Incredible series, John. It really taught me a lot about EotS back in the day and now I'm a fairly experienced player. Your AAR series also inspired me to do my own but I did mine as an instructional AAR series where I teach the rules in context of the game. So thanks for this series and the inspiration
Thanks, Jim. I had the pleasure of playing a really excellent player here in Antero Kuusi - and he deserves a huge share of the credit for whatever value these bring. It was fun trying to get inside his head and it also pushed me to think about my own strategy. The fact that I was recording these more or less as we went, and not at the end of everything, also made it easier to remember and include some of the strategic thinking.
Seeing this video for the first time and I was scraeming at the Japanese player to notice Rabaul. Excellent envelopment you did there. Wiping out Mogami and a CVL is an excellent result. Huge blow to the Japanese limited Naval assets imho. Edit: also those .25 results were really bad luck for the Japanese.
Thanks for the awesome AAR, John. I am wondering : how much reserves in China the Japanese player has left at the beginning of '43? I tend to spend them very reluctantly, and this guy is marching slow but steady towards India. Keep up the great work, you are an inspiration and source of strategic improvements!
+Thomas Mittag Hi Thomas. It depends on how quickly the JP gets his offensive cranked up. Normally you will take a division or two out of China to get your offensive going, and then only enough to keep up steady pressure until victory or defeat in the CBI. Usually you will bring in the KOR army and maybe one other as reinforcements as well. In general, you don't want to use divisions from China in the Pacific during the mid game because you should be conserving some for the late game. The other big factor is whether you have an early China card or two. If you get a China EC early, you may want to put pressure on with a China OC as soon as the Burma Road is closed. If you are playing this way, you should try to keep as many divisions in China as possible. So you can see there is a trade-off; you will need to pull some divisions out if you are trying to take out India, but you want to leave them in if you are trying to take out China. It's very hard to do both. Even one is difficult, and the cards will often dictate which path makes the most sense.
Incredible series, John. It really taught me a lot about EotS back in the day and now I'm a fairly experienced player. Your AAR series also inspired me to do my own but I did mine as an instructional AAR series where I teach the rules in context of the game. So thanks for this series and the inspiration
Excellent. Been waiting patiently for more EotS here.
Super clear analysis. Thank you very much!
This whole series is fabulous. Very few times you see an AAR or "how to play" video that discusses strategy options.
Thanks, Jim. I had the pleasure of playing a really excellent player here in Antero Kuusi - and he deserves a huge share of the credit for whatever value these bring. It was fun trying to get inside his head and it also pushed me to think about my own strategy. The fact that I was recording these more or less as we went, and not at the end of everything, also made it easier to remember and include some of the strategic thinking.
Seeing this video for the first time and I was scraeming at the Japanese player to notice Rabaul. Excellent envelopment you did there. Wiping out Mogami and a CVL is an excellent result. Huge blow to the Japanese limited Naval assets imho.
Edit: also those .25 results were really bad luck for the Japanese.
Thanks for the awesome AAR, John. I am wondering : how much reserves in China the Japanese player has left at the beginning of '43? I tend to spend them very reluctantly, and this guy is marching slow but steady towards India.
Keep up the great work, you are an inspiration and source of strategic improvements!
+Thomas Mittag
Hi Thomas. It depends on how quickly the JP gets his offensive cranked up. Normally you will take a division or two out of China to get your offensive going, and then only enough to keep up steady pressure until victory or defeat in the CBI. Usually you will bring in the KOR army and maybe one other as reinforcements as well. In general, you don't want to use divisions from China in the Pacific during the mid game because you should be conserving some for the late game.
The other big factor is whether you have an early China card or two. If you get a China EC early, you may want to put pressure on with a China OC as soon as the Burma Road is closed. If you are playing this way, you should try to keep as many divisions in China as possible. So you can see there is a trade-off; you will need to pull some divisions out if you are trying to take out India, but you want to leave them in if you are trying to take out China. It's very hard to do both. Even one is difficult, and the cards will often dictate which path makes the most sense.