Strategies

Veqryn after you have read the essays Frimmel linked to (so of the finest strategy essays on the site in my opinion) check out my thread Australian Push. Kreig says he has never seen it before and I have never lost a game with it.

AAP is not balanced all that well, in that Japan wins most of the games by a wide margin, but it is very fun to play. If nothing else for the challenge of seeing if you can eek one out for the Allies.

Krieghund had this to say in another thread:

@Krieghund:

SBRs against all ICs were unlimited in Classic (1984), and that didn’t change in Europe (1999) or Pacific (2001).  It wasn’t until Revised (2004) was published that any kind of limits on SBR damage were introduced.

I agree that it doesn’t make any sense that an IC with limited production should allow unlimited SBR exposure.  Many people, including myself, have played with house rules for many years that limited SBR damage to such ICs.

So, when Pacific was being developed, I’m guessing that little or no thought was given to the impact of SBR damage limits on game balance.  Those rules were probably simply inherited from the previous games and taken for granted.

It might be interesting to see what the impact of limiting SBR damage would be.  However, I can only assume that it would benefit Japan most, and Japan already has the advantage in the game.  You would certainly want to limit only ICs with limited production, as limiting damage to “home” ICs would curtail the US’s ability to reduce Japanese VPs through SBRs.

I’m afraid that’s the best answer that I can give you, since I wasn’t involved in A&A in any official capacity back in those days.

These strategies are very helpful, but still China is such a annoying thorn to the Japanese player.

Never easy is it?

I’ve been playing pacific for about 3 years,a my first stratagies were too take India for the Japs to win and and to take Hawaii for a good offensive base for my attacks on the Dutch East Indies and Austrailia.It was a great stratagy till my friends and I figured out SBR’s and after that you Bombed pearl then ran away from there as soon as possible.

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

No. China is played like a completly different nation with the same turn as the US. Since the Chinese have no income there is nothing to take away.