El_Tigre said:
Misfit advances to the semi-finals, I suffered a resounding defeat in both games.
El_Tigre is being very hard on himself. I had (in both games) outstanding turns 1 and 2. I'd like to think that it was mostly due to the fact that I spent 4 hours and 2.5 hours on them working out every single move, running the combat odds thru a combat calculator and then striking. I'm particularly proud of the Singapore on turn 1 strategy.
Keep in mind that we were playing Eric_A's TOS scenario, which has only a passing resemblance to the Firaxis one.
El_Tigre played a game with heavy builds of subs (which are invisible in this scenario). While effective (and extremely annoying), I setup a pretty good screen to flush them out. In confined spaces (like Indonesia) subs are limited in their effectiveness. As was shown in the Pacfic however, they can be quite nasty.
I opted for a completely different strategy in my games. I went for a complete air power dominance. From the word go, most cities were producing either fighters or torpedo bombers. In the Misfit Japan game, I only build 1 extra Marine and a couple of tanks, everything else went into aircraft. The turn 1 strike against Sibu, Hilo and Singapore were specifically designed to wipe out initial game inventories of Allied aircraft. Hilo didn't go so well, but the CW airpower was effectively gone by turn 2.
In the Misfit Allied game, the Dutch had (by week 10 1942) 14 Torpedo bombers spread out over 4 cities. They only build 1 CE and no MGs. The CW would stockpile air units in places like Port Moresby and then immediately pound a Jap captured city (like Rabaul) on the turn it fell. This is the most vulnerable time for the capturer because in most cases, there is no CAP to make the aggressor pay. There is very little the Japanese can do against this strategy unless you commit your carriers to CAP operations to support your landings. (Or leverage your local cities as airbases). The Japanese were bled white by the constant air attacks by Dutch and CW units.
It was a well played game by El_Tigre, particularly the tactics with the subs. I won't do anywhere near as well in a rematch (but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve)......
Regards
Misfit
When are we moving on with this? Where is it at?
