Converting to KJF

@nolimit said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam Not particularly, when I said token I meant just the bare minimum to keep Japan honest- I’m also to the opinion that oob is just too Axis favored to be won by the ALLIES, all I’m saying is what’s my best strategy is in the Pacific and hoping the AXIS will slip up somewhere to give my side the advantage!

What exactly is the bare minimum? What token USA fleet do you think is enough to survive a J2 attack on Hawaii if Japan stages in Carolines?

@squirecam There are just Too many variables to say exactly what I would bring in, just depends on what Japan brings to the table- it’s different for every game of course!

@crockett36

Ohh sorry I didn’t know it was for the purpose of baiting the Japanese, that genuinely makes alot more sense now and I can see why that would work. But all the same, with 4 aircraft carriers on Wake Island and 8 planes, a 2nd wake of aircraft and submarines won’t do it for yah. Especially with the subs being hit by the aircraft.

@nolimit said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam There are just Too many variables to say exactly what I would bring in, just depends on what Japan brings to the table- it’s different for every game of course!

Well assume what I posted. Everything that can reach goes to Caroline island and its sea zone. What cant reach stays outside Japan sea zone except for the bomber attacking Yunnan.

@squirecam

I know you weren’t asking me, but personally for me I usually spend my 52 IPC’s as America on 2 Carriers and a battleship which I put 1 carrier on either side of the board and depending on if I’m doing KGF or KJF I’ll put the battleship on the Pacific or Atlantic, (likely the atlantic) and if there was a Japanese potential threat to doing a Pearl harbor I would more than likely pull out of the harbor and station my ships in San Francisco for the time being. Turn 2, I will likely build transports for the atlantic whilst also building another aircraft carrier with fighters to beat Japan in the carrier race as well as maybe a transport or 2 to then begin moving units down south to Island Hop.

@squirecam

As per a J2 pearl harbor attack, if Japan builds a carrier on J1, then they’ll have the potential of sending in a whopping 9 aircraft to attack your ships at Pearl Harbor to go along with their 4 destroyers and 2 submarines if you were to move your entire fleet onto pearl. Without the scramble, you’ll probably only lose the 2 subs and maybe a destroyer, with the scramble you’ll more than likely lose the 2 subs, and 2-4 of your destroyers.

Either way, there just isn’t anything America can do to stop the Japanese initially due to their access to 4 carriers on the Eastern Pacific. Japan doesn’t need his battleships to be effective, a smart player will use his 4 aircraft carriers of 8 planes to harass the hell out America until they feel like they should pull back, keep in mind from J1-J4 japan more than likely won’t lose any of their planes unless they get diced, so looking towards removing half of Japan’s airforce is an absolute lost cause.

So at the end of the day you’re pretty much right in that America can’t do anything against Japan for the time being, obviously that’ll change though if they prioritize their fleet.

@thedesertfox said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam

I know you weren’t asking me, but personally for me I usually spend my 52 IPC’s as America on 2 Carriers and a battleship which I put 1 carrier on either side of the board and depending on if I’m doing KGF or KJF I’ll put the battleship on the Pacific or Atlantic, (likely the atlantic) and if there was a Japanese potential threat to doing a Pearl harbor I would more than likely pull out of the harbor and station my ships in San Francisco for the time being. Turn 2, I will likely build transports for the atlantic whilst also building another aircraft carrier with fighters to beat Japan in the carrier race as well as maybe a transport or 2 to then begin moving units down south to Island Hop.

Right. This is exactly what I was getting to. USA has to build in the pacific or hand Japan the VC. My first goal is eliminating the floating bridge and forcing USA to fight Japan instead of just protecting Hawaii.

If I saw you placing a carrier and bb in the atlantic then I would either take Honolulu T2 or T3 while setting up a fleet to take Sydney. Either forcing you to build everything in the Pacific or risk losing the game.

@squirecam

Couldn’t have said it better. As the player playing Japan, I absolutely welcome the Americans to put their 72 dollars into the Pacific, seriously, I invite them to do that with open arms. Why? Because I know that stuff is all going to end up in the bottom of the ocean. Part of what most American players dont really realize is that when they put ships in the Pacific Ocean, they dont’ realize that those ships are being built for the purpose of fighting the Japanese head to head. But instead, they’ll build them there only for them to just sit in the ocean and not do squat… which is great for me.

