PBEM - WW II - sid level against japan-AI

[sabrewolf]

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this another spinoff from the thread epic game PBEM with multi-turn-sessions

it was ChrisiusMaximus's idea to play the "Pacific World War II Scenario" (*) together united against japan at sid level
(*) with modified rules, eg. different playable civs, different playing sequence, difficulty set to sid, etc.

players are, in order of approximate playing time:

player	timezone	preffered playtime	email	other
sabrewolf	GMT +1	GMT: ~23:00±1hr	sabrewolf at freesurf dot ch	the orange (netherlands)
Redboy	GMT -6?	before smellymummy	wswanson AT telus DOT net	stars and stripes (united states)
smellymummy	GMT -8	GMT: ~04:00±3hrs	sm at inethighway dot com	red star and hammer (china)
ChrisiusMaximus	GMT	GMT: ~18:00±1hr	ChrisBennett8 AT aol DOT com	the "sun-never-sets" (commonwealth)
SID AI	-	-	-	kamikaze (japan)

hope we can get a turn through per day... but no one will get nuked if it takes longer...

don't forget: every turn we wait, the more units japan can build! as sid everything costs 40% and unit support is nearly endless!

[sabrewolf]

save 1941/12 posted to redboy

people, please save the game a) without my nickname in it (i'm currently getting them all like that) and b) with yyyy.mm in it, so sorting is possible (eg: WW2, 1941-12.sav)

thanks

[sabrewolf]

btw: tell me if you notice anything wrong in your game. other than "oh, the unhappiness is killing me" and "japan just rolled 450 tanks to my border" and other sid-related stuff

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Lets go get them Japs

[sabrewolf]

btw: have we also got an internal competition for victory points? or are we going to combine forces and research, etc. to wipe away the japs from the maps?

[smellymummy]

isn't the game already set for coalition victory?

let's help each other on research. sounds good?

whoevers got the most beakers, go for the most expensive branch, and so on.

we should also do the same with military and I propose we determine 3 general areas for military activity. either for defense or in offense.

1- clear any japanese presence from borneo/singapore and the south china sea

2- capture saigon, or at the very least take out the oil there

3- capture Palau

[sabrewolf]

ah yes, i didn't even see it
it looks like my netherlands is a lot weaker because you can't even play them in the usual MP scenario

your ideas sound good. i currently can't do any research as i'm in anarchy (monarchy sucks... i'm going for democracy). i'll be back in 6 turns. imho the strongest beakerer should go for armored tactics and others for different stuff... just not divine wind as only japan can build units (kamikaze) then.

1) why drive them out of borneo/singapore? i can't see any japanese units or cities there except 1 sub.

2) imho that's the most important to get rid off.

3) that's the only japanese city within my reach


general thoughts:
a) islands will be friggin' hard to get, as they're mostly 2-tiled. the AI will have lots of units covering both tiles. probably excessive bombardment and a marine army are the key
b) smellymummy, i don't envy you for china. japan has a good railroad network (maybe bombard away some connecting tiles?) and the units will be pouring at you from beginning on. i hope you can hold on to your cities long enough for us to help you (from the back side?). maybe you could donate everyone a smallish city (newly built ones?) so we can rush some defenders there?
c) i have no iron! can someone give this to me? i can only offer maps and spices. you all have everything else i could give

[ChrisiusMaximus]

no settlers in this scenario sabre, and you should have stuck with monarchy!!

In this scenario its important to build units fast from the off, then when Jap starts to slow you can begin to plan in some city improvements.

Smelly, focus on infantry and lots of them for China, you will be hit hard at first, very hard. In fact smelly dont bother with tech for first 5 or 6 turns, you will need the gold to build units with. ASlso your planes will mostly get shot out of the sky so Artillery are your best bombard unit to go with, and good luck.

sabre you really should not have changed government, if Jap comes for you youre in big trouble!!

Maybe a restart would be in order

[sabrewolf]

CM: fortunatly, there's no direct land passage from jap cities. and as netherlands i'm without planes and tanks and hardly any ships

i was thinking of staying at monarchy until i saw that democracy has no war weariness (neither has republic). i just didn't know it would take 6 turns

restart? too late now, i guess... (i already started 3 times, always doing something wrong, eg. wrong playing sequence and wrong player names )

edit: if anyone finds a bug or problem, then we can consider restarting ... but if so, how about giving all civs democracy?

[smellymummy]

no restarts plz. civs get into blunders, and this is what happened.

and i understand, I'll just work on producing units. I figure I could act as a place for japan to send units at, while you guys kick its rear.

as for 1), right theres no units "yet", although if indochina is a main goal, I think japan will come, probably for the oil. best to be ready? 1) is more like a defensive strategic goal

3) the USA should get this island ASAP

i think it's a sound plan, although i'd love to read you're ideas too.

[Redboy]

So, do I send my turn to Smelly or Saberwolf?

[smellymummy]

to me

[smellymummy]

turn sent

should we add some battle reports / general info to our turns? I think we should.. for anything, just to remember what we're doing

redboy, did you get a chance to nail any jap ships, or are the carriers already heading back?

as for myself, the chinese don't seem to be in that much trouble, yet! silks gifted to everyone, and coal to netherlands. I'll have another source of iron to give soon.

my main northern force is poised to hit kaifeng hard with artillery and air support, and I have a smaller regiment set to cut off nanking from the supply route. to the south, my Flying Tigers destroyed a road on rubber, leaving only a RR tile that links indochina to the rest of Japan.

otherwise, I'm fortifying the best I can in south china

could it be possible to get some gifts of technology and money?

China needs it

[ChrisiusMaximus]

Smelly, my hotmail was bunged up full of files overnight so if you sent this it may have bounced, could you please resend

[smellymummy]

yeah it kept bouncing, resent now