Japan 45 Campaign

[ComradeP]

Just to be clear: I said it's difficult to overstate how powerful the Fanatical Nations mechanic is, not that Japanese fanaticism is overstated.

I'm playing a Japan '45 campaign PBEM as the Americans. We're playing with the recommended optional rules, except there is no Delayed Disruption.

From what ComradeP, it sounds like the game is tough for the Americans?

Japan '45 and Japan '46 each offer unique challenges for the Allied player. They can both be very frustrating in the opening days of the campaign scenario, but I like the titles even though they have issues.

In the case of Japan '45, the Allied naval units withdraw at some point (the naval units have a small withdrawal chance each turn starting on, I believe, turn 3 of the campaign scenario). There are also bad weather turns when no air support is available, including Storm turns.

The Japanese have many A quality units and particularly the north-eastern landings are vulnerable to defeat in detail. The US infantry and Marine divisions aside from the 98th ID are B quality, which helps quite a bit. 1st Cavalry Division is A quality.

In Japan '46, Japanese opposition is far more numerous and starts closer to the beaches. US units aside from the Marine divisions are C quality. The naval units never withdraw and visibility is always at least 2 hexes so air support is always possible.