Bob1475
Prince
British (edited from Japanese - I have them on my mind!) - ver1.5 - Emperor
Weeks 1-26 1940
As we closed 1939 we were facing Japanese marines, Finn infantry, Italian units all infiltrated our Indian border with Russia and attacking Meshed and Kabul. In addition the Germans had taken three Turkish cities from the French and were threatening Damascus We had taken Thailand early and this had seemed to stem the tide and stiffen Chinese defense. We were concerned that we had nothing to stop the Japanese unless Matildas were forthcoming and could be put in place.
Week 1 1940
We take Asmara as our East Africa offensive continues while all new units are rushed to the Middle East/Indian front. Germans shift attack and take and raze Tabriz! Not looking good. Italy declares peace with Turkey - presumably they will grant ROP to the Germans. However, with Tabriz out of the way they could still reach me via the Russians.
Week 3
Japanese raze Kabul. We have the tech for Matildas but can we get them to the front fast enough? We rush some and this may save Teheran.
Week 4-7 A few Blackburn bombers are making the difference in holding back the Japanese. It actually has helped that they razed Kabul because our culture line is so far Quetta that we have a few chances to bomb. Tactic is just to hit each unit once. AI does not like to proceed with damaged units.
Meanwhile I note that the French still hold ALL continental cities plus La Caruna. Germans seem to be focusing efforts on the Middle East.
Week 8 Damascus falls to the Germans! We may have a problem here! We take Mega in Africa. Italian air power is more than annoying.
Weeks 9-10 Germans bombing. They have eliminated my units in Cyprus and actually eliminated a road. First time in this scenario that I have seen them attack an improvement. Prewar bombers attacking Japanese road/rail around Chungking and bombing Hainan (along with some US naval units).
Germans raze Amman - again a last minute shift since I had reinforced Jerusalem.
Weeks 11-20 D-E-F-E-N-S-E!! Matildas and Blackburns are the build orders throughout the empire. Multiple attacks by Japanese pushed back. Meshed remains under Italian artillery bombardment and Finn infantry attack. Finns also wander around Teheran and the vicinity looking for something to attack. Germans turned back at Jerusalem but now shifting attack towards Baghdad.
Week 21 - Plans complete to take the offensive. First goal - reinforce and finish East Africa campaign. We need to reduce number of fronts.
Week 22 - Port Moresby falls to the Japanese. I had foolishly reinforced with 6 ANZAC units but Japanese air power eliminated them.
Week 23 Obbia is ours as forces from England and Canada are deployed on new offensive in Africa.
Week 26 - Solomon Islands being bombed. Only a matter of time until it falls. Australia being threatened. We have decided this is really the Americans job and will sacrifice Australia to keep our mainland positions and offensive going.
What a difference some focused playing makes!
Observations - Russia has not been at war yet!
Autoproduced units for Germany while interesting flavor may be a little too much. These units are forcing me to spend some attack on them.
Germany has apparently given up attack on France. Total for France so far is they lost Damascus and gained LaCarona - why is Germany going South? (remember this is my second playtest and other than me doing better the AI is doing the same thing. Unfortunately what that means is that in a few weeks the Russians will declare war on the allies. I am giving them good deals on trades so maybe they will go for the Germans.
Chinese have stopped the Japanese or rather the Japanese offensive is South towards Australia and via Russian ROP to India. China has not lost a city in 1940. We have held Hong Kong but more because the Japanese did not follow up the attack.
Other than a few naval units, no sign of the Americans yet
A lot of fun but I fear that in human hands the Japanese have moved from helpless to unstoppable. Their marines are so much more powerful than Americans! But perhaps that will equalize as the game continues and we will see the result is a more realistic gradual shift in power.
Subs - what subs? - Still kill one each turn. Essentially I kept the home fleet dedicated to this. New units are on convoy escort.
By the way, I have a simple marines fix. Since you have given other units marine attack capability why not simply eliminate the unit. Each country can have different level infantry and special unit infantry i.e. SS Infantry. You can name the US special unit as marines for flavor. That way all countries have marine attack but we don't force builds of special units. Just an idea.
