Nominations for A&A Pacific Strategies

The ‘Sub Stall’ is an old rule, that’s about transports not being able to load from a seazone that has “submerged” submarines in it.

@timerover51:

I like Pacific, and use it in my summer gaming class.  The kids like it, and it does have reasonable US production potential.  I have some house rules posted that you might want to look at since you also have Europe.  It seems like it is easier to get a handle on the game than with Revised, with only the one Axis player.

I’ve never been much for house rules. Most folks have enough trouble keeping the OOB rules straight. The biggest fear with new players is the rule complexity. I have trouble getting the interested to give it a try. I start giving folks addendums to the rulebook no one will ever play with me.  :cry:

I am however grateful to the house rules guys as that is how the OOB rules improve from version to version.  :-)

Europe is easier to teach than Revised.

This is a very easy strategy for Japan

Every turn, buy Transports, infantry and subs.
Do not buy very many subs, and make sure you have enough men to fill most of your transports.

On your first turn, attack the Dutch East Indies and the philipines. Attack pearl harbour and the carrier @ Samoa. move your battleship from the caroline islands to protect your carriers. Use any unused transports to reinforce French Indo-China and Siam.

From then on reinforce Korea, Shangtung, Manchuria, the philipines, and Japan with the infantry that you are buying.

You will recieve several VP the first few turns but then you will end up at 1 per turn as the us gets more involved.

Wait out for the rest of the game until your @ 22VP

alright, i might try it next time i play as the allies

Chinese and Indian Infantry would just stack up while you wasted everyone of your fighters…then the U.S. would just come in from your rear and wipe you up.

seems like Japan is the only country in pacific that needs strategies.

I just realized I was quite inexperienced when I first replied here. I’ve since switched to a somewhat more boring, yet rather intense, strategy for taking India. I nab as much in the northern dutch east indies that is of value, while cutting convoy routes and killing as much enemy navy as possible. I then move as many troops into southeast asia as possible (taking the offensive forces from Manchuria and Shantung as well) and continuously build infantry with perhaps some artillery and fighters; these all, of course, will be sent into French indo-china at the earliest possible convience. It is quite important to ignore China (possibly advancing in the north if the oppertunity presents itself) and to consolidate most of the navy in the central Pacific (perhaps some destroyers with the transports to protect against wayward enemy ships). we’ll see how unreliable this will be after being exposed to my play group for a few months.