Imperial Tide: DW (J) vs Nemo (A)

[PaxMondo]

Wow! I'm really impressed with your Karachi attack. Obviously, you have a lot of reserves near by and are able to replace trashed ID's with new ones. Where are you re-building your beat up ID's? Also, how many days in between attacks? Finally, do you own all of India with this, or did you walk up the coast from Bombay?

Amazing job!!!

[DesertWolf101]

Wow! I'm really impressed with your Karachi attack. Obviously, you have a lot of reserves near by and are able to replace trashed ID's with new ones. Where are you re-building your beat up ID's? Also, how many days in between attacks? Finally, do you own all of India with this, or did you walk up the coast from Bombay?

Amazing job!!!

I have captured all of India and Ceylon except for the beseiged Allies in Delhi and Karachi and some out of supply remnants around the India-Burma border. I rebuild my devisions at Hyderabad (Sindh), with around a week between each attack on Karachi. Here is the latest map:

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[PaxMondo]

Crikey, so you've taken just about everything except the PI (although it looks like you have Mindanao). You've also taken most of the SE pacific. You've also already taken the Aleutians.

So that only leaves: SOV, OZ, NZ, and NA.

I think I might take out NA to Vancouver. You could strat bomb a ton of VP's from there.

I never like going for OZ. Lotta resources to do it, not much reward, easy for the allies to retake.

NZ can be fun as it is much quicker, but like OZ not much reward and again the allies can retake easily.

SOV: worse than OZ in terms of effort and reward, BUT it does help the end game. Still, hard to keep the SOV units bottled up ...

Anyway, you have a few weeks after you cleanup the PI ... whatever you choose will be entertaining ...

[CaptBeefheart]

Crikey, so you've taken just about everything except the PI (although it looks like you have Mindanao). You've also taken most of the SE pacific. You've also already taken the Aleutians.

So that only leaves: SOV, OZ, NZ, and NA.

I think I might take out NA to Vancouver. You could strat bomb a ton of VP's from there.

I never like going for OZ. Lotta resources to do it, not much reward, easy for the allies to retake.

NZ can be fun as it is much quicker, but like OZ not much reward and again the allies can retake easily.

SOV: worse than OZ in terms of effort and reward, BUT it does help the end game. Still, hard to keep the SOV units bottled up ...

Anyway, you have a few weeks after you cleanup the PI ... whatever you choose will be entertaining ...

The thing about OZ and NZ is how does he get there, what with the South Pacific in Japanese hands. Maybe a Cape Town to West OZ invasion? Barring an NA invasion, taking the Antipodes might be the only chance to do something interesting.

Cheers,
CB

[John 3rd]

I've taken both Australia and NZ in Campaigns. If you want a limited thrust that does not require huge numbers of troops, drive on NZ. You have already activated the emergency reinforcements so that means nothing. NZ completely cuts Aussieland off and you might bag a good amount of shipping...

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I would eyeball taking Seattle and Portland. Change the b29 factory and at portland keep the CVEs out of the game.

[DesertWolf101]

The campaign continues, now November 8, 1942.

At Karachi, the combination of huge amounts of flak, superpowered Allied engineers, and stacking limits make taking the city extremely difficult. This is what I mean: when I get the forts reduced to level 2 or 3, it's a struggle to keep them reduced at that level as the Allied flak is very dense and makes low level bombing impossible and engineers are extremely effective at ultra fast repair. Even regular BB/CA shuttle bombardments don't do the trick. I am also unable to overwhelm the allies at Karachi at that fort level since I can only bring so many troops in at a time due to stacking limits. Essentially, the strategy has now shifted to exhausting the garrison's supply. My mistake here was underestimating the insane repair speed of Allied engineers.

Elsewhere on the map, I have cleared out the Philippines and am gearing up for new offensive action. The game remains very interesting. Here is the current score:

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[DesertWolf101]

Here is the strategic map:

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[CaptBeefheart]

I was going to say you have to bleed the supplies at Karachi but you figured it out by the end of the paragraph. Hopefully the stockpile there is low.

Can't wait to see where you hit next. Could it be the ever elusive successful invasion of North America? The world wonders.

