Ugh. Things do not look good for the Axis. Japan was really caught napping at Pearl. Now we must do what we can to hold out. A phased retreat begins, hoping to hold on to China and improve our fighter tech before the climactic battles. If Germany were in a stronger position I would have hope, as For...

Japan Sorry, once again no screenshot. I keep forgetting until the fun bits are over. Japan again redeploys out of China. But it's slow and the garrison requirements are annoying. I like not having the threat there, but not about how many troops are tied down. I guess we'll see at the end of the gam...

Japan - A thoroughly boring turn. Troops are repositioned. China consolidated. But nothing much else happened. I was tempted to go after the two remaining CVs in the Indian Ocean, but why risk my precious CAGS against land-based air?

Japan Winter 43 After some technical difficulties, the Japanese re-enter the battle. I read above that the WA challenged me to launch a counterattack. I decided to oblige. The opportunity came because the Allied fleet was split and 4 CVs were within range of Japanese land based air. So first the fig...

Japan Fall 42
Sadly, Japan didn't read Germany's report until after I'd played my turn. Email!

Instead of searching out what was surely a juicy target I consolidated China and began to reposition for the invasion of Australia, which will now be a lot more interesting.

Japan Spring 1942 Sorry all, I will try to start posting SS's again. Hey, question, what game was that rogue shot from? Looked interesting. Ok, back to Imperial conquest. The IJN lingers off Hawaii to facilitate marine landings. We now control Pearl Harbor. Will it be the bulkwark of our defenses or...

I'm with everyone else, shocked at the events in Ukraine and saddened at the thought of a large scale ground war in Europe. Slava Ukraini! Japan Winter 42 The Emperor announces the great co-prosperity sphere. Pearl Harbor is hit, though blowing up battleships feels somewhat like a waste of time. I t...

<t> Japan Spring 41<br/> <br/> Sorry for my erratic posts. I'm a tad swamped. <br/> <br/> The Emperor will cheer on his German allies in Russia. Seems to me that adversity in the Atlantic and the Med can be overcome by a good campaign in the East.<br/> <br/> Japan has very little to report. I tried ...

<t> Japan Fall 1940<br/> <br/> Changsha falls to a large combined arms attack. The jump in US WR is worth it, as most of the Chinese army is crushed. China will no longer be a land threat (I hope). <br/> <br/> This was a key first step to Japan's larger plans, as now she is free to redeploy forces.<...

<r> <QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Japan Winter 40<br/> Sorry to be MIA. Work has been busy.<br/> Also Japan at the start doesn't have much to say. I run up my experience bombing China and take a coastal province. But that's about all I do and I won't give away my long term plans here. <br/> <br/> I will say ...

<t> Germany Summer 46. <br/> Fun game. Thanks everyone.<br/> <br/> Not much for the Germans to report. With the Russians backing off I can push all of my units to W. Germany. An allied attack there will surely fail, given the West Wall. <br/> <br/> A couple of notes: Germany is critically short of r...

<t> Worth noting, too, that I didn't want to take Austria. In fact, winning the region would have doomed me, as I needed my defenders to retreat to their starting positions. Happily massed artillery did the trick while allowing me to hold a small fortress.<br/> <br/> Given how badly the Russians wer...

<r> Germany Spring 46<br/> <br/> The Germans have enough supplies to grind up the Red Army once more. This time the results are extremely favorable to me. Plus, with a quick supply run to Sweden I can resupply and rebuild virtually all of my losses. <br/> <br/> I'm a little stretched in E. Germany, ...

<t> Germany Winter 46<br/> <br/> I think the WA would have been better served by moving all of it's troops into Belgium. That way the Germans would have been squeezed. Sure, I could counterattack somewhere. But whomever was left alone could then force the issue.<br/> <br/> Germany's real weakness is...

<r> Note Germany's short frontier and strong (relatively) defensive positions.<br/> <br/> <IMG src="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/22670/577E976DFD434CEC84408B5B5CFC84AD.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/upfiles/22670/577E976DFD434CEC84408B5B5CFC84AD.jpg"><LIN...

<r> Germany Fall 1945<br/> <br/> Germany launches a second battle of the Bulge, seriously damaging the Red Army. My investment in ART plays off. If only I'd positioned more tanks to be a part of the strike I could have gotten combined arms and really wreaked havoc. But I couldn't risk Russian armor ...

<t> Sorry guys, no screenshots. The situation hasn't changed much.<br/> <br/> Kondor is right that Germany must choose what to defend. Italy has to go, and France is now very weak. But we're aiming to make it to 1946, not hold on to the empire. As a benefit, I can concentrate a strong force in Czech...

<r> Germany Summer 44<br/> <br/> The East Front was a mess and remains a mess. Like an idiot I forgot to leave a TAC unit out East to get the combined arms bonus. Without it a mass counterattack was a bad idea. So instead I keep retreating and hope that a big battle in Rumania will go my way.<br/> <...

<t> Germany Spring 44<br/> <br/> In hindsight, the Germans should have defended Rumania to get a shot at an AV. I didn't realize Rafael was so close.<br/> <br/> Moves are made to give us one more shot at it, though I suspect we've hit our high water mark. The Germans start to think about revisiting ...

<t> Merry Christmas everyone. <br/> <br/> Germany Winter 44<br/> <br/> With the Winter defensive bonus a counterattack didn't make sense. I'm tempted to do what the Germans did last time and retreat into Rumania. But I think I'll play it safe. For now, anyway. <br/> <br/> Those attrition losses last...