to sz 61 and move 2inf from Japan to Manchuria and move them into Shanghai.
You will have in:
Shanghai: 5 inf
Japan: 2inf, 3art,1 arm, 1 Bmr and maybe 1 fighter
India, FIC, Manchuria 2-3 inf and maybe 1 fighter in each
Build:
same as J1
Ipc earned 33 left over from buy 3 total 36
J3
Take china with air support 2-3 fighters and 5 inf in Shanghai
Only if no SU forces in it and 2-3 inf plus fighter in it.
Build
Same as J1
at the end of this turn you should have:
Japan: 4inf, 5art, 1arm
SZ60: 1bb, 6 tran
J4 this is the important turn
Invade Alaska with 3 tran carrying 1 inf + 1art each. Use your BB bombardment to kill the inf. If Alaska has to large a force in it use all 6 tran and take all units out of Japan or use your trans to shuck units onto the mainland and push for Moscow. You shoudn’t have to do this as Britain and the USA will be focussed on taking Berlin and preforming D-DAY.
After you have taken Alaska you will be earning 37 IPC per turn.
You have 36 IPC to spend
Buy
3 inf 9
2 art 8
2 tran 16
total 33
end turn IPC total 40
Japan: 4 INF, 4 ART, 1 ARM
SZ60: 5 tran
Alaska: 3 INF, 3 ART
SZ 63: 1 BB, 3 TRAN
J5
4 TRANS shuck 4 inf + art to Alaska
3 trans in sz63 return to sz 60
Build
4INF, 4 ART
12 ipc to do what you want with
earn the 37 plus what you didn’t spend
J6
same as J5 build and move 4art+inf to Alaska
Move 4 tran back to sz60 from 63
J7…
same as J6
when you have a big enough force probably J6 move units into Eastern canada. Every NCM move units that landed in Alaska to EC and strike at LA and place build units into there and try and hold from the American counter. If succesful build up your force and strike at Washington. Even without taking Washington you will win as the US forces will be trying to take LA back from you and with Calcutta and LA under your control if you and Germany have lost no VC’s you have 8 if Germany take Lenningrad or Moscow you win if Playing LHTR. If not and going for 10 vc’s Germany should be able to take Moscow and win. If playing 12 you will attack Washington and Germany will attack London. You should still win with both of you sending forces through the former SU and through Africa to collect IPC for yourselves and take them from UK.
This seems easy in concept but is hard to pull off but if successful you will win easily. Because of its diffuclty to be successful players usually stay in Alaska/EC and threaten LA rather than attempt to take it.