Any experiences with a global J3 attack?

My friend and I have played close to 15 games of Global since we got it. (We were able to get a copy early and both of us are super nerds that have used a lot of our free time on this game.)

At first the allies kept winning and we thought the only way to go was for to Japan to attack early to get its economy moving.  Yet last game he did a J3 as the axis and defeated me.  He built mostly transports and men the first couple of rounds.  He then moved everything in position and attacked J3.  He was able to boost Japans economy by a ton in that one turn and kept the US at 52 points the first 3 turns.

Turns out US was just not able to crack Germany by a small margin at the end of the game.  It definitely helped him that US had 60 less points to spend early.

I think there are merits to keeping US out of the war as long as possible.  I used to think J1 was the way to go but have since revised my thinking.  Also your plan to get IC on the mainland early sounds like a good idea.  Hope everything goes well.

@Chompers#2:

I think there are merits to keeping US out of the war as long as possible.  I used to think J1 was the way to go but have since revised my thinking.  Also your plan to get IC on the mainland early sounds like a good idea.  Hope everything goes well.

I never attack before J3 and our group has a current 4 game winning streak with the axis.

@marechallannes:

Strategy A: Ignore the russians and hold the line in Manchuria. Get “everything” to FIC, go for Yunan in J2 and crush the chinese inf production + Flying tigers only with planes, tacs and bombers (maybe you loose 2 - 3 planes). Rush throug china and go for the russian border. Meanwhile prepare a J3 attack on UK ships, Malaysia, Kwangtung, Borno and celebs. Freeze the UK income from sumatra and java with 2 subs each. Go for a major complex in Malaysia in J4.

How does the Philipines work into this? If there are planes, you are probably going to lose a lot of transports. By this stage, I would have thought Japan would be keen to spend IPCs on something hard, like mech and tanks for the mainland, replacing lost planes, or building up the navy in Japan with destroyers and the like. Will you hit Philippines  J4?  expect three thranports and some bombardments would usually be enough. But maybe you need a fair bit if US fortifies it.

Just curious because I have learned a lot from this thread. And will be the Axis this coming Weekend.

Also, was thinking…

If I was UK, I would seriously contemplate a UK2 dec of war against Japan. If anything can be hit to your advantage, why not. The Japs are just going to attack next go. Maybe the UK should think about reinforcing Yunnan on UK 2, if available, or taking it back.

@Bodeacious:

Also, was thinking…

If I was UK, I would seriously contemplate a UK2 dec of war against Japan. If anything can be hit to your advantage, why not. The Japs are just going to attack next go. Maybe the UK should think about reinforcing Yunnan on UK 2, if available, or taking it back.

No, Japan may not attack J3 to prevent the US from moving adjacent to Europe/Africa

Japan has to wait as long as possible to attack in Global. When I play Japan I always attack round 3. No reason to give USA 30 IPC until you can compete with it.

@calvinhobbesliker:

@Bodeacious:

Also, was thinking…

If I was UK, I would seriously contemplate a UK2 dec of war against Japan. If anything can be hit to your advantage, why not. The Japs are just going to attack next go. Maybe the UK should think about reinforcing Yunnan on UK 2, if available, or taking it back.

No, Japan may not attack J3 to prevent the US from moving adjacent to Europe/Africa

They may opt for that. But this is a J3 attack thread. If UK attacks UK2, US is not in war until US4. BY J4, the UK and ANZAC have quite a few men and planes in the DEI. Maybe a J4 attack could be good.

@Bodeacious:

They may opt for that. But this is a J3 attack thread. If UK attacks UK2, US is not in war until US4. BY J4, the UK and ANZAC have quite a few men and planes in the DEI. Maybe a J4 attack could be good.

In my experience I have found that if the Japanese leave themselves open to a UK2 attack then the allies have already won the game…