Hello, I play pacific 1940 a lot. I have also played global a few times. Pacific 1940 second edition is a great game but I can almost easily win every time if I’m Japan and I attack on the third turn. A new rule was passed around late 2014 to allow the USA to receive a 30 IPC bonus if Japan attacks or declares war on them before turn 4. This seems to balance the game a little but I can still always win with Japan. The strategy for Japan is pretty much the same. Take the money islands, build a minor in French Indo China and Kwangtung and knock out China and India. Post in the Philippines with your huge navy and three fighters that can scramble and those six deadly kamikizes. Let Anzac and USA come to you so you can use the fighters to defend at 4 when the big navy battle happens. Eventually you will be making more than the allies with the money islands NO and the India NO. You should be around the 70-75 mark. Then when the time is right strike at Sydney or Hawaii and hold it and you should win as it will be six victory cities. For the allies, man this can be tuff lol. You better hope Japan attacks you on turn 1 or turn 4 because turn 2 and especially 3 it’s going to be difficult.
1: China: buy men and hit and run and fall back to the north west of China. You will be lucky if the Burma road is open more than two turns. Pull back and make Japan come to you.
2: UK: pull everyone back to India and just buy men!!! Try to bring your navy down to Australia and unite them with Anzac and hopefully later USA. If it looks like India is going to fall then pull your airforce out and send them to Australia to hopefully land on a Anzac or American carrier. If Japan hasn’t declared war early then take as many islands in the south as possible .
3: Anzac: small ships and transports are good. if it looks like Japan is going to invade then pull your forces to south Australia because from there you can hit any territory. Use your small ships to convoy raid or unite with the main USA fleet. Queensland is a great staging area for the allied navy early in the game. Also since there’s a airbase there fighters don’t hurt also since they can scramble.
4:USA: the big boy lol. The problem is when USA is neutral she only makes a freaking 17 ipcs a turn. While Japan is around the 40 mark and Japan has soooooooo many aircraft at its disposal. USA I say aircraft carrier early then mainly subs, destroyers, and a transport every turn with land units. A few rounds into the game get a navy base on the Johnson islands and start combining your fleet with the Anzac fleet and hopefully a small UK fleet. try to take the money islands by sacrificing transports because Japan will have a bigger navy early in the game. When the time is right move to Dutch New Guinea with your fleet and prepare for the big battle. Sometimes it’s better if Japan attacks you and sometimes it’s better if you attsck them. Hopefully you will have a lot of subs at your disposal. If you win the navy battle then Japan is pretty much toast even if they have India and China. Good luck and let me know how the war goes lol. I am playing anniversary edition on Saturday 😜
Where to Buy the Game?
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Free shipping for us Residents if you purchase over 100$ of gameboards at www.coolstuffinc.com
I feel like I’m advertising for this website haha :P They should pay me for this
Note that free shipping only applies to certain locations in the USA. Go check it out. I’ve ordered my AA50 from them, and I also sell/buy cards from them
Robert
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Got my 2 P40 games preordered!!
Also, the good thing about waiting 8-9 months for E40 is that since there are new units, costs and additional rules, and many more territories and sea zones than before, it will take some time to get used to the new aspects of the game.
AA50 had new territories and a couple of new rules and such but the sea zones remained nearly the same. It was truly a “deluxe” version of Revised. G40 by comparison will truly be a new dynamic game.
Waiting 8-9 more months for the other one is tough but it will give everyone time to get used to the play of these new games. By the time E40 comes out, it will be an easier transition to G40- believe me that’s the ONLY good thing about waiting!! :-)
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There is nothing good about waiting. Give me the game now!
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well we have a little over a month left…
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Somebody need to put one of those countdown things in this forum
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Is there anymore news on where to buy this game in the UK? I don’t have a local gaming store in Liverpool to support and I had to import AA50. I’d rather buy from the UK to get a prompt delivery.
Anyone else from the UK know where to pre order this game?
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In other news… Field Marshall games can import the game for me from the US. W000tttt!!!
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In other news… Field Marshall games can import the game for me from the US. W000tttt!!!
Field Marshall Games is awesome. I am going to buy their Catan spacers and Dice Tower for Xmas. They have my 2 favorite games besides chess- the best boardgames ever- Axis and Allies and Catan- awesome!!!
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I just pre ordered the game from Field Marshal Games. It ended up costing around 86 USD with shipping to Europe. But now I received an email from FMG telling me to pay 42.77 USD to them via PayPal. I have already payed 86 USD via PayPal.
Not being used to ordering things online from the US, I dont get what the extra 42 USD are for. Can someone enlighten me?
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I know that their was a change over the last few years. I sent something to Canada and the cost of shipping was way out of line.
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Probably because of terrorist activity.
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I just pre ordered the game from Field Marshal Games. It ended up costing around 86 USD with shipping to Europe. But now I received an email from FMG telling me to pay 42.77 USD to them via PayPal. I have already payed 86 USD via PayPal.
Not being used to ordering things online from the US, I dont get what the extra 42 USD are for. Can someone enlighten me?
It’s for international shipping.
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I will be buying online after Christmas. As for supporting my local game store…They want 90 bucks for the game. Amazon wants 60. I would happily pay 90 or more for a reprint of anniversary (which I missed out on) but based on what I have read online this game, while it looks like a lot fun, isn’t up to snuff with no IPCs, a lack of pieces, and rule book that is filled with errata and misspellings. The main reason I am considering this game is to combine with upcoming europe (I don’t think a reprint of AA 50 is really coming based on posts here and at WOTC).
I have good collection of navy minatures which might help with the lack of tac bombers…not really sure yet.
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