I also would like to see lower defense for tanks to force mixed units.
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Weeks 1-26 1940
As we closed 1939 we were facing Japanese marines, Finn infantry, Italian units all infiltrated our Indian border with Russia and attacking Meshed and Kabul. In addition the Germans had taken three Turkish cities from the French and were threatening Damascus We had taken Thailand early and this had seemed to stem the tide and stiffen Chinese defense. We were concerned that we had nothing to stop the Japanese unless Matildas were forthcoming and could be put in place.
Week 1 1940
We take Asmara as our East Africa offensive continues while all new units are rushed to the Middle East/Indian front. Germans shift attack and take and raze Tabriz! Not looking good. Italy declares peace with Turkey - presumably they will grant ROP to the Germans. However, with Tabriz out of the way they could still reach me via the Russians.
Week 3
Japanese raze Kabul. We have the tech for Matildas but can we get them to the front fast enough? We rush some and this may save Teheran.
Week 4-7 A few Blackburn bombers are making the difference in holding back the Japanese. It actually has helped that they razed Kabul because our culture line is so far Quetta that we have a few chances to bomb. Tactic is just to hit each unit once. AI does not like to proceed with damaged units.
Meanwhile I note that the French still hold ALL continental cities plus La Caruna. Germans seem to be focusing efforts on the Middle East.
Week 8 Damascus falls to the Germans! We may have a problem here! We take Mega in Africa. Italian air power is more than annoying.
Weeks 9-10 Germans bombing. They have eliminated my units in Cyprus and actually eliminated a road. First time in this scenario that I have seen them attack an improvement. Prewar bombers attacking Japanese road/rail around Chungking and bombing Hainan (along with some US naval units).
Germans raze Amman - again a last minute shift since I had reinforced Jerusalem.
Weeks 11-20 D-E-F-E-N-S-E!! Matildas and Blackburns are the build orders throughout the empire. Multiple attacks by Japanese pushed back. Meshed remains under Italian artillery bombardment and Finn infantry attack. Finns also wander around Teheran and the vicinity looking for something to attack. Germans turned back at Jerusalem but now shifting attack towards Baghdad.
Week 21 - Plans complete to take the offensive. First goal - reinforce and finish East Africa campaign. We need to reduce number of fronts.
Week 22 - Port Moresby falls to the Japanese. I had foolishly reinforced with 6 ANZAC units but Japanese air power eliminated them.
Week 23 Obbia is ours as forces from England and Canada are deployed on new offensive in Africa.
Week 26 - Solomon Islands being bombed. Only a matter of time until it falls. Australia being threatened. We have decided this is really the Americans job and will sacrifice Australia to keep our mainland positions and offensive going.
What a difference some focused playing makes!
Observations - Russia has not been at war yet!
Autoproduced units for Germany while interesting flavor may be a little too much. These units are forcing me to spend some attack on them.
Germany has apparently given up attack on France. Total for France so far is they lost Damascus and gained LaCarona - why is Germany going South? (remember this is my second playtest and other than me doing better the AI is doing the same thing. Unfortunately what that means is that in a few weeks the Russians will declare war on the allies. I am giving them good deals on trades so maybe they will go for the Germans.
Chinese have stopped the Japanese or rather the Japanese offensive is South towards Australia and via Russian ROP to India. China has not lost a city in 1940. We have held Hong Kong but more because the Japanese did not follow up the attack.
Other than a few naval units, no sign of the Americans yet
A lot of fun but I fear that in human hands the Japanese have moved from helpless to unstoppable. Their marines are so much more powerful than Americans! But perhaps that will equalize as the game continues and we will see the result is a more realistic gradual shift in power.
Subs - what subs? - Still kill one each turn. Essentially I kept the home fleet dedicated to this. New units are on convoy escort.
By the way, I have a simple marines fix. Since you have given other units marine attack capability why not simply eliminate the unit. Each country can have different level infantry and special unit infantry i.e. SS Infantry. You can name the US special unit as marines for flavor. That way all countries have marine attack but we don't force builds of special units. Just an idea.
I also would like to see lower defense for tanks to force mixed units.
.