Cheers,
CB

[DesertWolf101]

1943 has arrived, AV has been acheived, but the war continues still:

AV

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[DesertWolf101]

Since the last updates, there have been a few notable developments. The Allies have launched a counterattack in Australia which has been repulsed, there have been several large convoy battles in the deep South Pacific as Jansanko fought to deliver reinforcements and supplies to Australia, and Karachi finally ran out of supply and its capture seems imminent! This is the current score:

Score

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[DesertWolf101]

I feel more confident than ever that this game will go all the way—until Jansanko defeats me. Now, it’s all about how long I can keep the Allied Juggernaut at bay. Some of my flattops are damaged and under repair, but none have been sunk. I’m well-stocked with supplies and fuel, and my air research and production are optimally configured. Jansanko is no rookie, but I’m confident I can give him a run for his money deep into the late game. Now the real fun begins.

[PaxMondo]

Amazing game!!!!

[DesertWolf101]

A week into the new year, Karachi is finally conquered:

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[PaxMondo]

A week into the new year, Karachi is finally conquered:

Never seen losses that big before. He had a lot there. Must been some US units, so he will get those back, but they will be real "green".


Did you take the North? Rawalpindi etc. Get all those VEH factories? I know it is a lot of supply, and that I can't keep them long, but I always repair them anyway. I just never have enough VEH points, and those extra ones just "feel" so good!!!


Congrats on taking Karachi! Not many players do.

[Chickenboy]

JanSako is a solid player. I really do think we will go to the end with this one.

I'm glad he picked up the game after Nemo dropped it. Thanks for updating us here on the forums as well.

As for other directional advances, I contend that you don't have any time for attacking West Coast US or Russia proper. The game will auto-victory you out in about 4 months game time (January 1, 1943) with your 4:1 VP. Will your opponent capitulate then or have you decided to 'play through'?

[Chickenboy]

Sorry, disregard previous. That's what I get for commenting on a thread before reading the whole thing to the end. I saw your AV and play through post just now. Kudos to your opponent, again, for keeping this game rolling after Nemo dropped it.

He's 'up against it' as far as the Allies are concerned. I'd be curious what he envisions 'success' looking like here.

[Chickenboy]

Crikey, so you've taken just about everything except the PI (although it looks like you have Mindanao). You've also taken most of the SE pacific. You've also already taken the Aleutians.

So that only leaves: SOV, OZ, NZ, and NA.

I think I might take out NA to Vancouver. You could strat bomb a ton of VP's from there.

I never like going for OZ. Lotta resources to do it, not much reward, easy for the allies to retake.

NZ can be fun as it is much quicker, but like OZ not much reward and again the allies can retake easily.

SOV: worse than OZ in terms of effort and reward, BUT it does help the end game. Still, hard to keep the SOV units bottled up ...

Anyway, you have a few weeks after you cleanup the PI ... whatever you choose will be entertaining ...

That's a good take, Pax.

I'd add that the upside for capturing NZ is that it should help the capture of SE Australia too. Its capture would eliminate anything from getting to Australia across the Pacific ocean.

Of course bombing the aircraft factories of Southern California and supply centers on West coast CONUS could also cause the Allied cause to come to a stuttering halt too. In addition to sunk ships that never 'reverse' their VPs, strategic bombing VPs can never go away (unlike 'bases captured' that turn sides).

[DesertWolf101]

A week into the new year, Karachi is finally conquered:

Never seen losses that big before. He had a lot there. Must been some US units, so he will get those back, but they will be real "green".


Did you take the North? Rawalpindi etc. Get all those VEH factories? I know it is a lot of supply, and that I can't keep them long, but I always repair them anyway. I just never have enough VEH points, and those extra ones just "feel" so good!!!


Congrats on taking Karachi! Not many players do.

Thanks!

All of India/Ceylon is under Japanese control with the exception of Delhi which is besieged. There are no VEH factories in India because there are no Allied aircraft factories there. Japan has to capture Allied aircraft factories which turn into VEH factories for Japan. I don't need them anyways though as I significantly expanded my VEH factories in the Home Islands and have a surplus.

Here is the map situation:

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[DesertWolf101]

Sorry, disregard previous. That's what I get for commenting on a thread before reading the whole thing to the end. I saw your AV and play through post just now. Kudos to your opponent, again, for keeping this game rolling after Nemo dropped it.

He's 'up against it' as far as the Allies are concerned. I'd be curious what he envisions 'success' looking like here.

Basically my objective is to last until the very end of the game (I believe April 1946) and Jansanko's mission is to AV me before then.