To be honest, I can understand why someone such as General Hand Grenade would think that the so said Floating Bridge and Middle Earth are unstoppable and it’s because he’s completely negated Japan.

Part of what he said in his “My thoughts on Pearl Harbor” video was quote on quote: “I’ve never been super fond of doing a Pearl harbor attack because it put the Japanese navy in a place that it didn’t need to be in”.

This is exactly why his strategies seem unstoppable, because he’s absolutely negated what the Japanese player should be doing, and yes, Japan should absolutely have their navy in Pearl Harbor and Wake Island, because that is what forces the Americans to fight Japan, there’s no better unit meant for harassing the hell out of America than the good ol’ aircraft carrier, capable of carrying a fighter and tactical bomber.

@crockett36

I explained earlier in a message of my understanding that one cannot put a Major Industrial Complex on a territory he did not originally start with.

I understand that the American Navy is ‘bait’ per say for Japan. But let me break down the numbers.

Assuming Japan sends absolutely everything in to cut their loses, they are more than likely going to lose the 2 subs and likely 1-2 destroyers, so half their cannon fodder. Which still leaves them with 2 battleships, 4 aircraft carriers with fighters and tac bombers, a cruiser, and 2 destroyers.

3 subs and a fighter and 2 bombers might at most remove another destroyer and since Japan is easily capable of mobillizing another destroyer they dont have to worry about keeping one around, so they will at most lose both their destroyers and likely take a hit on one of the battleships. 3 subs and 5 fighters, again assuming Japan is reinforcing themselves with newly mobilized ships destroyers should not be a factor in whether they can hit submarines or not. So in turn with 3 more subs and 5 fighters, you’ll more than likely destroy the 2 more mobilized destroyers the Japanese have, and likely damage their other battleship, and maybe 2 of their aircraft carriers.

Japan has too many units in their navy that unless they miss every single shot from every single ship, it’s gonna be limited to a 1 round combat. Keep in mind that the majority of their destroyers and even their aircraft carriers defend at 2, their battleships and fighters at 4 which would be like 6 at 4 with 2 battleships and 4 fighters, and 5 at 3 with tthe cruiser and 4 tac bombers. Granted, you’re forcing Japan to really commit to fighting you instead of elsewhere, but are you really getting anything done in doing this?

@crockett36

Unfortunately I do not play games on the forums since I dont have as much time as I used to but I still enjoy thinking and talking about strategies for potential future games maybe even participating in the Grasshopper tournament or something

@crockett36 said in Converting to KJF:

@thedesertfox do you play here? I’m looking for a game.

I’ll play you if you like.

I can definitely see a different aspect of an IJN concept of beating the Japanese back, which includes Island hopping starting at the Solomon Islands, working your way into New Guinea and so on and so forth a very basic concept but all the same forcing the Japanese to prioritize a large American force and navy moving from island to island and potentially landing in mainland China.

@crockett36

I like that name. The banana split. Not a bad strategy it can just prove to be costly for America

@crockett36 said in Converting to KJF:

@squirecam great. randyshervandyke@yahoo.com. oob. with tech please.

Sorry man, I loathe tech since classic. Eliminates the point of having a bid.

@squirecam Phfftt, it’s not like you’re gonna get tech easily with oob rules- anybody who goes for tech in oob is a sucker and just wasting his Ipcs!!!

In all frankness, I have never seen KJF work. Yes, I have seen Japan be completely hosed, with income down to the teens. Despite this, the US still has to spend money to keep Japan down and is unable to dedicate 100% of its resources to Europe.

Admittedly, I have only played with a few dozen players. Maybe there’s a good KJF out there that I have yet to see.

It is hard to script out KJF because Japan has soo many options, but here are a few random thoughts:

First, Japan has other income options that don’t depend on its navy. Crushing China early and taking Russian territory helps Germany and Japan while impeding Russia.

Second, it does not take that much US income to give the UK and Russia the edge over Germany and Italy.

Third, it takes almost the entire US income to overcome Japan’s navy.

Fourth, it is completely up to Japan when to go to war with the US.

All of these factors lead me to believe that KJF as a primary plan can’t work because it fundamentally assumes that your opponent is going to do certain things a certain way.

If you know your opponent always does a J1 attack you can certainly plan a response for that, but in terms of strategy that works against every opponent you need more tools than that in the toolbox.

Marsh